Jared Carpenter

Jared Carpenter
Kentucky State Senate District 34
Incumbent
In office
January 1, 2011-Present
Term ends
January 1, 2015
Years in position	2
Party	Republican
Compensation
Base salary	$188.22/day
Per diem	$135.30/day
Elections and appointments
First elected	November 2, 2010
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	N/A
Education
Bachelor's	Eastern Kentucky University, 2000
Personal
Birthday	April 26, 1977
Profession	Business Development Officer, First Southern National Bank
Religion	Baptist
Websites
Office website

Jared Carpenter (b. April 26, 1977) is a Republican member of the Kentucky State Senate, representing District 34. He was first elected to the chamber in 2010.

Carpenter earned his B.S. in Speech Communications from Eastern Kentucky University in 2000. His professional experience includes working as a Business Development Officer at First Southern National Bank and operating a small rental and development company and a farm in Berea.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Carpenter served on the following committees:

Kentucky Committee Assignments, 2013
• Banking and Insurance, Vice-chair
• Education
• Natural Resources and Energy, Chair

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Carpenter served on the following committees:

Elections

2010

See also: Kentucky State Senate elections, 2010

Carpenter defeated Democratic candidate Lee Murphy and Evangelical Christian candidate Donald Paul VanWinkle by 23,553 votes. Murphy received 11,719 votes and VanWinkle received 1,004 votes in the November 2 general election. Democratic incumbent Ed Worley did not seek re-election.

In the May 18 primary election, Carpenter defeated opponents Kent Kessler and Barry Metcalf with 4,405 votes. Kessler received 4,264 votes and Metcalf received 2,955 votes.

Kentucky State Senate, District 34 (2010) General Election
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Jared Carpenter (R)		23,553	65%
Lee Murphy (D)		11,719	32.3%
Donald Paul VanWinkle (Evangelical Christian Party)		1,004	2.8%

Kentucky State Senate, District 34 - Republican Primary (2010)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Jared Carpenter		4,405	37.9%
Kent Kessler		4,264	36.7%
Barry Metcalf		2,955	25.4%

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010, Carpenter raised $177,177 in contributions.

His four largest contributors were:

Donor	Amount
Kentucky Republican Party	$38,699
Correll, Ward	$2,000
Forcht, Marion	$2,000
Correll, Jess	$2,000

Personal

Carpenter and his wife, Erica, have one child.

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• State champs get their rings at YMCA breakfast - Richmond Register

External links

Suggest a link

• Senate website
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions: 2010
• Jared Carpenter on Facebook
• Jared Carpenter on Twitter

References

Political offices
Preceded by Ed Worley (D)	Kentucky Senate District 34 2010-Present	Succeeded by -

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