Julie Raque Adams
Julie Raque Adams
Candidate, Kentucky State Senate District 36
Kentucky State Senate District 36
Tenure
2015 - Present
Term ends
2027
Years in position
10
Prior offices
Kentucky House of Representatives District 32
Compensation
Elections and appointments
Education
Personal
Contact
Julie Raque Adams (Republican Party) is a member of the Kentucky State Senate, representing District 36. She assumed office on January 1, 2015. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027.
Adams (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the Kentucky State Senate to represent District 36. She declared candidacy for the 2026 election.[source]
Adams was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing District 32 from 2011 to 2015.
Biography
Adams earned her B.A. from St. Mary's College and from Notre Dame, and earned her M.A. from The George Washington University. Her professional experience includes working as the owner of Adams & Call, Inc.
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Adams was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Banking and Insurance Committee
- Senate Committee on Committees
- Committee on Families and Children, Vice Chair
- Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee
- Senate Rules Committee
- Banking and Insurance Committee
- Health and Family Services Committee
2021-2022
Adams was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Banking and Insurance Committee
- Senate Committee on Committees
- Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee
- Senate Rules Committee
2019-2020
Adams was assigned to the following committees:
- House Committee On Committees
- Senate Banking and Insurance Committee
- Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations Committee
- Senate Rules Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Kentucky committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Banking and Insurance |
| • Education |
| • Health and Welfare, Chair |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Adams served on the following committees:
| Kentucky committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Banking and Insurance |
| • Health and Welfare, Chair |
| • State and Local Government |
| • Banking and Insurance |
| • Health and Welfare |
| • Local Government |
| • State Government |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Adams served on the following committees:
| Kentucky committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Banking and Insurance |
| • Economic Development, Vice chair |
| • Health and Welfare, Vice chair |
| • Local Government |
| • Rules |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Adams served on the following committees:
| Kentucky committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Economic Development |
| • Health and Welfare |
| • Local Government |
| • Economic Development and Tourism |
| • Health and Welfare |
| • Local Government |
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2026
See also: Kentucky State Senate elections, 2026
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General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
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2022
See also: Kentucky State Senate elections, 2022
General election
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Julie Raque Adams advanced from the Republican primary for Kentucky State Senate District 36.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Sheeba Jolly (R)
2018
- See also: Kentucky State Senate elections, 2018
General election
Democratic primary election
Republican primary election
2014
- See also: Kentucky State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Kentucky State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was January 28, 2014. Siddique Malik ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Julie Raque Adams ran unopposed in the Republican primary. Adams defeated Malik in the general election.[1][2][3]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |  Julie Raque Adams |
66.4% | 31,623 | |
| Democratic | Siddique Malik | 33.6% | 16,011 | |
| Total Votes | 47,634 |
2012
Adams won re-election in the 2012 election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 32. She defeated Shawn Slone in the Republican primary on May 22, 2012, and ran unopposed in the general election on November 6, 2012.[4][5]
2010
Adams defeated challenger Jimmy Yancy by a margin of 2,663 to 1,944 in the May 18 Republican primary election.[6][7] Adams' opponents in the November 2 general election were Democratic candidate Nellie Stallings and Libertarian candidate Matthew Linker. According to official results, Adams defeated Stallings and Linker with 11,449 votes; Stallings received 6,256 votes and Linker received 492 votes.[8] Republican incumbent Scott Brinkman did not seek re-election.
| Kentucky House of Representatives, District 32 General Election (2010) | |
|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes |
| Steven Rudy (R)
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11,449 |
| Nellie Stallings (D) | 6,256 |
| Matthew Linker (D) | 492 |
Campaign themes
2026
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2022
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2014
Adams' website highlighted the following campaign themes:
| “ | Spend Less and Fix the Budget
Frankfort is broken. Most career legislators see it as their job to go to Frankfort and find new ways to spend your money. Taxpayers pay their legislators year after year, but get no real solutions in return. And this year, we didn't even have a budget. Legislators cost taxpayers even more money when they go into a special session. This is our money, and it should not be spent to line the pockets of people who aren't doing their jobs.
