G. Perry Adelmann

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G. Perry Adelmann

Republican Party

Candidate, U.S. House Kentucky District 2

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Last election

November 5, 2024

Next election

May 19, 2026

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G. Perry Adelmann (Republican Party) (also known as Shay) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District. She declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on May 19, 2026.^[source]

Elections

2026

See also: Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on May 19, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 2

William Compton (D), David Hatfield (D), Hank Linderman (D), and Megan Wingfield (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 2 on May 19, 2026.

		Candidate
		William Compton
	Submit photo	David Hatfield
		Hank Linderman
		Megan Wingfield

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 2

Incumbent Brett Guthrie (R), G. Perry Adelmann (R), and Joshua Ferguson (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 2 on May 19, 2026.

		Candidate
		Brett Guthrie
		G. Perry Adelmann
		Joshua Ferguson

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2024

See also: Kentucky House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 31

Incumbent Susan Tyler Witten defeated Colleen Davis in the general election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 31 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Susan Tyler Witten (R)	50.7	12,067
	Submit photo	Colleen Davis (D)	49.3	11,727

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,794
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• G. Perry Adelmann (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 31

Colleen Davis defeated Carma Marshall in the Democratic primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 31 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Colleen Davis	65.9	1,889
	Submit photo	Carma Marshall	34.1	976

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,865
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Susan Tyler Witten advanced from the Republican primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 31.

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Jefferson County Public Schools, Kentucky, elections (2022)

General election

General election for Jefferson County Public Schools Board of Education District 3

Incumbent James Craig defeated J. Stephen Ullum, G. Perry Adelmann, and Samuel Cowan II in the general election for Jefferson County Public Schools Board of Education District 3 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	James Craig (Nonpartisan)	43.0	17,626
		J. Stephen Ullum (Nonpartisan)	40.6	16,607
		G. Perry Adelmann (Nonpartisan)	9.2	3,764
	Submit photo	Samuel Cowan II (Nonpartisan)	6.5	2,665
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	283

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,945
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2018

See also: Kentucky State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Kentucky State Senate District 36

Incumbent Julie Raque Adams defeated Sheri Donahue in the general election for Kentucky State Senate District 36 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Julie Raque Adams (R)	53.4	29,729
		Sheri Donahue (D)	46.6	25,977

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 55,706 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Kentucky State Senate District 36

Sheri Donahue defeated G. Perry Adelmann in the Democratic primary for Kentucky State Senate District 36 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sheri Donahue	56.2	5,694
		G. Perry Adelmann	43.8	4,442

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 10,136
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kentucky State Senate District 36

Incumbent Julie Raque Adams defeated Sheeba Jolly in the Republican primary for Kentucky State Senate District 36 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Julie Raque Adams	90.3	5,800
		Sheeba Jolly	9.7	622

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 6,422
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2026

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2024

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2022

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a PTA Mom who has always been an advocate for public schools, students and educators. When I moved to Louisville 10 years ago, little did I know that I was about to embark on an undertaking to protect my son's school and others from falling victim to the charter school scam. Over the years, I organized hundreds of stakeholders to speak at board meetings and our efforts were successful in removing a willfully incompetent superintendent as well as board members who enabled her. During that time, I co-founded Dear JCPS, a grassroots advocacy non-profit, to demand accountability and transparency of our district leaders, in 2015. In 2016, when we realized the threat was part of a national effort, I co-founded Save Our Schools Kentucky to educate and inform Kentuckians, as well as lawmakers and local leaders, about the threats that were being posed by outside groups like ALEC and the Koch Brothers, as well as local groups such as SCALA. Our group's mission is to prevent these same predators from undermining and siphoning scarce resources and tax dollars away from our public schools across the state. When my current school board member demonstrated he doesn't have what it takes to fight the MAGA-Republicans who recently began disrupting our school board meetings and turned a blind while district officials kept sweeping problems under the rug, I realized he needed to go. When our non-profit couldn't identify a qualified candidate, I realized it was my responsibility to step up.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Stop fascist ideology from infiltrating Kentucky schools.
• Protect students, employees and taxpayers from government overreach, including bans on books, bodies and free thought.
• Stop the "War on JCPS" through authentically addressing the achievement gap, an equitable student assignment plan and "busing."

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

As a JCPS school board member, one of only seven in fact, not every issue that I am passionate about will be within my jurisdiction, but I have a proven track record of bringing the most marginalized voices to the table and working to build consensus, not just compromise, so that progress can continue to be made. During my four-year term, I will lead efforts to engage school board members across the state to embark upon an education reform act comparable to KERA more than 30 years ago. I believe we owe it to the people of Kentucky to revisit funding forumlas, strengthen site-based decision-making councils, ensure student, parent, teacher and staff voices, from districts large and small, wealthy and poor, urban and rural and everywhere in between are reflected in the final result. I also believe strengthening our public schools is vital to not only economic development, career opportunities for graduates, increasing property values and community safety, but building strong communities and developing future civic leaders. Our public schools are in crisis. They didn't get this way overnight, and our problems won't be fixed overnight. That is why I have a four-year plan and a 10-year plan to address the short and longer-term goals of our district and the state of education in Kentucky. This will require honest introspection, a fundamental shift that brings meaningful change, and root cause solutions, which will save not only tax dollars, but educational futures, in the long run.

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G. Perry Adelmann campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024	Kentucky House of Representatives District 31	Withdrew general	$0	$0
2018	Kentucky State Senate District 36	Lost primary	$18,968	N/A**
Grand total			$18,968	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Kentucky's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Mitch McConnell (R)

Rand Paul (R)

Representatives

District 1

James Comer (R)

District 2

Brett Guthrie (R)

District 3

Morgan McGarvey (D)

District 4

Thomas Massie (R)

District 5

Hal Rogers (R)

District 6

Andy Barr (R)

Republican Party (7)

Democratic Party (1)