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Conway is a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Democratic Party</a> and was the 49th <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Kentucky" title="Attorney General of Kentucky" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Attorney General of Kentucky</a> from January 7, 2008 to January 4, 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[1]</a></sup> Prior to his election as attorney general, he was the nominee for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Kentucky's 3rd congressional district" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Kentucky's 3rd congressional district</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,2002" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 2002" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">2002 elections</a>, narrowly losing to Republican incumbent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Northup" title="Anne Northup" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Anne Northup</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conway was the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Democratic</a> nominee in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky,2010" title="United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2010" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2010 U.S. Senate election</a>, seeking the seat of the retiring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Republican</a>Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bunning" title="Jim Bunning" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Jim Bunning</a>. He lost the general election to Republican nominee <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Paul" title="Rand Paul" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Rand Paul</a> on November 2, 2010</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[2]</a></sup> He won re-election to a second term as Attorney General in 2011 with 55% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[3]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conway ran for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Kentucky" title="Governor of Kentucky" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Governor of Kentucky</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_gubernatorial_election,2015" title="Kentucky gubernatorial election, 2015" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2015 gubernatorial election</a>, with State Representative <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sannie_Overly" title="Sannie Overly" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Sannie Overly</a> as his running mate.<sup id="cite_ref-conwayset_4-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-conwayset-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[4]</a></sup> During the primary election held on May 19, 2015, Conway easily defeated retired engineer Geoff Young for the Democratic Party nomination.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[5]</a></sup> The Republican nominee <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Bevin" title="Matt Bevin" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Matt Bevin</a> defeated Conway 52.5% to 43.8% with independent candidate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Curtis" title="Drew Curtis" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Drew Curtis</a> receiving 4% in the November 3, 2015 general election.<sup id="cite_ref-KYGOV2015_6-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-KYGOV2015-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[6]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /><h2 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Contents</font></h2> <span class="toctoggle" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>] </span></div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#Personal_life" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Personal life</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#Political_career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Political career</span></font></a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#Campaign_for_U.S.House_of_Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2.1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Campaign for U.S. House of Representatives</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#Political_interim" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2.2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Political interim</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#Attorney_General_of_Kentucky" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2.3</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Attorney General of Kentucky</span></font></a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#Election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2.3.1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Election</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#Service" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2.3.2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Service</span></font></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#2010_Senate_election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2.4</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">2010 Senate election</span></font></a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#Primary" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2.4.1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Primary</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#General_election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2.4.2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">General election</span></font></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#2015_gubernatorial_election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2.5</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">2015 gubernatorial election</span></font></a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#Primary_2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2.5.1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Primary</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#General_election_2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2.5.2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">General election</span></font></a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#Political_positions" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Political positions</span></font></a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#Abortion" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3.1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Abortion</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#Animal_welfare" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3.2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Animal welfare</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#Civil_liberties" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3.3</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Civil liberties</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#Firearms" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3.4</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Firearms</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#Foreign_policy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3.5</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Foreign policy</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#Immigration" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3.6</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Immigration</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#Jobs_and_the_economy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3.7</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Jobs and the economy</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#Labor" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3.8</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Labor</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#Medicare_and_Social_Security" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3.9</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Medicare and Social Security</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#War_on_Drugs" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3.10</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">War on Drugs</span></font></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-25" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">4</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">References</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">External links</span></font></a></li></ul></div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Personal_life">Personal life</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; 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unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-PVS-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[7]</a></sup> the eldest of four siblings. His parents are Tom, a Louisville lawyer, and Barbara Conway.<sup id="cite_ref-AG_8-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-AG-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[8]</a></sup> A graduate of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.Xavier_High_School(Louisville)" title="St. Xavier High School (Louisville)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">St. Xavier High School</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-AG_8-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-AG-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[8]</a></sup> Conway earned a bachelor's degree in public policy studies from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_University" title="Duke University" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Duke University</a> in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-notin_9-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-notin-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[9]</a></sup> From 1991-97, he worked as legislative aide to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Financial_Services" title="United States House Committee on Financial Services" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">U.S. House Banking Committee</a>. He graduated with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Juris Doctor</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_University_Law_School" title="George Washington University Law School" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">George Washington University Law School</a> in 1995.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On May 20, 2006, Conway married Elizabeth Davenport; the couple has two children.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[10]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[11]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conway and his father are partners in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoroughbred" title="Thoroughbred" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">thoroughbred racehorse</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stately_Victor" title="Stately Victor" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Stately Victor</a>, named after Jack's childhood best friend, whose forename was Victor, who died at age 23. On April 11, 2010 the colt won the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graded_stakes_race" title="Graded stakes race" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Grade I</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Grass_Stakes" title="Blue Grass Stakes" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Blue Grass Stakes</a> and later ran in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Derby" title="Kentucky Derby" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Kentucky Derby</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[12]</a></sup></font></p><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Political_career">Political career</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Conway(politician)&action=edit§ion=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Political career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></font></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conway joined <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_E.Patton" title="Paul E. Patton" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Paul E. Patton</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_gubernatorial_election,1995" title="Kentucky gubernatorial election, 1995" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">gubernatorial campaign</a> in September 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-appointcabinet_13-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-appointcabinet-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[13]</a></sup> After being elected, Patton employed Conway as legal counsel to his executive cabinet and his chief energy advisor.<sup id="cite_ref-appointcabinet_13-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-appointcabinet-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[13]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-01resign_14-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-01resign-14" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[14]</a></sup> Conway was the primary architect of the Kentucky Higher Education Reform Act of 1997, one of Patton's signature legislative accomplishments.