Mark Metcalf

The auditor, Alison Ball, thank you.

Kentucky Treasurer, Mark Metcalf.

Kentucky football legend, the number one overall pick in the 1999 NFL Draft, Tim Couch.

Oh, you have a big arm.

God bless our military, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and this great United States of America.

Please welcome the state treasurer of Kentucky, Mark Metcalf.

What an honor to be with you today.

I just want to say hello before I get started here.

I'm really wound up and I want to say I'm a veteran of Iraq and I want to say hello to my fellow veterans.

Hello, Kentucky.

I'm Mark Metcalf and I'm honored to serve as your state treasurer.

Today we welcome a president whose leadership sends the message heard around the world.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky has $14 billion in investments, $800 million in unclaimed properties, and one person who signs their name on the checks for Kentucky's bills.

His name is Mark Metcalf, Kentucky's state treasurer.

You ran for Congress in 1996, and you lost by four votes.

What were some of the lessons you've learned in your defeat? One of the main duties of your office is to return unclaimed property.

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Welcome back to The Commonwealth Matters.

I'm your host, Richard Nelson, here with Kentucky State Treasurer Mark Metcalf.

And just before the break, we were talking about Mark's varied and incredible experiences in public service, but then also some of the defeats that he mentioned.