JD
JAMES D DUNCAN
Candidate for U.S. Senate
REP
CHALLENGER
Biography
JAMES D DUNCAN is a Republican candidate in the Kentucky U.S. Senate primary on May 19, 2026, seeking to replace retiring incumbent Mitch McConnell. A professional farrier with a Master’s degree, Duncan describes himself as an originalist grounded in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. He views his candidacy as a 'return to Reagan' amid a fracturing Republican Party, aiming to re-emphasize free-market and family-first values.
Top Priorities
- Transform "tax-traps" incentivizing debt into tax incentives using pre-tax earnings for education, home, and medical costs to enable Americans to be debt-free in prime earning years.
- Test policies by: "Does work build wealth?" Government should create an environment for flourishing.
- Shift from corporate subsidies blocking free markets to infrastructure lowering input costs (e.g., electricity, fertilizer) to re-shore jobs and solve the affordability crisis.