<sup id="cite_ref-chase_15-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-chase-15" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[15]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On August 3, 1999, Patton appointed Conway deputy secretary of his executive cabinet, serving under secretary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crit_Luallen" title="Crit Luallen" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Crit Luallen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-appointcabinet_13-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-appointcabinet-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[13]</a></sup> Conway was responsible for drafting Patton's 2000 legislative package to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_General_Assembly" title="Kentucky General Assembly" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">General Assembly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-appointcabinet_13-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-appointcabinet-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[13]</a></sup> He also co-chaired task forces charged with investigating changes to the state's regulation of electrical utilities and the exposure of workers at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paducah_Gaseous_Diffusion_Plant" title="Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant</a> to radioactive <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium" title="Plutonium" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">plutonium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dereg_16-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-dereg-16" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[16]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-plant_17-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-plant-17" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[17]</a></sup></font></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Campaign_for_U.S.House_of_Representatives">Campaign for U.S. House of Representatives</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; 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After leaving state government, Conway joined the law firm of Conliffe Sandman Sullivan.</span><sup id="cite_ref-PVS_7-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-PVS-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[7]</a></sup><span style="line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 22.4px;">On June 18, 2001, he officially announced his candidacy for Northup's seat.</span><sup id="cite_ref-01chairboard_19-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-01chairboard-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[19]</a></sup><span style="line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 22.4px;">Later that week, Patton named Conway chair of the newly formed Kentucky State Energy Policy Advisory Board.</span><sup id="cite_ref-01chairboard_19-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-01chairboard-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[19]</a></sup><span style="line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 22.4px;">The move angered state Republicans; state party chair Ellen Williams said that Conway's appointment "injected hard-core partisan politics" into the issue of the state's energy future.</span><sup id="cite_ref-01chairboard_19-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-01chairboard-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[19]</a></sup><span style="line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 22.4px;">In May 2002, Conway resigned from the board, citing his election campaign.</span><sup id="cite_ref-02resign_20-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-02resign-20" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[20]</a></sup>Conway announced his resignation from Patton's cabinet in May 2001 amid speculation that he would seek the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Kentucky's 3rd congressional district" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3rd district</a>congressional seat of incumbent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Northup" title="Anne Northup" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Anne Northup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-01resign_14-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-01resign-14" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[14]</a></sup> He believed Northup's vote to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton" title="Impeachment of Bill Clinton" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">impeach President Bill Clinton</a> in 1998 made her vulnerable in the Democratic-leaning district.<sup id="cite_ref-chase_15-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-chase-15" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[15]</a></sup> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,D.C." title="Washington, D.C." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Washington, D.C.</a>-based <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll_Call" title="Roll Call" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Roll Call</a></i> listed Northup among the ten most vulnerable incumbents entering the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,2002" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 2002" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2002 elections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rollcall_18-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-rollcall-18" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[18]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The race also affected the General Assembly's ability to pass a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reapportionment" class="mw-redirect" title="Reapportionment" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">reapportionment</a> bill in 2002. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Senate" title="Kentucky Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">state Senate</a>'s Republican majority proposed adding Republican-leaning <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldham_County,Kentucky" title="Oldham County, Kentucky" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Oldham County</a> to the 3rd district, while the Democrat-controlled <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_House_of_Representatives" title="Kentucky House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">state House</a>resisted the plan, resulting in an impasse for much of the legislative session.<sup id="cite_ref-02impasse_21-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-02impasse-21" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[21]</a></sup> Ultimately, the Assembly passed a plan that kept the 3rd district entirely within <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,Kentucky" title="Jefferson County, Kentucky" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Jefferson County</a>, adding several politically conservative suburbs of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Louisville</a> instead of Oldham County.<sup id="cite_ref-02redistrict_22-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-02redistrict-22" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[22]</a></sup> Even with the addition of these areas, however, Democrats held a voter registration advantage of nearly two-to-one in the district.<sup id="cite_ref-02issues_23-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-02issues-23" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[23]</a></sup> Both Conway and Northup expressed support for the approved district boundaries.<sup id="cite_ref-02impasse_21-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-02impasse-21" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[21]</a></sup> Despite an extended filing deadline, neither candidate faced a challenge in their respective party <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_election" title="Primary election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">primaries</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nochallenge_24-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-nochallenge-24" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[24]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conway portrayed Northup as an ineffective legislator who would not protect <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security(United_States)" title="Social Security (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Social Security</a> and healthcare benefits.<sup id="cite_ref-HHR_25-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-HHR-25" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[25]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bushvisit_26-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-bushvisit-26" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[26]</a></sup> Northup countered that, at 33 years old, Conway lacked experience, and said not being married had deprived him of "a responsibility to somebody else".<sup id="cite_ref-02issues_23-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-02issues-23" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[23]</a></sup> She attacked Conway for his ties to Governor Patton, who had become embroiled in a sex-for-favors scandal.<sup id="cite_ref-02patton_27-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-02patton-27" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[27]</a></sup> Northup's campaign raised and spent almost twice as much money as Conway's – aided by fundraisers featuring President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W.Bush" title="George W. Bush" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">George W. Bush</a> (twice) and Vice President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Dick Cheney</a> – allowing her to run more television ads on the district's four network television stations.<sup id="cite_ref-02issues_23-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-02issues-23" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[23]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cheneyvisit_28-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-cheneyvisit-28" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[28]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-keepcurrent_29-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-keepcurrent-29" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[29]</a></sup> Conway countered with a rally at the headquarters of the local chapter of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Auto_Workers" class="mw-redirect" title="United Auto Workers" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">United Auto Workers</a> – who gave him their endorsement – featuring then-Democratic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">House Minority Leader</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Gephardt" title="Dick Gephardt" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Dick Gephardt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bushvisit_26-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-bushvisit-26" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[26]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-uawendorse_30-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-uawendorse-30" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[30]</a></sup> Gephardt promised if Conway were elected and if Democrats gained control of the House, that he would appoint Conway to the powerful <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="United States House Committee on Appropriations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Appropriations Committee</a>, of which Northup was then a member.<sup id="cite_ref-bushvisit_26-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-bushvisit-26" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[26]</a></sup> In the November 5 general election, Northup defeated Conway with 51.6% of the vote to Conway's 48.4%. Patton later told the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Herald-Leader" title="Lexington Herald-Leader" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Lexington Herald-Leader</a></i> that he thought the scandal in his administration cost Democrats several legislative races, including Conway.<sup id="cite_ref-scandalcost_31-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-scandalcost-31" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[31]</a></sup></font></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Political_interim">Political interim</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Conway(politician)&action=edit§ion=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Political interim" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></font></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Following the loss to Northup, Conway joined his father's legal practice.<sup id="cite_ref-calltopost_32-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-calltopost-32" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[32]</a></sup> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Congressional_Campaign_Committee" title="Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee</a> tried to convince Conway to run again for the same seat in 2004, but he declined, saying another loss could damage his nascent political career.