Jack Conway (politician)
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Jack Conway is an attorney and politician in Louisville, Kentucky.
Conway was press secretary to Congressman Carroll Hubbard and served important roles as a key advisor in the administration of Governor of Kentucky Paul E. Patton.
In 2002, Conway was the Democratic nominee for Kentucky's Third Congressional District seat in the United States House of Representatives. Conway lost a close race to the incumbent, Anne Northup. Conway won 110,846 votes (48.4%) to Northup's 118,228 (51.6%). Conway's showing was the best in the district since Northup won the seat in 1996 and compared favorably to the 44.2% won by the prior Democratic nominee, state representative Eleanor Jordan, and the 37.8% won by the following Democratic nominee, Jefferson Circuit Clerk Tony Miller.
In 2005, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) actively recruited Conway to run a rematch with Northup. In November 2005, Conway announced that he would not seek the seat again in 2006.
Conway reportedly has explored making a run for statewide office in 2007, and when he announced he would not run for Congress in 2006, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported that Conway was interested in running for Governor of Kentucky, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky or Attorney General of Kentucky.
| Preceded by: Eleanor Jordan |
Democratic Nominee, United States House of Representatives, Kentucky 3rd District 2002-2002 |
Succeeded by: Tony Miller |
