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Kristie Powe
Kristie Powe (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Kentucky House of Representatives to represent District 57. She lost in the Democratic primary on May 21, 2024.
Powe completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Kristie Powe was born in Chicago, Illinois. Powe earned a high school diploma from Franklin County High School, a bachelor's degree from Kentucky State University in 2015, and attended Fisk University. Her career experience includes working as a small business owner and licensed health and life insurance agent. She has been affiliated with Focus on Race Relations, Frankfort Human Rights Commission, Rotary, Kiwanis, Elks Lodge, NAACP, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., and Black Female Artists of Frankfort.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Kentucky House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 57
Erika Hancock defeated Kyle Thompson in the general election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 57 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Erika Hancock (D) | 55.4 | 11,342 |
 | Kyle Thompson (R)  | 44.6 | 9,127 | |
| Total votes: 20,469 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 57
Erika Hancock defeated Kristie Powe in the Democratic primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 57 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Erika Hancock | 67.3 | 4,467 |
 | Kristie Powe | 32.7 | 2,168 | |
| Total votes: 6,635 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Kyle Thompson advanced from the Republican primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 57.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Powe in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kristie Powe completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Powe's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Kentucky has a rainy-day fund that has amassed over 3 billion dollars. Instead of reinvesting some of this surplus into our communities and public services, that money continues to be held. Additionally, even more tax cuts are being predicted which will raise the fund to an estimated 5 billion by 2025. While our leaders are saving for a rainy day, Kentuckians are quite literally drowning. We are facing a shortage of educators, frontline workers, affordable housing, substance abuse programs, mental health care facilities, and services for those with disabilities- while sitting on a surplus of billions of dollars. We must reinvest in our communities now, instead of allowing our legislators to wait on what they deem most important.
- I think it would be hard for anyone to deny that our severe weather events are increasing in both number and voracity. As our temperatures continue to rise year after year, our rainfall has increased and what used to be tornado season is now a year-round event. This isn’t just serious to me; it should be serious to us all. In 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act was passed on a federal level, and Kentucky needs to follow suit with similar legislation. We need to expand our renewable energy research and resources. I support the Kentucky Clean Power Plan and the Renewable Energy Program.
- I find it personally abhorrent that we individualize rights and exclude those we classify as "different" from ourselves from basic human rights such as fair housing, equal employment, nondiscriminatory financial transactions, and public accommodations. All people should be protected from such discrimination and entitled to the same human rights as their neighbors. We are one people and until those who seek to define who is and is not human are silenced, unseated, and devoid of power, we will continue to fight for the humanity of us all.
Though most are reluctant to publicly decry these actions as racist, as a black woman I cannot afford the safety of such silence. The super-majority seems determined to return us to the days of Jim Crow laws. The quiet brilliance behind these acts is to label those who speak out against them as divisive and racist.
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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 April 22, 2024