Tax Less and Abolish the State Income Tax
Julie Raque Adams will make sure Frankfort's policies are encouraging job growth – not preventing it! Julie will send the message that Kentucky is open for business! Tax Breaks for Kentucky Business Free Business from Regulation Commitment to Education |
” |
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Julie Adams | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | Delegate |
| State: | Kentucky |
| Bound to: | Unknown |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
| Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state |
Adams was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Kentucky.[11] In the Kentucky Republican caucuses on March 5, 2016, Donald Trump received 17 delegates, Ted Cruz received 15, and Marco Rubio and John Kasich received seven each. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Adams was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Kentucky’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[12]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Kentucky to the Republican National Convention were selected by nomination committees and approved at the county and state conventions. Kentucky GOP rules required national convention delegates to have supported the 2012 Republican presidential nominee. Kentucky GOP rules and Kentucky state law required delegates from Kentucky to vote for the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting at the national convention. If a candidate died or withdrew prior to the first round of voting at the national convention, the chairman of the Kentucky delegation was to call a meeting at which the delegates were to vote on the remaining candidates and be reallocated on the basis of the results.
Kentucky caucus results
- See also: Presidential election in Kentucky, 2016
| Kentucky Republican Caucus, 2016 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates |
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Donald Trump |
35.9% | 82,493 | 17 |
| Ted Cruz | 31.6% | 72,503 | 15 |
| Marco Rubio | 16.4% | 37,579 | 7 |
| John Kasich | 14.4% | 33,134 | 7 |
| Ben Carson | 0.8% | 1,951 | 0 |
| Rand Paul | 0.4% | 872 | 0 |
| Other | 0.2% | 496 | 0 |
| Jeb Bush | 0.1% | 305 | 0 |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.1% | 174 | 0 |
| Chris Christie | 0% | 65 | 0 |
| Carly Fiorina | 0% | 64 | 0 |
| Rick Santorum | 0% | 31 | 0 |
| Totals | 229,667 | 46 | |
| Source: The New York Times and Republican Party of Kentucky |
Delegate allocation
Kentucky had 46 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 18 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's six congressional districts). District delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 5 percent of the statewide caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any district delegates.[13][14]
Of the remaining 28 delegates, 25 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 5 percent of the statewide caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were allocated in the same manner as the at-large delegates.[13][14][15]
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2023
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In 2023, the Kentucky State Legislature was in session from January 3 to March 30.
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2022
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In 2022, the Kentucky State Legislature was in session from January 4 to April 14.
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2021
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In 2021, the Kentucky State Legislature was in session from January 5 to March 30.
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2020
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In 2020, the Kentucky State Legislature was in session from January 7 to April 15.
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2019
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In 2019, the Kentucky General Assembly was in session from January 8 through March 29.
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2018
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In 2018, the Kentucky General Assembly was in session from January 2 through April 14.
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2017
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In 2017, the Kentucky General Assembly was in session from January 3 through March 30.
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2016
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In 2016, the Kentucky General Assembly was in session from January 5 through April 15.
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2015
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In 2015, the Kentucky General Assembly was in session from January 6 through March 23.
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2014
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In 2014, the Kentucky General Assembly was in session from January 7 to April 15.
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2013
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2012
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In 2012, the Kentucky General Assembly was in session from January 3 through April 9.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Election: 2014 General Election," accessed October 29, 2014
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Official 2014 Primary Election Results," accessed October 29, 2014
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Official 2014 General Election Results," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Official 2012 Primary Election Results," accessed March 13, 2014
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Official 2012 General Election Results," accessed March 13, 2014
- ↑ Kentucky State Board of Elections, "Official 2010 Primary Election Results," accessed April 30, 2014
- ↑ Kentucky State Board of Elections, "Official 2010 Primary Election Results," accessed April 30, 2014
- ↑ Kentucky State Board of Elections, "Official 2010 General Election Results," accessed April 30, 2014
- ↑ Julie Adams for State Senator, "The Issues," accessed April 30, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Cincinnati.com, "Kentucky GOP releases list of delegates," April 25, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
- ↑ Republican National Committee, "Memorandum on Binding of RNC Members," January 29, 2016
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Majority Leader:Max Wise
Minority Leader:Gerald Neal
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