What is Billy Long?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Billy Long | image = Billy Long 115th official photo.jpg | term_start = TBD | predecessor = [[Roy Blunt]] | birth_name = William Hollis Long II | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|8|11}} | birth_place = [[Springfield, Missouri]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = {{marriage|Barbara Long|1984}} | children = 2 | education = [[University of Missouri]] (attended) | office = [[Commissioner of Internal Revenue]] | status = Nominee | termstart1 = January 3, 2011 | president = [[Donald Trump]] (elect) | district1 = {{ushr|MO|7|7th}} | state1 = [[Missouri]] | termend1 = January 3, 2023 | predecessor2 = [[Roy Blunt]] | successor2 = [[Eric Burlison]] | succeeding = [[Daniel Werfel]] }} '''William Hollis Long II'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legistorm.com/memberbio/2770/Rep_Billy_Long_MO.html |title=Representative William H. Long (Billy) (R-Missouri, 7th) – Biography from |publisher=LegiStorm |access-date=2011-07-25}}</ref> (born August 11, 1955)<ref>John Bicknell [https://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20101103/pl_cq_politics/politics000003758822 112th Congress: Billy Long, R-Mo. (7th District))]{{dead link|date=November 2016|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} ''[[CQ Politics]]'' November 3, 2010</ref> is an American auctioneer and politician. He was the [[U.S. Representative]] for [[Missouri's 7th congressional district]] from 2011 to 2023. He is a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. In August 2021, Long announced his candidacy for the [[United States Senate]] in the 2022 election. He lost the Republican nomination to [[Eric S. Schmitt]] in the August primaries. In December 2024, President-elect [[Donald Trump]] nominated Long to serve as the [[Commissioner of Internal Revenue