Derek Leonard Petteys
Derek Leonard Petteys (Republican Party) ran for election for Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts. He lost in the Republican primary on May 16, 2023.
Biography
Derek Leonard Petteys lives in Lexington, Kentucky.[1] Petteys earned a bachelor's degree in public administration from Western Michigan University in 1993.[1][2] His career experience includes owning Green Gate Farm and working as a project manager with Flooring Source.[3] Petteys has been affiliated with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.[4]
Elections
2023
See also: Kentucky Auditor election, 2023
General election
General election for Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts
Allison Ball defeated Kimberley Reeder in the general election for Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Allison Ball (R) | 60.8 | 783,217 |
 | Kimberley Reeder (D) | 39.2 | 505,924 | |
| Total votes: 1,289,141 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Kimberley Reeder advanced from the Democratic primary for Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts
Allison Ball defeated Derek Leonard Petteys in the Republican primary for Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts on May 16, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Allison Ball | 72.4 | 190,761 |
 | Derek Leonard Petteys | 27.6 | 72,589 | |
| Total votes: 263,350 | |||
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2022
See also: Kentucky's 6th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Kentucky District 6
Incumbent Andy Barr defeated Geoff M. Young, Randy Cravens, and Maxwell Froedge in the general election for U.S. House Kentucky District 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andy Barr (R) | 62.7 | 154,762 |
 | Geoff M. Young (D) | 33.6 | 83,005 | |
 | Randy Cravens (D) (Write-in) | 3.6 | 8,970 | |
| Maxwell Froedge (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 81 | ||
| Total votes: 246,818 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 6
Geoff M. Young defeated Christopher Preece in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 6 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Geoff M. Young | 51.7 | 25,722 |
 | Christopher Preece | 48.3 | 24,007 | |
| Total votes: 49,729 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Scott Etter (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 6
Incumbent Andy Barr defeated Derek Leonard Petteys in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 6 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andy Barr | 87.8 | 47,660 |
| Derek Leonard Petteys | 12.2 | 6,593 | |
| Total votes: 54,253 | |||
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2020
See also: United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2020
United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2020 (June 23 Republican primary)
United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2020 (June 23 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Kentucky
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Kentucky on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mitch McConnell (R) | 57.8 | 1,233,315 |
 | Amy McGrath (D) | 38.2 | 816,257 | |
 | Brad Barron (L) | 4.0 | 85,386 | |
 | Paul John Frangedakis (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 70 | |
 | Daniel Cobble (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 18 | |
 | Randall Lee Teegarden (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 9 | |
| Total votes: 2,135,055 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Derek Leonard Petteys (Reform Party)
- Alyssa Dara McDowell (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky on June 23, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Amy McGrath | 45.4 | 247,037 |
 | Charles Booker | 42.6 | 231,888 | |
 | Mike Broihier | 5.0 | 27,175 | |
 | Mary Ann Tobin | 2.0 | 11,108 | |
 | Maggie Jo Hilliard | 1.1 | 6,224 | |
| Andrew Maynard | 1.1 | 5,974 | ||
 | Bennie Smith | 0.9 | 5,040 | |
 | Jimmy Ausbrooks | 0.7 | 3,629 | |
 | Eric Rothmuller | 0.6 | 2,995 | |
| John Sharpensteen | 0.5 | 2,992 | ||
| Total votes: 544,062 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kevin Elliott (D)
- Loretta Babalmoradi Noble (D)
- Matt Jones (D)
- Joshua Paul Edwards (D)
- Steven Cox (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky on June 23, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mitch McConnell | 82.8 | 342,660 |
 | C. Wesley Morgan | 6.2 | 25,588 | |
| Louis Grider | 3.3 | 13,771 | ||
| Paul John Frangedakis | 2.9 | 11,957 | |
| Naren James | 2.6 | 10,693 | ||
| Kenneth Lowndes | 1.3 | 5,548 | ||
| Nicholas Alsager | 0.9 | 3,603 | ||
| Total votes: 413,820 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Karl Das (R)
- Wendell Crow (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Kentucky
Brad Barron advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Kentucky on March 7, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Brad Barron (L) |
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Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Derek Leonard Petteys did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Petteys' campaign website stated the following:
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Kentucky has been facing the same challenging issues as the rest of America. The same old ideas have gotten us nowhere, and the career politicians and their friends have become rich off our tax dollars. It’s time that school districts, state agencies, and local governments are held more accountable as custodians of our tax dollars.
