Candidate spotlight
Candidate for: U.S Senate
Party: Republican
Jonathan Holliday did not respond to LINK nky’s requests for comment. This profile was compiled using Holliday’s campaign website.
Jonathan Holliday began his 24-year military career on active duty as a Private First Class in the Infantry, according to his campaign website. Following his deployment to Iraq, Holliday started his civilian law enforcement career with the Lexington Police Department in 2009.
Holliday and his wife, Jessica, and three children and have been residents of Mercer County since buying a farm there in 2011.
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The Republican candidates in the May 19 primary are: Andy Barr, Daniel Cameron, Anissa Catlett, James Duncan, Michael Faris, Valerie Fredrick, Jonathan Holliday, Jimmy Leon, Nate Morris, A. Nick Shelley, George Washington and Donald Wenzel.
Long-time incumbent Mitch McConnell is not seeking reelection.
According to his website, Holliday holds an associate degree in Law Enforcement from Midway College, an undergraduate degree in assets protection and security from Eastern Kentucky University, a Graduate Degree from Webster University in business and organizational security management, and a Master’s in military arts and sciences – strategic studies from the US Army Command and General Staff College.
Holliday is pro second amendment. He said on his website that the right to keep and bear arms is absolute. He wants to repeal the National Firearms Act and reform or eliminate the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Holliday is also pro life, according to his website. He said abortion is wrong with few exceptions. He said the federal government should not be involved in the debate over abortion.
Holliday’s stance on election laws according to his website is that corruption is the number one problem and threat to the people of the United States and its government.
“Foreign influence and corporate money used to influence elections rob Americans of the power of their individual vote,” he said on his website. “Career politicians and elected federal officials are openly corrupt, showing contempt for the hardworking and honest citizens.”