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-33" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[33]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-34" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[34]</a></sup> He was also nominated as chairman of the state Democratic party, but withdrew his name from consideration, saying the position would take too much time from his law practice.<sup id="cite_ref-nochair_35-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-nochair-35" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[35]</a></sup> In September 2004, Conway was named chairman of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry_presidential_campaign,2004" title="John Kerry presidential campaign, 2004" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">John Kerry's presidential campaign</a> in Kentucky.</span><sup id="cite_ref-04kerry_36-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-04kerry-36" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[36]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">After State Auditor Crit Luallen and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Louisville,Kentucky" title="List of mayors of Louisville, Kentucky" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Louisville Mayor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Abramson" title="Jerry Abramson" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Jerry Abramson</a> declined to seek the 2007 Democratic nomination for governor, Conway told the <i>Lexington Herald-Leader</i> that he would "step up and look at the race", although he conceded he would need to move quickly to raise enough money to run a competitive campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-07govrace_37-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07govrace-37" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[37]</a></sup> In November 2006, Conway announced that former Governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brereton_Jones" title="Brereton Jones" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Brereton Jones</a> had asked Conway to consider being his running mate if Jones sought the nomination; Conway said he would consider Jones' proposal while continuing to explore his own gubernatorial bid.<sup id="cite_ref-07runningmate_38-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07runningmate-38" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[38]</a></sup> When Congressman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Chandler" title="Ben Chandler" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ben Chandler</a>, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in 2003, announced in late November that he would not seek the nomination, Conway said he was seeking a running mate and lining up support for a gubernatorial campaign, estimating that he would need to raise a minimum of $2.5 million to be competitive.<sup id="cite_ref-chandlerout_39-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-chandlerout-39" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[39]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In early December, Democratic leaders believed that Jones and Conway would run as a ticket for governor and lieutenant governor, but the deal fell apart days later when Jones announced he would not seek the office.<sup id="cite_ref-jonesout_40-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-jonesout-40" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[40]</a></sup> A week later, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_State_Treasurer" title="Kentucky State Treasurer" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">State Treasurer</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Miller(Kentucky_politician)" title="Jonathan Miller (Kentucky politician)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Jonathan Miller</a>, who had also discussed forming a ticket with Conway, announced he would seek the gubernatorial nomination with Jefferson County Attorney <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irv_Maze" title="Irv Maze" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Irv Maze</a> as his running mate instead of Conway.<sup id="cite_ref-millerin_41-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-millerin-41" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[41]</a></sup> In late January 2007, after<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lunsford" title="Bruce Lunsford" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bruce Lunsford</a> named sitting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Kentucky" title="Attorney General of Kentucky" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Attorney General</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Stumbo" title="Greg Stumbo" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Greg Stumbo</a> as his running mate in the gubernatorial contest, Conway said it was "highly likely" that he would seek that office in lieu of a gubernatorial bid.<sup id="cite_ref-agbid_42-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-agbid-42" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[42]</a></sup></font></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Attorney_General_of_Kentucky">Attorney General of Kentucky</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Conway(politician)&action=edit§ion=5&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Attorney General of Kentucky" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></font></h3><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 22.4px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Election">Election</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Conway(politician)&action=edit§ion=6&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></font></h4><div role="note" class="hatnote" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">See also: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_state_elections,2007" title="Kentucky state elections, 2007" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Kentucky state elections, 2007</a></font></div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On January 30, 2007, Conway officially announced his candidacy for state attorney general at a rally at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_State_Capitol" title="Kentucky State Capitol" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Capitol</a> Rotunda.<sup id="cite_ref-07announce_43-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07announce-43" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[43]</a></sup> His opponent in the Democratic primary was former Assistant Attorney General Robert Bullock.<sup id="cite_ref-07priorities_44-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07priorities-44" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[44]</a></sup> Conway stated that, as attorney general, he would prioritize a crackdown on drug and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_crime" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer crime" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">computer crimes</a> and secure additional resources for local prosecutors such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_attorney" title="County attorney" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">county</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth%27s_attorney" title="Commonwealth's attorney" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">commonwealth's attorneys</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-07priorities_44-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07priorities-44" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[44]</a></sup> Bullock's campaign called Conway an "inexperienced candidate – one who embraces style over substance".<sup id="cite_ref-07style_45-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07style-45" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[45]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conway's campaign raised over $320,000, more than the five other attorney general candidates – Republican and Democrat – combined.<sup id="cite_ref-notin_9-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-notin-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[9]</a></sup> The paper's editorial board endorsed Conway, although it opined, "Democrats can't go wrong Tuesday when they pick a nominee for attorney general."<sup id="cite_ref-07lhlendorse_46-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07lhlendorse-46" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[46]</a></sup> Conway received the endorsements of several <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_union" title="Trade union" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">labor organizations</a>, including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFL-CIO" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL-CIO" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">AFL-CIO</a>, the United Auto Workers, and the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers.<sup id="cite_ref-07aflcio_47-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07aflcio-47" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[47]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-07laborendorse_48-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07laborendorse-48" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[48]</a></sup> Conway criticized Bullock for accepting the endorsement of the politically conservative Freedom's Heritage Forum, which issued the endorsement, in part because of Bullock's opposition to state universities' extension of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_partnership" title="Domestic partnership" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">domestic partnership</a> benefits to its employees.<sup id="cite_ref-notin_9-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-notin-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[9]</a></sup> Conway secured the Democratic nomination, winning the primary with 71.8 percent of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-Lex_49-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-Lex-49" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[49]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conway's opponent in the general election was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington,Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Lexington</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Lee(politician)" title="Stan Lee (politician)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Stan Lee</a>, the minority <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip(politics)" title="Whip (politics)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">whip</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_House_of_Representatives" title="Kentucky House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">state House of Representatives</a>, who the <i>Lexington Herald-Leader</i>referred to as an "arch-conservative".<sup id="cite_ref-arch_50-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-arch-50" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[50]</a></sup> Conway started with a large advantage in campaign cash, having carried over $154,544 from his primary campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-07genmoney_51-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07genmoney-51" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[51]</a></sup> Lee, the leading Republican fundraiser with over $134,000 raised in the primary campaign, started the race with only $3,365 left in his war chest.<sup id="cite_ref-07genmoney_51-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07genmoney-51" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[51]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Early in the race, Lee sought to make an issue of Democratic gubernatorial nominee <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Beshear" title="Steve Beshear" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Steve Beshear</a>'s call to amend the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Constitution" title="Kentucky Constitution" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">state constitution</a> to allow casino gambling in the state. Lee publicly opposed the plan, saying it would lead to higher crime rates, and called on Conway to also denounce it.<sup id="cite_ref-07casinos_52-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07casinos-52" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[52]</a></sup> Conway's spokesman said his candidate would support putting the amendment on the ballot for voters to decide, provided the number of casino licenses were limited, counties were given a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_option" title="Local option" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">local option</a>regarding whether to allow casinos in their communities, and all state revenue generated by the casinos was designated for healthcare, education, and protecting the state's economy.<sup id="cite_ref-07casinos_52-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07casinos-52" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[52]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In late September, Conway and Lee participated in a candidate forum held by the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.