Let’s face it, our kids are being indoctrinated instead of educated. Reading, writing, and ‘rithmetic have been replaced with social engineering and rewritten history. Worst of all, our schools still rank near the bottom in the country, doing less with more. DEREK PETTEYS will be a focused watchdog over wasteful spending in our broken school systems.
Chances are you or someone you know has been the victim of a property crime or even a crime of violence. Catalytic converters are being cut off our cars and sold to scrap yards. The tools we earn a living with are stolen and pawned for drug money. Lexington and Louisville have set new records for homicides. As State Auditor, DEREK PETTEYS will make sure that local police and jails are spending valuable tax dollars properly to keep our families, homes, and businesses safe.
It’s no secret that EVERYTHING is costing more. Gas, utilities, and even food are approaching record highs. We simply must not let government keep spending wastefully and asking for more. With a background in budgeting and finance, DEREK PETTEYS will find the waste, fight for responsible budgets, and ALWAYS put Kentucky taxpayers FIRST.
It’s well past time for reform in government. The big money special interests have bought and paid for many career politicians who always return the favor. DEREK PETTEYS is not part of the good ole boy system. He will expose the influence and corruption that is enriching many of our elected officials.[5] |
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| —Derek Leonard Petteys' campaign website (2023)[6] | ||
2022
Derek Leonard Petteys completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Petteys' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Nothing changes if nothing changes.
- What we allow is what will continue.
- I won't promise to fix all our problems, but I can promise you won't have to face them alone.
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Campaign website
Petteys' campaign website stated the following:
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Kentucky has been facing the same challenging issues as the rest of America. The same old ideas have gotten us nowhere, but the politicians have become filthy rich off our tax dollars. EDUCATION Let’s face it, our kids are being indoctrinated instead of educated. Reading, writing, and ‘rithmetic have been replaced with social engineering and rewritten history. Worst of all, the voices of conservative public school parents have been silenced at board meetings. DEREK PETTEYS will be our voice in Kentucky and D.C. to fix our broken school systems. CRIME & PUNISHMENT Chances are you or someone you know has been the victim of a property crime or even a crime of violence. Catalytic converters are being cut off our cars and sold to scrap yards. The tools we earn a living with are stolen and pawned for drug money. Lexington and Louisville have set new records for homicides. DEREK PETTEYS supports strong legislative and judicial efforts to keep our businesses and homes safe. THE ECONOMY It’s no secret that EVERYTHING is costing more. Gas, utilities, and even food are approaching record highs. Shelves are empty and inflation is skyrocketing because the government is borrowing more money and spending beyond its means. DEREK PETTEYS believes in responsible budgets and will ALWAYS put AMERICA FIRST. CENSORSHIP Facebook and Twitter go out of their way to “fact check”, censor, and cancel the voices of conservative Americans- even President Trump. They have used their power and money to advance the liberal agenda which is destroying our great nation. DEREK PETTEYS wants to hold Big Tech accountable and stop their assault on our civil rights. BAD GOVERNMENT It’s well past time for reform in government. The big money special interests have bought and paid for many career politicians like Andy Barr. Your concerns don’t matter- corporate interests do. DEREK PETTEYS is not part of the good ole boy system. He will fight to expose the influence and corruption that is enriching our elected officials.[5] |
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| —Derek Leonard Petteys' campaign website (2022)[7] | ||
2020
Derek Leonard Petteys did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derek Petteys for Congress, "About," accessed February 19, 2022
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 7, 2022
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Derek Petteys," accessed February 25, 2023
- ↑ Derek Petteys for KY State Auditor, "About," accessed February 25, 2023
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Derek Petteys for KY State Auditor, “Issues,” accessed February 25, 2023
- ↑ Derek Petteys for Congress, “Issues,” accessed February 23, 2022
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