Education
English graduated from Hazelwood Central High School in 1986 and attended Saint Louis University. He graduated from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Joint Apprenticeship Training Center in 1989.
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Keith English
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He was elected to his first two-year term in November 2012. He grew up in Florissant and previously served as a Florissant city councilman for more than five years. English is a former Mixed Martial Arts (Mobile Marketing Association ) trainer and enthusiast, who took up fighting professionally after the death of his mother in 2008.
English fought as an Mobile Marketing Association fighter from 2008 to the fall of 2012, when he retired, with a record of 10 wins and 0 losses.
He routinely gave his winnings to charity. English made national news in 2014 when he was the only Democrat to vote to reduce Missouri"s state income tax for the first time in nearly a century by voting to override the veto of Democrat Governor Jay Nixon.
The vote was 109-46 with English providing the pivotal vote. English contended that the governor had spread "misinformation" about the bill.
Immediately following the vote, English was removed from four House committees by House Minority Leader and fellow union electrician Jake Hummel.
English was re-elected to a second term in November 2014, and subsequently appealed to have his committee assignments restored. When that was unsuccessful, English resigned his Democratic Party membership and announced that he would serve as an Independent. At the start of the 2015 legislative session, English introduced a bill that would if enacted legalize medical marijuana in the state.
Membership
English has served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from Florissant, Missouri.