<sup id="cite_ref-07nkdebate_53-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07nkdebate-53" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[53]</a></sup> During the forum, Conway reiterated his priorities of reducing drug and Internet crimes, while Lee trumpeted his support for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-work_law" title="Right-to-work law" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">right-to-work laws</a> and opposition to Kentucky's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevailing_wage" title="Prevailing wage" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">prevailing wage</a> requirements.<sup id="cite_ref-07nkdebate_53-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07nkdebate-53" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[53]</a></sup>Lee also said Conway's acceptance of an endorsement from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Club" title="Sierra Club" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Sierra Club</a> and opposition to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tort_reform" title="Tort reform" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">tort reform</a> proved Conway was anti-business.<sup id="cite_ref-07nkdebate_53-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07nkdebate-53" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[53]</a></sup> Conway responded that he opposed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-economic_damages_caps" title="Non-economic damages caps" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">caps on medical malpractice awards</a> but favored other "common sense" ways to reduce frivolous lawsuits.<sup id="cite_ref-07nkdebate_53-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07nkdebate-53" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[53]</a></sup> The candidates agreed that the state constitution needed updating, but both said they would not support a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_convention(political_meeting)" title="Constitutional convention (political meeting)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">constitutional convention</a> to replace the entire document.<sup id="cite_ref-07nkdebate_53-4" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07nkdebate-53" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[53]</a></sup> Both candidates also expressed support for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States" title="Capital punishment in the United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">the death penalty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-07nkdebate_53-5" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07nkdebate-53" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[53]</a></sup> When Lee expressed socially conservative views in favor of posting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments" title="Ten Commandments" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ten Commandments</a> in public spaces and opposing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_the_United_States" title="Abortion in the United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">abortion</a>and domestic partner benefits, Conway countered that Lee would not impartially consider the merits of cases involving those issues because he had already made up his mind about them.<sup id="cite_ref-07nkdebate_53-6" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07nkdebate-53" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[53]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In an early October candidate forum on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Educational_Television" title="Kentucky Educational Television" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Kentucky Educational Television</a>, the candidates repeated several themes from the previous forum, but also addressed the issue of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_overcrowding" title="Prison overcrowding" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">prison overcrowding</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-07ketdebate_54-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07ketdebate-54" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[54]</a></sup> Conway said he supported rehabilitation activities in lieu of jail time for nonviolent offenders, while Lee maintained that incarceration was a deterrent to crime and said the state should study whether or not more penal institutions should be constructed.<sup id="cite_ref-07ketdebate_54-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07ketdebate-54" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[54]</a></sup> Lee attacked incumbent Attorney General Greg Stumbo's investigation of Governor Ernie Fletcher's hiring practices as politically motivated.<sup id="cite_ref-07ketdebate_54-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07ketdebate-54" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[54]</a></sup> He also thought politics motivated Stumbo's suits against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxycodone" title="Oxycodone" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">OxyContin</a>maker <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_Pharma" title="Purdue Pharma" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Purdue Pharma</a> for the drug's widespread abuse in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachia" title="Appalachia" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Appalachia</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_Petroleum" title="Marathon Petroleum" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Marathon Petroleum</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_gouging" title="Price gouging" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">price gouging</a> in the aftermaths of Hurricanes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Katrina</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Rita" title="Hurricane Rita" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Rita</a>. Conway commended Stumbo's investigation of Fletcher as necessary and said he would likely continue to pursue the case against Purdue and Marathon if elected.<sup id="cite_ref-07ketdebate_54-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07ketdebate-54" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[54]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conway won the general election on November 6, 2007, with 611,925 votes (60.5%) to Lee's 394,953 (39.5%).<sup id="cite_ref-07results_55-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-07results-55" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[55]</a></sup></font></p><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 22.4px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Service">Service</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Conway(politician)&action=edit§ion=7&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Service" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></font></h4><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conway was sworn into office on January 9, 2008, at the Capital Rotunda.<sup id="cite_ref-08swearin_56-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-08swearin-56" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[56]</a></sup> The oath of office was administered by former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Supreme_Court" title="Kentucky Supreme Court" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Kentucky Supreme Court</a> Justice Martin Johnson.<sup id="cite_ref-08swearin_56-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-08swearin-56" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[56]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The 2008 legislative session of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_General_Assembly" title="Kentucky General Assembly" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Kentucky General Assembly</a> convened the day after Conway's installation as attorney general.<sup id="cite_ref-08swearin_56-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-08swearin-56" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[56]</a></sup> Throughout the session, Conway advocated passage of a bill designed to protect minors from online predators by restricting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_offender_registries_in_the_United_States" title="Sex offender registries in the United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">registered sex offenders</a>' access to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking" class="mw-redirect" title="Social networking" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">social networking</a> sites and criminalizing<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberbullying" title="Cyberbullying" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">cyberbullying</a>, but the bill failed to come to a vote in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Senate" title="Kentucky Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">state Senate</a> after passing in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_House_of_Representatives" title="Kentucky House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">state House of Representatives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hb367_57-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-hb367-57" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[57]</a></sup> The bill, which <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hazard_Herald" title="The Hazard Herald" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">The Hazard Herald</a></i> reported was written by Conway – was reintroduced by Representative <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Bell" title="Johnny Bell" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Johnny Bell</a> in the 2009 General Assembly, passing both chambers and being signed into law by Beshear in late March 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-cybercrimebill_58-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-cybercrimebill-58" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[58]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In April 2008, Governor Steve Beshear requested a non-binding legal opinion from Conway regarding the hiring of Brad Cowgill as president of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Council_on_Postsecondary_Education" title="Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cpepres_59-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-cpepres-59" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[59]</a></sup> Beshear maintained that the Council had not conducted a national search, as required by law, before hiring Cowgill, who had been serving as interim president after being appointed by Beshear's predecessor, Ernie Fletcher.<sup id="cite_ref-cpepres_59-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-cpepres-59" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[59]</a></sup> Conway's opinion sustained Beshear's argument, and Cowgill resigned days later amid speculation that Beshear would seek a binding court judgment ordering a new search, ask for the resignations of all the members of the Council, or use his executive authority to reorganize the Council if Cowgill remained president.<sup id="cite_ref-cpepres_59-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-cpepres-59" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[59]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The 2008 General Assembly also cut the budgets of county and commonwealth's attorneys, although Conway maintained that he lobbied to reduce or eliminate the cuts.<sup id="cite_ref-prosecutorcuts_60-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-prosecutorcuts-60" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[60]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aglobbied_61-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-aglobbied-61" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[61]</a></sup> Conway's office sustained a twelve percent cut in the final budget.<sup id="cite_ref-points_62-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-points-62" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[62]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In June 2008, Conway announced a reorganization of his office in response to the budget cuts enacted by the General Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-cybercrimes_63-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-cybercrimes-63" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[63]</a></sup> Responsibility for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_support" title="Child support" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">child support</a>enforcement was transferred to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, and the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation was restructured and renamed the Department of Criminal Investigations (DCI).<sup id="cite_ref-cybercrimes_63-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-cybercrimes-63" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[63]</a></sup> In September, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Microsoft</a> chose the Kentucky Attorney General's office as one of nine agencies nationwide to host its cybercrimes training seminars for law enforcement officers.