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Tom TakuboREPRepublican State Senator, District 17
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Tom Takubo is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate, representing the 17th district since January 14, 2015. Takubo also serves as Majority Leader of the West Virginia Senate, succeeding Ryan Ferns who was defeated in the 2018 West Virginia Senate election. Takubo's mother is from Logan County and his biological father was from Japan. Takubo's parents divorced when he was a child, and his mother remarried. He attended Marshall University and received his D.O. from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. He is a business owner and serves on the medical faculty for West Virginia University. Takubo has three children. He lives in the Southridge area of South Charleston.

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Education6 - 6 of 4
East Tennessee State University
Attended Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
2004 - 2007
West Virginia University School of Medicine
D.O. Internal Medicine
1999 - 2003
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
M.D.
1995 - 1999
Marshall University
B.S. Science
1990 - 1995
Past Positions1 - 4 of 4
Majority Leader
West Virginia State Senate
2019 - Current
Senator
West Virginia State Senate
2014 - Current
Medical Faculty
West Virginia University
Current
Pulmonary
Pulmonary Associates of Charleston
2007 - Current
Other Experience1 - 5 of 5
Former Member
Confirmations Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Member
Education Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Member
Economic Development Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Member
Natural Resources Committee, West Virginia State Senate
Former Member
Council of Finance and Administration, West Virginia State Senate