Updated Apr. 25, 2012
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Welcome to the Shelby County Kentucky GOP!

We hope you will join us as we help shape local, state and national policy by electing Republican officials, training future leaders, and advocating our positions to the community.


Get ready for the 2012 elections!

PLEASE NOTE: Shelby County will now be in the 4th Congressional District. This seat is currently held by Republican Geoff Davis, who has decided not to seek a fifth term. Seven Republican candidates are running to replace him; their names and websites (if available) are listed on our Elections page.

All of the candidates for this year's partisan elections are listed on our "Elections" page.

2012

Apr. 23: last day to register to vote in the primary.

Apr. 26: regular monthly meeting, at the Stratton Center, 215 Washington Street, Shelbyville. Tom Wurtz and Marc Carey, candidates for the 4th District Congressional Seat, will speak and take questions about their candidacies. Donations of food items will be collected for the Food for Kids Backpack Program. Please call Chairman Jennifer Decker for more information, 502-773-2326.

May 19: 2nd District Convention (to elect district officers, nominate national delegates, pass the district platform) at the Vaughn Reno Starks Community Center, 105 Bishop Lane, Elizabetown. Check back for times, fees, etc.

May 22: Primary Election Day

Oct. 9: last day to register to vote in the general election.

Nov. 6: General Election Day

Upcoming 4th District Congressional Candidate Events

Apr. 25: The Oldham Debates, 6:30 P.M., Henry, Oldham and Trimble County Republican Parties present a forum featuring the Republican Primary Candidates for US House of Representatives for Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District.

US Debt "ALARM" Clock Links - real-time figures

USDebtClock.org - purpose to inform the public of the financial condition of the United States of America.

DefeatTheDebt.com - is dedicated to educating Americans about the size, scope, and consequences of our rapidly escalating debt.

DaveManuel.com - an overview of the United States' national debt

If I wanted America to fail ...

from Free Market America
Apr. 22, 2012

The group Free Market America says the environmental agenda has "been infected by extremism" and has "become an economic suicide pact." So, to mark Earth Day, it put out this dramatic video outlining its arguments. "If I wanted America to fail" is quickly piling up views today. ... View the video

Obama's green robber barons

from MicheleMalkin.com
Jan. 25, 2012

... As usual, there’s always a set of immunity charms for the privileged friends and family of the ruling class. When it comes to all the Green Robber Barons who’ve reaped an obscenely unfair share of billions of tax dollars from the Obama administration, the envy trumpeteers will be quieter than a nest of mute church mice. ... More

Poll: Americans fear 2:1 Obama's re-election

by Paul Bedard, from US News blog
Jan. 2012

When it comes to how Americans view President Obama going into the new year, there appears to be very little spirit of Auld Lang Syne. Instead, according to the new Washington Whispers poll, many voters aren't forgetting what they dislike about Obama and want him out of office. More

2012 GOP Presidential Candidates

(in alphabetical order)

former House Speaker Newt Gingrich

US Rep. Ron Paul

former Gov. Mitt Romney

former US Senator Rick Santorum

Does government spending stimulate economies? Conclusion: NO

from Mercatus Ctr., George Mason Univ.

A few highlights of the study:

... if the government raises taxes by $1, the economy will shrink by $1.1.

Christina and David Romer look at the impact of tax cuts on the economy and conclude that the tax multiplier is about 3: $1 of tax cuts raises GDP by about $3.

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The worst economic recovery since the Great Depression

from forbes.com
Jan. 12, 2012

The record of President Obama’s first three years in office is in, and nothing that happens now can go back and change that. What that record shows is that President Obama, with his throwback, old-fashioned, 1970s Keynesian economics, has put America through the worst recovery from a recession since the Great Depression. More

The end of class warfare: Time for America to grow up, or perish

from humanevents.com
by John Hayward

... “Assume that tax policy confiscated all the taxable income of all the ‘millionaires and billionaires’ Mr. Obama singled out. That yields merely about $938 billion, which is sand on the beach amid the $4 trillion White House budget, a $1.65 trillion deficit, and spending at 25% as a share of the economy, a post-World War II record. ... More

Dirty Spending Secrets
that Washington liberals don't want you to know

from DirtySpendingSecrets.com

Provided by the Heritage Foundation More

Kentucky state budget

from SunshineReview.org

**Information is a little outdated, but makes the budget information easier to understand.***

The state has a total state debt of $32,099,663,040 when calculated by adding the total of outstanding debt, pension and OPEB UAAL’s, unemployment trust funds and the 2010 budget gap as of July 2010. More

Jennifer Decker, Chairman
502-773-2326

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