Anne Gay Donworth is from Lexington, Kentucky. She has a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia and a certificate in fundraising management from Indiana University. She and her husband, Richie, have two daughters.

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Anne is currently a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing District 76. She was first elected in 2024 and re-elected in 2026.

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Supports building more housing options for all economic levels and connecting affordable housing measures to public resources like transit and social services while maintaining the unique character of Central Kentucky.

- Supports building more housing options for all economic levels and connecting affordable housing measures to public resources like transit and social services while maintaining the unique character of Central Kentucky.

Economy

Supports safe gun storage and measures to allow loved ones to remove firearms from individuals in crisis, while acknowledging the right to own guns.

Supports education, felony expungement, and voting rights restoration for incarcerated individuals, while addressing structural inequities in the criminal justice system and promoting youth opportunities to prevent crime.

- Supports safe gun storage and measures to allow loved ones to remove firearms from individuals in crisis, while acknowledging the right to own guns.
- Supports education, felony expungement, and voting rights restoration for incarcerated individuals, while addressing structural inequities in the criminal justice system and promoting youth opportunities to prevent crime.

Public Safety

Supports comprehensive healthcare reform aimed at expanding access, reducing costs, and improving quality, with a focus on universal healthcare coverage, preventive care, mental health services, and lowering prescription drug prices for all Kentuckians.

Believes in the importance of healthcare, influenced by her family's background in medicine.

- Supports comprehensive healthcare reform aimed at expanding access, reducing costs, and improving quality, with a focus on universal healthcare coverage, preventive care, mental health services, and lowering prescription drug prices for all Kentuckians.
- Believes in the importance of healthcare, influenced by her family's background in medicine.

Healthcare

Supports strong early childhood education, fully funding public schools, and investing in technical trades, colleges, universities, and public libraries.

Said, "We must also care for the educators and administrators who help build our workforce of tomorrow."

Said, "We must also invest in quality and affordable child care, which benefits our children, women, and working families."

- Supports strong early childhood education, fully funding public schools, and investing in technical trades, colleges, universities, and public libraries.
- Said, "We must also care for the educators and administrators who help build our workforce of tomorrow."
- Said, "We must also invest in quality and affordable child care, which benefits our children, women, and working families."

Education

Supports gradually moving Kentucky toward clean energy by investing in research and development of renewable energy sources to meet energy needs and build the economy.

- Supports gradually moving Kentucky toward clean energy by investing in research and development of renewable energy sources to meet energy needs and build the economy.

Energy & the Environment

Supports removing barriers to voting, enhancing accessibility through initiatives like using libraries as voting centers, and advocates for felony expungement and restoration of voting rights.

- Supports removing barriers to voting, enhancing accessibility through initiatives like using libraries as voting centers, and advocates for felony expungement and restoration of voting rights.

Voting & Elections

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Jamie Palumbo is from Lexington, Kentucky. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Kentucky. He is a member of Calvary Baptist Church. He has two dogs, Kennedy and Madison.

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Jamie Palumbo is from Lexington, Kentucky. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Kentucky. He is a member of Calvary Baptist Church.

Jamie is a high school dive coach. He also works for his family's businesses, Palumbo Lumber and Palumbo Properties. 

Jamie previously ran for Kentucky State Representative in 2024 but did not win. He is currently running for election to the Kentucky House of Representatives to represent District 76.

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Supports a living wage for families, fair wages, and access to affordable healthcare and retirement benefits for workers in Kentucky.

Supports fair and living wages, and access to affordable healthcare and retirement benefits for workers.

- Supports fair and living wages, and access to affordable healthcare and retirement benefits for workers.

Supports focusing on rehabilitation over incarceration and addressing the root causes of crime.

Believes incarceration for people experiencing substance abuse is not a viable solution, instead supporting more funding for rehabilitation, mental health and substance abuse recovery services.

- Believes incarceration for people experiencing substance abuse is not a viable solution, instead supporting more funding for rehabilitation, mental health and substance abuse recovery services.

Supports the Trans community and opposes government involvement in parents' and doctors' decisions regarding children's healthcare.

Supports the transgender community and opposes government involvement in parents' and doctors' healthcare decisions.

Supports access to affordable healthcare for the elderly community.

- Supports the transgender community and opposes government involvement in parents' and doctors' healthcare decisions.
- Supports access to affordable healthcare for the elderly community.

Opposes charter schools and any funding mechanisms that divert public dollars from public schools to private or charter schools.

Opposes any funding that moves public dollars from public schools to private or charter schools.

Supports increasing pay for teachers and school staff to reflect their important role in nurturing children and guiding their futures.

Supports increasing teacher and staff wages.

Supports universal Pre-K and full-day Kindergarten as essential investments in children's education.

Supports universal public pre-kindergarten and full-day kindergarten.

Supports the development of guidance for integrating restorative justice practices in schools while ensuring the safety of students and staff through enforcement of existing laws.

Supports restorative justice practices in schools and enforcement of school safety measures.

- Opposes any funding that moves public dollars from public schools to private or charter schools.
- Supports increasing teacher and staff wages.
- Supports universal public pre-kindergarten and full-day kindergarten.
- Supports restorative justice practices in schools and enforcement of school safety measures.

As of March 10, 2026, Jamie Palumbo’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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- Believes incarceration for people experiencing substance abuse is not a viable solution. Supports more funding for rehabilitation, mental health and substance abuse recovery services.

- Supports the Trans community and opposes government involvement in parents' and doctors' healthcare decisions.
- Supports access to affordable healthcare for the elderly community.

- Opposes any funding that moves public dollars from public schools to private or charter schools.
- Supports increasing teacher and staff wages.
- Supports universal public Pre-K and full-day Kindergarten.
- Supports restorative justice practices in schools and enforcement of school safety measures.

Jamie Palumbo is from Lexington, Kentucky. He has a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Kentucky. He is a member of Calvary Baptist Church. He has two dogs, Kennedy and Madison.

Jamie is a high school dive coach. He also owns Palumbo Lumber and Palumbo Properties.

Jamie previously ran for Kentucky State Representative in 2024 but did not win. 

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Supports putting more resources rehabilitation, mental health, and recovery instead of incarcerating individuals struggling with addiction.

Supports teacher compensation for additional hours worked to meet state requirements.

- Your state representative represents the interests of your local district in the Kentucky State House of Representatives. The State House of Representatives, along with the State Senate, makes up your state lawmaking body: the Kentucky General Assembly.
- Your state representative can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws. 
- There are 100 members of the Kentucky House of Representatives, each representing a single district. Representatives must be at least 24 years old and reside in the state for at least two years before their election. 
- State Representatives are elected to two-year terms. They only serve in the role part-time. 
- In addition to a $203 per day salary, state representatives also receive mileage reimbursements and a daily expense stipend of $182. 

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