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Jared Carpenter

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Jared Carpenter
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Republican Party

Candidate, Kentucky State Senate District 34

Kentucky State Senate District 34
Tenure

2011 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

14

Compensation

Base salary

188.22/calendar day during session for legislators whose terms began before 2023. $203.28/calendar day for legislators whose terms began after 2023.

Per diem

$182.60/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Next election

May 19, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

Eastern Kentucky University, 2000

Personal
Religion
Christian: Baptist
Profession
Business Development Officer, First Southern National Bank
Contact

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Jared Carpenter (Republican Party) is a member of the Kentucky State Senate, representing District 34. He assumed office on January 1, 2011. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Carpenter (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the Kentucky State Senate to represent District 34. He declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on May 19, 2026.[source]

Biography

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

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024

Carpenter was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Carpenter was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Carpenter was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Kentucky committee assignments, 2017
• Agriculture
• Banking and Insurance, Vice chair
• Natural Resources and Energy, Chair
• Transportation

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Carpenter served on the following committees:

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:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2026

See also: Kentucky State Senate elections, 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.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kentucky State Senate District 34

Incumbent Jared Carpenter is running in the Republican primary for Kentucky State Senate District 34 on May 19, 2026.

Candidate
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Jared Carpenter

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2022

See also: Kentucky State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Kentucky State Senate District 34

Incumbent Jared Carpenter defeated Susan Cintra in the general election for Kentucky State Senate District 34 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jared Carpenter
Jared Carpenter (R)
 
59.1
 
25,049
Image of Susan Cintra
Susan Cintra (D) Candidate Connection
 
40.9
 
17,322

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 42,371
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Susan Cintra advanced from the Democratic primary for Kentucky State Senate District 34.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kentucky State Senate District 34

Incumbent Jared Carpenter defeated Rhonda Goode in the Republican primary for Kentucky State Senate District 34 on May 17, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jared Carpenter
Jared Carpenter
 
75.6
 
6,086
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Rhonda Goode
 
24.4
 
1,964

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 8,050
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2018

See also: Kentucky State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Kentucky State Senate District 34

Incumbent Jared Carpenter defeated Susan Byrne Haddix in the general election for Kentucky State Senate District 34 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jared Carpenter
Jared Carpenter (R)
 
61.8
 
28,145
Image of Susan Byrne Haddix
Susan Byrne Haddix (D) Candidate Connection
 
38.2
 
17,377

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 45,522
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Kentucky State Senate District 34

Susan Byrne Haddix advanced from the Democratic primary for Kentucky State Senate District 34 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
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Susan Byrne Haddix Candidate Connection

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kentucky State Senate District 34

Incumbent Jared Carpenter advanced from the Republican primary for Kentucky State Senate District 34 on May 22, 2018.

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Jared Carpenter

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2014

See also: Kentucky State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Kentucky State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was January 28, 2014. Michael S. Cope ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Jared K. Carpenter ran unopposed in the Republican primary. Carpenter defeated Cope in the general election.[1][2][3]

Kentucky State Senate, District 34 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJared Carpenter Incumbent 64.6% 22,932
     Democratic Michael Cope 35.4% 12,540
Total Votes 35,472

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.[4] 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.[5]

Kentucky State Senate, District 34 (2010) General Election
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png 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
Green check mark transparent.png Jared Carpenter 4,405 37.9%
Kent Kessler 4,264 36.7%
Barry Metcalf 2,955 25.4%

Campaign themes

2026

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2022

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Campaign finance summary

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Jared Carpenter campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Kentucky State Senate District 34Won general$246,634 $0
2018Kentucky State Senate District 34Won general$124,870 N/A**
2014Kentucky State Senate, District 34Won $143,250 N/A**
2010Kentucky State Senate, District 34Won $177,177 N/A**
Grand total$691,932 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.

Scorecards

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Personal

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Carpenter and his wife, Erica, have one child.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Election: 2014 General Election," accessed October 29, 2014
    2. ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Official 2014 Primary Election Results," accessed October 29, 2014
    3. ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Official 2014 General Election Results," accessed December 5, 2014
    4. ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Official 2010 General Election Results," accessed July 10, 2014
    5. ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Official 2010 Primary Election Results," accessed July 10, 2014

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