<sup id="cite_ref-microsoft_64-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-microsoft-64" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[64]</a></sup> Delivering on a campaign promise, the restructuring included the creation of a cybercrimes unit within the DCI.<sup id="cite_ref-cybercrimes_63-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-cybercrimes-63" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[63]</a></sup>Conway created a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_science" title="Forensic science" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">forensics</a> laboratory to prosecute Internet crimes and train prosecutors and police officers.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Following a sudden spike that sent gas prices above $4 per gallon in July 2008, Conway launched a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_gouging" title="Price gouging" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">price gouging</a> investigation of several stations in Louisville.<sup id="cite_ref-mid08gas_65-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-mid08gas-65" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[65]</a></sup> As prices continued to rise in anticipation of the landfall of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Ike" title="Hurricane Ike" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Hurricane Ike</a> in September, Governor Beshear signed an executive order declaring a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_emergency" title="State of emergency" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">state of emergency</a>; Conway requested the order in order to trigger consumer protection provisions in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Revised_Statutes" title="Kentucky Revised Statutes" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Kentucky Revised Statutes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-08soe_66-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-08soe-66" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[66]</a></sup> After Ike <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Ike_in_inland_North_America#Kentucky" title="Effects of Hurricane Ike in inland North America" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">triggered strong winds and storm damage in Kentucky</a>, Conway's office issued a notice that the consumer protections also extended to construction contractors and individuals selling electrical generators to residents without power.<sup id="cite_ref-08storm_67-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-08storm-67" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[67]</a></sup> In January 2009, Conway's office announced that seven stations in southern Kentucky – including five operated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_Flying_J" title="Pilot Flying J" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Pilot Travel Centers</a> and two operated by T-Mart – had agreed to a settlement in which they would pay a combined $107,500 in fines but admit to no wrongdoing.<sup id="cite_ref-gougesettle_68-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-gougesettle-68" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[68]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conway proposed a settlement in the dispute between the states of Kentucky and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ohio</a> over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Head_Rock" title="Indian Head Rock" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Indian Head Rock</a>, an 8-short-ton (7,300 kg) boulder registered as a historical artifact in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-ihr1_69-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-ihr1-69" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[69]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ihr2_70-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-ihr2-70" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[70]</a></sup> The dispute began in September 2007 when an Ohio historian led a team that removed the rock from its resting place in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River" title="Ohio River" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ohio River</a>, claiming it was in danger of being damaged, and stored it in a city garage in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth,Ohio" title="Portsmouth, Ohio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Portsmouth, Ohio</a>. Kentucky claimed ownership of the rock, and in November 2008, Conway called for the rock's return to Kentucky, a public apology from those who extracted the rock, and for the city of Portsmouth to pay to build a display for the rock on the Kentucky side of the river and cover the attorney's fees incurred by the state of Kentucky to that point in the dispute; in exchange, Conway would not file a federal lawsuit over the matter.<sup id="cite_ref-ihr3_71-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-ihr3-71" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[71]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">When the February 1, 2009, deadline for accepting the proposal passed, Conway filed suit in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Kentucky" title="United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">U.S. District Court for Eastern Kentucky</a> against the city of Portsmouth, the former mayor of Portsmouth, and two men who led the expedition to extract the rock.<sup id="cite_ref-ihr3_71-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-ihr3-71" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[71]</a></sup> In July 2010, Conway's office announced that a settlement had been reached in which the rock would be returned to Kentucky in exchange for all federal charges being dropped.<sup id="cite_ref-ihr4_72-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-ihr4-72" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[72]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Democratic State Representative <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Richards" title="Jody Richards" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Jody Richards</a> asked Conway for an advisory opinion on whether allowing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slot_machine" title="Slot machine" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">slot machines</a> at Kentucky <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_racing" title="Horse racing" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">horse racing</a> tracks would require an amendment to the state constitution in May 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-slotscoi_73-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-slotscoi-73" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[73]</a></sup> Conway's immediate predecessor, Greg Stumbo, had issued a 2005 opinion stating that slots would be allowed under a 1992 amendment that permitted the creation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Lottery" title="Kentucky Lottery" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Kentucky Lottery</a>; that contradicted an earlier opinion issued by Stumbo's predecessor, Ben Chandler.<sup id="cite_ref-slotscoi_73-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-slotscoi-73" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[73]</a></sup> Before issuing the opinion, Conway asked for and received assurance from the Executive Branch Ethics Commission that his father's ownership of racehorses and service on the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission did not present a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_of_interest" title="Conflict of interest" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">conflict of interest</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-slotscoi_73-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-slotscoi-73" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[73]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-slotsopinion_74-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-slotsopinion-74" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[74]</a></sup> On June 15, 2009, just hours before the General Assembly convened in a special session called by Governor Beshear to consider – among other issues – enabling legislation for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_lottery_terminal" title="Video lottery terminal" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">video lottery terminals</a> at state race tracks, Conway issued his opinion that a constitutional amendment would not be required to allow such devices.<sup id="cite_ref-slotsopinion_74-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-slotsopinion-74" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[74]</a></sup> The enabling legislation passed the House but was voted down in the Senate budget committee during the special session.<sup id="cite_ref-noslots09_75-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-noslots09-75" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[75]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conway launched the Prescription Drug Diversion Task Force in August 2009, targeting prescription drug trafficking, overprescribing physicians, and illegal out-of-state pharmacies. The Task Force also conducted police training statewide.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-76" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[76]</a></sup> In October 2009, his office announced the arrest of 322 people in Eastern Kentucky in connection with a joint state-federal investigation of a multi-state prescription drug pipeline stretching from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Pennsylvania</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida" title="Florida" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-09pipeline_77-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-09pipeline-77" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[77]</a></sup> It was the largest such operation in state history.<sup id="cite_ref-09pipeline_77-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-09pipeline-77" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[77]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conway also prosecuted Medicaid fraud cases and renegotiated gas rates increases.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-78" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[78]</a></sup></font></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="2010_Senate_election">2010 Senate election</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Conway(politician)&action=edit§ion=8&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2010 Senate election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></font></h3><div role="note" class="hatnote" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Main article: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky,2010" title="United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2010" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2010</a></font></div><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 22.4px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Primary">Primary</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Conway(politician)&action=edit§ion=9&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Primary" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></font></h4><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Asked in November 2008 if he would consider challenging incumbent Republican Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bunning" title="Jim Bunning" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Jim Bunning</a> for his seat in the 2010 election, Conway responded, "It's nice to be talked about. I'll certainly take a look at it."<sup id="cite_ref-08consider_79-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-08consider-79" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[79]</a></sup> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politico" title="Politico" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Politico</a></i> described Conway as a viable candidate, citing his large margin of victory in the 2008 campaign for attorney general, his fundraising ability, and the age difference between him and Bunning.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-80" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[80]</a></sup> Conway consulted with Democratic Congressman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Chandler" title="Ben Chandler" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ben Chandler</a> and state Auditor Crit Luallen about running for the seat.<sup id="cite_ref-09hints_81-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-09hints-81" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[81]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">With two Democratic candidates – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Kentucky" title="Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Lieutenant Governor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Mongiardo" title="Daniel Mongiardo" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Daniel Mongiardo</a> and former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Customs_Service" title="United States Customs Service" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">U.S. Customs</a> agent Darlene Fitzgerald Price – already in the race, Conway said in February 2009 that he would make an announcement about his plans after the General Assembly adjourned on March 27.