Dana Edwards
Dana Edwards (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Kentucky's 5th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on May 21, 2024.
Edwards completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Dana Edwards' career experience includes working as a doctor for the Veteran's Administration and a surgeon. Edwards also founded a rural drug addiction treatment clinic and created a charity to provide group homes for addicted mothers.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Kentucky's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
Kentucky's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Kentucky District 5
Incumbent Hal Rogers won election in the general election for U.S. House Kentucky District 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Hal Rogers (R) | 100.0 | 261,407 |
| Total votes: 261,407 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 5
Incumbent Hal Rogers defeated Dana Edwards, Brandon Monhollen, and David Kraftchak in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 5 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Hal Rogers | 81.8 | 39,423 |
 | Dana Edwards | 10.6 | 5,112 | |
 | Brandon Monhollen | 5.5 | 2,673 | |
 | David Kraftchak | 2.1 | 997 | |
| Total votes: 48,205 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Stephan Mazur (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Edwards in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Dana Edwards completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Edwards' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- The southern border is wide open to the cartels, crime, and lethal drugs like fentanyl that is devastating communities in Kentucky. Dr. Dana Edwards will fight to secure the border, implement the death penalty for fentanyl traffickers, and oppose amnesty for illegal immigrants.
- Parents' rights are under assault, and Dr. Dana Edwards will fight for school choice and transparency in the education system. He will support legislation like the “Parent’s Bill of Rights” which mandates curriculum transparency and requires parental input in their child’s education. He opposes Critical Race Theory and gender ideology in our schools, and he will introduce a national ban on child sex-change clinics to protect our children.
- Inflation is stealing the wages of Kentuckians, and Dr. Dana Edwards opposes reckless spending bills that add to our $30 trillion national debt. He will fight to rein in spending, and he will support policies that support American energy. He will fight for energy independence to drive down the cost of gas so that America is not reliant on hostile nations for energy.
- Will be the only Kentucky Congressman to Join the Freedom Caucus
- Bring Back Our Coal Industry
- Secure the Border and Stop the Fentanyl Epidemic
- Reshore Manufacturing Jobs to the United States
- Supports Term-Limits, School Choice, and a National Ban on Child Sex-Change Clinics
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Campaign website
Edwards’s campaign website stated the following:
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| —Dana Edwards’s campaign website (2024)[3] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 22, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Dr. Dana Edwards for Congress, “Issues,” accessed March 3, 2024
