Jack Conway is the Attorney General for the state of Kentucky. He was the Democratic party candidate in the November 2007 election. Jack Conway is running for a seat in the U.S. Senate in the November 2010 election.http://www.ag.ky.gov/bio/default.htm Conway and his opponent Republican Rand Paul are competing for the seat of retiring Kentucky U.S. Senator Jim Bunning.http://www.biography.com/articles/Rand-Paul-588472?part=0

In the Kentucky Democratic primary, Jack Conway defeated Lt. Governor Dan Mongiardo by a small margin. Both of the Democratic nominees received more votes than Rand Paul who won the Republican nomination.http://www.alan.com/2010/05/19/howard-dean-tuesday-was-a-big-night-for-progressives/ In his role as the state’s Attorney General, Jack Conway introduced legislation for cybersafety which passed both the Kentucky House and Senate unanimously. The bill banned registered sex offenders from using social networking sites used by minors.http://www.ag.ky.gov/bio/default.htm

Jack Conway was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1969. He is a direct descendant of an early European settler. His father went to law school at night and taught during the day.http://www.ag.ky.gov/bio/default.htm Jack Conway graduated from Duke University with an undergraduate degree in public policy and continued on to the National Law Center at George Washington University where he obtained his law degree. Jack Conway is married to the former Elizabeth Davenport and has a daughter named Eva who was born in July 2009.http://www.jackconway.org/meet-jack/

Jack Conway’s campaign selected several issues as a focus in the 2010 U.S. Senate race against Rand Paul. Issues related to the economy and the job market in Kentucky.

1. Cutting the Deficit: If elected Jack Conway plans to introduce legislation to repeal previous laws which do not allow Medicare to negotiate for lower prices on prescriptions for individuals using Part D prescription coverage.http://www.jackconway.org/on-the-issues/cutting-the-deficit/
2. Helping Small Businesses: Jack Conway’s campaign focused on finding ways to make credit available to small businesses. His campaign promise is to make it a priority to help cut the red tape encountered when trying to getting government help as a small business.http://www.jackconway.org/on-the-issues/small-businesses/
3. Social Security: Jack Conway opposes any legislation which would privatize the Social Security program.http://www.jackconway.org/on-the-issues/protecting-social-security/
4. Wall Street Reform: Jack Conway supports changing financial legislation relating to Wall Street. He opposes further TARP bailouts and previously supported a bill to add a windfall tax on bonuses of executives of companies that received TARP bailout money.http://www.jackconway.org/on-the-issues/wall-street-reform/