<sup id="cite_ref-09decide_82-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-09decide-82" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[82]</a></sup> He officially announced his candidacy for the Senate via a video on his campaign web site on April 9, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-83" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[83]</a></sup> He subsequently kicked off his campaign with a rally at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_Center" title="Muhammad Ali Center" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Muhammad Ali Center</a> in Louisville on April 13. At the rally, he received public endorsements from Democratic congressmen Ben Chandler and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Yarmuth" title="John Yarmuth" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">John Yarmuth</a>, Louisville mayor Jerry Abramson, and State Auditor Crit Luallen; Governor Steve Beshear had previously endorsed Mongiardo.<sup id="cite_ref-09endorse_84-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-09endorse-84" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[84]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In the first three months of his candidacy, Conway raised more that $1.3 million, which his campaign said was a record for a Democratic Senate candidate in Kentucky.<sup id="cite_ref-captrade_85-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-captrade-85" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[85]</a></sup> Mongiardo raised only $303,000 during the same period.<sup id="cite_ref-2qmongiardo_86-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-2qmongiardo-86" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[86]</a></sup> In late July 2009, Bunning announced he would retire from the Senate after opposition from members of his own party including Kentucky's senior Senator, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Party leaders of the United States Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Minority Leader</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Mitch McConnell</a>, hampered his fundraising ability.<sup id="cite_ref-bunningretire_87-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-bunningretire-87" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[87]</a></sup> Bunning's retirement created an open seat and cleared the way for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Kentucky Secretary of State" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Secretary of State</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trey_Grayson" title="Trey Grayson" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Trey Grayson</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Paul" title="Rand Paul" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Rand Paul</a> – who had been fundraising without officially declaring their candidacies – to enter the Republican primary for the seat.<sup id="cite_ref-bunningretire_87-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-bunningretire-87" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[87]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">At the McCracken County Democratic Executive Committee's annual Alben Barkley Dinner, Conway and Mongiardo began making their cases for the nomination, with Mongiardo touting his experience as a medical doctor and emphasizing the importance of health care in the national dialogue and Conway countering that he would be able to address a broader range of issues as a senator.<sup id="cite_ref-09abd_88-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-09abd-88" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[88]</a></sup> A further contrast came to light in July 2009 when Conway announced his support for the proposed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Clean_Energy_and_Security_Act" title="American Clean Energy and Security Act" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">American Clean Energy and Security Act</a>, which would have created a system of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emissions_trading" title="Emissions trading" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">emissions trading</a> in the United States, but qualified his support by saying the bill should include language to protect affected consumers and businesses; Mongiardo called the bill a "terrible piece of legislation".<sup id="cite_ref-captrade_85-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-captrade-85" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[85]</a></sup> The bill became an issue at the annual political picnic at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fancy_Farm,Kentucky" title="Fancy Farm, Kentucky" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Fancy Farm, Kentucky</a>, with Mongiardo calling on Conway to condemn the legislation and Paul telling the crowd that "[Conway is] kind of against it a little bit and he's kind of for it a little bit".<sup id="cite_ref-mongiardoc.26t_89-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-mongiardoc.26t-89" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[89]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-paulc.26t_90-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-paulc.26t-90" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[90]</a></sup> Following the event, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">The Washington Post</a>'</i>s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cillizza" title="Chris Cillizza" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Chris Cillizza</a>, moved the primary between Conway and Mongiardo from seventh to fifth in his list of the ten most competitive primaries in the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-top10primaries_91-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-top10primaries-91" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[91]</a></sup> In October 2009, Conway announced his opposition to the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, the Senate version of the emissions trading bill sponsored by Democratic Senators <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">John Kerry</a> (D-MA) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Boxer" title="Barbara Boxer" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Barbara Boxer</a> (D-CA).<sup id="cite_ref-c.26topp_92-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-c.26topp-92" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[92]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Officially filing his candidacy papers on January 19, 2010 – the day Republican <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Brown" title="Scott Brown" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Scott Brown</a> dealt national Democrats a blow by upsetting Democrat <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Coakley" title="Martha Coakley" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Martha Coakley</a> in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Massachusetts,2010" title="United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2010" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">special election</a> to fill the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Massachusetts</a> Senate seat left vacant by the death of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Kennedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Kennedy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Edward Kennedy</a> – Conway highlighted several issues where he differed with the national party.<sup id="cite_ref-10file_93-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-10file-93" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[93]</a></sup> Saying he would ask to be assigned to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Senate Armed Services</a> committee if elected, he criticized President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Barack Obama</a>'s decision to increase the number of U.S. troops in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Afghanistan</a> in the lead-up to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Strike_of_the_Sword" title="Operation Strike of the Sword" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Operation Strike of the Sword</a> in June 2009. He further criticized the administration's decision to try suspected terrorists in civilian courts rather than <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_tribunal" class="mw-redirect" title="Military tribunal" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">military tribunals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10file_93-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-10file-93" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[93]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conway said he would have opposed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a> because it did not allow insurance companies to sell their products across state lines and included a higher <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicaid" title="Medicaid" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Medicaid</a> reimbursement rate for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Nebraska</a> to secure support for the measure from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Nelson" title="Ben Nelson" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ben Nelson</a>, a conservative Democratic Senator from Nebraska.<sup id="cite_ref-10file_93-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-10file-93" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[93]</a></sup> When Congress later dropped Nebraska's Medicaid provision, Conway said the bill was still "far from perfect", but conceded he would have voted for it.<sup id="cite_ref-10aca_94-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-10aca-94" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[94]</a></sup>Mongiardo opposed the bill, saying "If Jack Conway believes this is the magic solution to health care, it's proof that we need to send a doctor to the Senate, not just another politician."<sup id="cite_ref-10aca_94-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-10aca-94" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[94]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conway also proposed that, as companies repaid the federal government for money directed to them by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008" title="Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008</a>, those funds be used to support small business loans made by local banks and to provide a dollar-for-dollar <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_credit" title="Tax credit" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">tax credit</a> to employers who created new domestic jobs, a plan he called the Hometown Tax Credit.<sup id="cite_ref-10htc_95-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-10htc-95" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[95]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In March 2010, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHAS-TV" title="WHAS-TV" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">WHAS</a>/<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Courier-Journal" title="The Courier-Journal" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Courier Journal</a></i> poll showed Mongiardo leading Conway by 18 percentage points among likely primary voters.<sup id="cite_ref-whaspoll_96-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-whaspoll-96" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[96]</a></sup> By April, Mongiardo's lead was down to 3 percentage points, falling within the poll's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margin_of_error" title="Margin of error" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">margin of error</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-whaspoll_96-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-whaspoll-96" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[96]</a></sup> WHAS noted that Conway's surge corresponded with the beginning of his television advertising campaign, particularly in western Kentucky.<sup id="cite_ref-whaspoll_96-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-whaspoll-96" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[96]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Two weeks before the primary, Mongiardo filed an ethics complaint against Conway alleging that Conway's receipt of more than $70,000 in donations from utility company <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobbyists" class="mw-redirect" title="Lobbyists" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">lobbyists</a> represented a conflict of interest because the Office of Rate Intervention, a division of the attorney general's office, routinely evaluates whether requests to increase utility rates are warranted.<sup id="cite_ref-turnsup_97-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-turnsup-97" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[97]</a></sup> Conway's spokeswoman responded that, in his two and a half years as attorney general, Conway had saved ratepayers "$100 million dollars by forcing proposed rate hikes to be lower in 18 cases before the [Public Service Commission] since 2008".