Candidate Profile: James D. Duncan
U.S. Senate – Kentucky Republican Primary, May 2026
Your Work Should Build Your Wealth: Transform ‘tax-traps’ that incentivize DEBT
into tax-incentives that leverage a portion of your Pre-Tax earnings toward major “Debt-
trap” categories: Education, Home, and Medical. Americans should be debt-free in their
prime earning years! The goal of government is to create an environment for people to
flourish. The litmus test for good policy should be: “Does Work build Wealth?” If you are
working and trapped from building ‘your wealth,’ then government is not aligned with its
rightful objective.
Lowest Input Costs: America needs to transition from behemoth corporate subsidies that
block free-market signals to supporting infrastructure that drives down input costs like
electricity and fertilizer. Low input costs will re-shore jobs and are the holistic solution for
the affordability crisis. Fighting for horses, bourbon, farms, and families means having
comprehensive plans with implementation such as driving down and stabilizing energy
and fertilizer costs—not making vague promises.
James D. Duncan is a professional farrier who holds a Master’s degree from St. John’s
College in historic Annapolis, Maryland. He lives in Versailles with his wife, an equine
veterinarian, and his two daughters, who proudly attend elementary school in Woodford
County.
He is an originalist, grounded in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. “I
view my candidacy as a return to Reagan.” He sees a Republican Party fracturing from
the free-market and family-first values that should be the cornerstone of the Party.
Platform details and bio: ForgeAheadKY.com Socials: @ForgeAheadKY
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