<sup id="cite_ref-mongiardo-blasts_98-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-mongiardo-blasts-98" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[98]</a></sup> Mongiardo's complaint further alleged that Conway stood to benefit from a requested rate increase by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmos_Energy" title="Atmos Energy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Atmos Energy</a>, a partner of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinder_Morgan" title="Kinder Morgan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Kinder Morgan</a>, a company in which Conway had a financial interest.<sup id="cite_ref-turnsup_97-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-turnsup-97" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[97]</a></sup> The <i>Lexington Herald-Leader</i> reported that Conway ultimately negotiated a 38 percent reduction in Atmos Energy's request in the case.<sup id="cite_ref-mongiardo-blasts_98-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-mongiardo-blasts-98" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[98]</a></sup> On July 14, 2010 the ethics complaint against Conway was dropped and the Kentucky ethics panel stated "campaign contributions aren't considered gifts under the ethics code, and as a result the ethics commission doesn't have jurisdiction."<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height: 1; 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(May 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></font></p><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 22.4px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="General_election">General election</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Conway(politician)&action=edit§ion=10&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: General election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></font></h4><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="line-height: 22.4px;">
As of July 15, 2010, Conway had received $3.4 million in campaign contributions and loaned his campaign $525,000, surpassing Paul in available funds.</span><sup id="cite_ref-Schreiner_102-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-Schreiner-102" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[102]</a></sup><span style="line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 22.4px;">Conway had been criticized by Paul for appearing at a fundraising event with a contingent of American trial lawyers in Canada.</span><sup id="cite_ref-Schreiner_102-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-Schreiner-102" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[102]</a></sup>On May 18, 2010, Conway narrowly won the primary election to secure the Democratic nomination and face Republican nominee Rand Paul for the Senate seat in November 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-primaryresult_99-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-primaryresult-99" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[99]</a></sup> Conway criticized Paul for his position on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964" title="Civil Rights Act of 1964" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Civil Rights Act of 1964</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Weigel_100-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-Weigel-100" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[100]</a></sup> He first claimed Paul wanted to "repeal" it and later stated that Paul rejected and would have opposed inclusion of a "fundamental provision of the act". Conway criticized Paul for a 2002 letter in which Paul opposed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Housing_Act" title="Fair Housing Act" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Fair Housing Act</a>. Paul had stated that "a free society" should allow discrimination by private businesses even if he disagreed.<sup id="cite_ref-Weigel_100-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-Weigel-100" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[100]</a></sup> Conway argued that Paul held a "narrow, rigid philosophy that government shouldn't deal with businesses at all".<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-101" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[101]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On October 15, 2010, in the wake of news coverage of Paul's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Paul#Controversy_over_college_activities" title="Rand Paul" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">alleged activities in college</a>, Conway began running a TV ad asking why Paul joined <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoZe_Brotherhood" class="mw-redirect" title="NoZe Brotherhood" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">a group</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baylor_University" title="Baylor University" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Baylor</a> that mocked Christianity and told a classmate his god was "Aqua Buddha". The ad triggered an angry response from Paul, who claimed Conway was questioning his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian" title="Christian" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Christian</a> faith.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-103" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[103]</a></sup> The ad was controversial, but the Conway campaign continued to run it, saying that it questioned Paul's judgment, not his faith.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-104" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[104]</a></sup></font></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="2015_gubernatorial_election">2015 gubernatorial election</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Conway(politician)&action=edit§ion=11&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2015 gubernatorial election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></font></h3><div role="note" class="hatnote" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Main article: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_gubernatorial_election,2015" title="Kentucky gubernatorial election, 2015" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Kentucky gubernatorial election, 2015</a></font></div><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 22.4px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Primary_2">Primary</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Conway(politician)&action=edit§ion=12&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Primary" style="text-decoration: none; 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unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-conwayset-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[4]</a></sup> During the primary election held on May 19, 2015, Conway defeated retired engineer Geoff Young for the Democratic Party nomination with 78.8 percent of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-105" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[105]</a></sup></font></p><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 22.4px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="General_election_2">General election</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Conway(politician)&action=edit§ion=13&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: General election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></font></h4><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In the general election held on November 3, 2015, Republican <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Bevin" title="Matt Bevin" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Matt Bevin</a> defeated Conway 52.5% to 43.8% with independent candidate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Curtis" title="Drew Curtis" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Drew Curtis</a> receiving 4% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-KYGOV2015_6-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-KYGOV2015-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[6]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-106" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[106]</a></sup></font></p><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Political_positions">Political positions</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Conway(politician)&action=edit§ion=14&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Political positions" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></font></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A July 2010 review of Conway's public statements over the last decade by <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Courier-Journal" title="The Courier-Journal" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">The Courier-Journal</a></i> found that while he does have liberal views on some issues such as reproductive rights and health-care reform, his outlook is conservative or moderate on others, including the death penalty. He told the interviewer, "I consider myself a political moderate. Fiscally, I can be pretty conservative. I'm pretty conservative, I think, on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Second Amendment to the United States Constitution" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2nd Amendment</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-Conway_leans_left_107-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-Conway_leans_left-107" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[107]</a></sup></font></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Abortion">Abortion</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Conway(politician)&action=edit§ion=15&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Abortion" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></font></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conway supports legalized abortion that "should be as rare as possible, but should be kept safe and legal." He opposes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late-term_abortion" class="mw-redirect" title="Late-term abortion" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">late-term abortion</a>, and opposes a constitutional amendment to ban abortion.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-108" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[108]</a></sup> In his October 25, 2010 debate with Rand Paul, he reiterated his earlier statement that abortion should be rare but also safe and legal.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-109" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[109]</a></sup></font></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Animal_welfare">Animal welfare</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Conway(politician)&action=edit§ion=16&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Animal welfare" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></font></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In March 2014, Conway joined Kentucky to a lawsuit filed by Missouri Attorney General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Koster" title="Chris Koster" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Chris Koster</a> against California's egg production standards. In October 2014, a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit, rejecting the states' challenge to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposition_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Proposition 2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Proposition 2</a>, California's prohibition on the sale of eggs laid by caged hens kept in conditions more restrictive than those approved by California voters in a 2008 ballot initiative. Judge Kimberly Mueller ruled that Kentucky and the other states lacked legal standing to sue on behalf of their residents and that the plaintiffs were representing solely the interests of egg farmers, not "a substantial statement of their populations."<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-110" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[110]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-111" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[111]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-112" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[112]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-113" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[113]</a></sup></font></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Civil_liberties">Civil liberties</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Conway(politician)&action=edit§ion=17&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Civil liberties" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></font></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 2002, Conway expressed support for some provisions of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Act" title="Patriot Act" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Patriot Act</a>. In 2010, he expressed satisfaction that the act had been amended to provide more judicial restraint of surveillance by federal agents.<sup id="cite_ref-Conway_leans_left_107-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-Conway_leans_left-107" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[107]</a></sup> On February 27, 2014, Conway filed for a 90-day delay on District Court Judge John Heyburn's February 12, 2014 ruling, which ruled that Kentucky's ban on recognizing same-sex marriages from other states was unconstitutional. Conway stated that he was contemplating an appeal of the ruling.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-114" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[114]</a></sup> On March 4, Conway announced he would not appeal the ruling, saying it had been decided correctly in his opinion. Governor Beshear announced he would retain outside counsel to pursue the appeal.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-115" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[115]</a></sup></font></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Firearms">Firearms</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Conway(politician)&action=edit§ion=18&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Firearms" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></font></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In a 2002 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Vote_Smart" title="Project Vote Smart" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Project Vote Smart</a> survey, Conway stated, "I support the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Second Amendment to the United States Constitution" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2nd Amendment</a>--and believe there is nothing wrong with owning a gun for personal protection or recreation." Conway supported maintaining and strengthening current federal legislation, such as required background checks at gun shows and child safety locks, but opposed raising the legal age from 18 to 21 and also opposed requiring a license for gun possession.<sup id="cite_ref-Issue_Positions_116-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-Issue_Positions-116" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[116]</a></sup></font></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Foreign_policy">Foreign policy</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Conway(politician)&action=edit§ion=19&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Foreign policy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></font></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conway stated in 2002, during his congressional campaign, that he supported George W. Bush's foreign policy and would have voted to authorize the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2003 invasion of Iraq</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-117" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[117]</a></sup> In 2010, Conway told the <i>Courier-Journal</i> that he now opposes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Iraq War</a> because the Bush administration overstated Saddam Hussein's efforts to obtain weapons of mass destruction, adding that "In this case, they trumped up the intelligence and then they didn't have a plan for winning the peace".<sup id="cite_ref-Conway_leans_left_107-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-Conway_leans_left-107" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[107]</a></sup></font></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Immigration">Immigration</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Conway(politician)&action=edit§ion=20&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Immigration" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></font></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conway supports a pathway to legalization for some illegal immigrants, but said that preference should be given to those here legally. He has called for action against businesses that employ illegal aliens. He believes that "If you're born on the United States soil, then you're a United States citizen," and opposes breaking up families by deporting parents of children born here.<sup id="cite_ref-Conway_leans_left_107-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-Conway_leans_left-107" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[107]</a></sup></font></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Jobs_and_the_economy">Jobs and the economy</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Conway(politician)&action=edit§ion=21&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Jobs and the economy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></font></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conway proposes a hometown tax credit to reward companies and small businesses that create jobs in Kentucky. Employers who prove they've boosted employment over the previous year by creating new jobs, increasing paid hours, or raising wages, would qualify for a 20% tax credit. The total benefit would be capped at $500,000 per firm. Conway says such a tax credit would be fully paid for by repealing foreign income and interest deductions, and closing offshore tax loopholes.<sup id="cite_ref-jackconway1962_118-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-jackconway1962-118" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[118]</a></sup> Conway's jobs plan also calls for the creation of a Small Business Loan Fund that will put $30 billion of new capital toward lending for small businesses through community banks and credit unions.<sup id="cite_ref-jackconway1962_118-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-jackconway1962-118" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[118]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 2002, while running for the U.S. House of Representatives, Conway supported the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_tax_cuts" title="Bush tax cuts" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bush tax cuts</a>. During the 2010 primary for the U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky, Conway told the editorial board of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Courier-Journal" title="The Courier-Journal" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">The Courier-Journal</a></i> that most of the Bush tax cuts should be allowed to expire. In early August 2010 Conway told CN|2 Politics, "I don't think that a recession is any time to raise taxes. So I think the Bush tax cuts ought to be extended for some period of time, especially the individual taxes, the estate tax provisions, keeping the capital gains tax at 15 percent. I think they ought to be extended".<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-119" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[119]</a></sup></font></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Labor">Labor</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Conway(politician)&action=edit§ion=22&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Labor" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></font></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Conway was a supporter of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employee_Free_Choice_Act" title="Employee Free Choice Act" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Employee Free Choice Act</a>. In a 2010 debate, Conway said that employees should be able to unionize if over 50% of them signed a card.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-120" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[120]</a></sup></font></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Medicare_and_Social_Security">Medicare and Social Security</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Conway(politician)&action=edit§ion=23&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Medicare and Social Security" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></font></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">If elected to the Senate, Conway says the first piece of legislation he will introduce would repeal what he calls a "sweetheart deal" for the pharmaceutical industry that currently prohibits Medicare from negotiating for lower prices on prescription drugs. Citing a report from the National Committee on Social Security and Medicare, he says that this alone would save the federal government $200 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-121" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[121]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conway opposes privatizing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security(United_States)" title="Social Security (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Social Security</a> and thinks these benefits should be maintained and protected from any outside risks associated with the financial markets.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-122" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[122]</a></sup> In his 2002 run for Congress Conway stated that raising the retirement age and cutting benefit levels "to save Social Security" has to be considered, but retracted these comments by November 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-123" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[123]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-124" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[124]</a></sup></font></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="War_on_Drugs">War on Drugs</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Conway(politician)&action=edit§ion=24&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: War on Drugs" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">]</span></span></font></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conway has stated that ""We need a United States senator who understands that we need federal funding for treatment, we need federal funding for law enforcement investigators, and we need a collaborative approach of federal, state and local (resources) to deal with the drug problem"<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-125" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[125]</a></sup> in Kentucky where prescription drug abuse is of particular concern.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-126" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[126]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KGW_127-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-KGW-127" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[127]</a></sup> Conway has pledged his steadfast support of Operation UNITE,<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-128" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[128]</a></sup> an anti-drug initiative in Kentucky that receives the majority of its funding at the federal level.<sup id="cite_ref-KGW_127-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-KGW-127" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[127]</a></sup> He called for the creation of a network of prescription pill tracking systems across the United States, where each state would adopt a prescription pill tracking program similar to the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://chfs.ky.gov/os/oig/KASPER.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E");">KASPER</a> system in Kentucky.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-129" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[129]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">When asked if he was in favor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_hemp" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrial hemp" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hemp farming</a> for Kentucky, Conway replied: "It's a law enforcement issue. The problem with hemp is, when you're trying to eradicate<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijuana" class="mw-redirect" title="Marijuana" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">marijuana</a>, which is a major law enforcement issue in Kentucky, I know how difficult it can be for law enforcement to make the distinction, and so I think we need to leave that issue to those in law enforcement who are advising us on it. If there's a difficulty in distinguishing between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp" title="Hemp" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hemp</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijuana" class="mw-redirect" title="Marijuana" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">marijuana</a> then we shouldn't have hemp farming in Kentucky, because it's more of a law enforcement issue about making certain we don't let a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_drug" class="mw-redirect" title="Gateway drug" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">gateway drug</a> get into the marketplace."<sup id="cite_ref-kfb_130-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-kfb-130" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[130]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conway indicated in a 2002 Project Vote Smart survey that he does not support decriminalizing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_marijuana" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical marijuana" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">use of marijuana for medical purposes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Issue_Positions_116-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Conway(politician)#cite_note-Issue_Positions-116" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[116]</a></sup></font></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">==</font></div>