Full Name:
Jim DuPlessis
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Marcy; 3 Children: Jay, Kate, Tori
Birth Place:
Hardin County, KY
Home City:
Elizabethtown, KY
Religion:
Christian
BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, 1991-1994
Candidate, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives, District 25, 2020, 2022
Representative, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives, District 25, 2014-2022
Former Member, Area Development District Working Group, Kentucky State House of Representatives
Former Member, Banking and Insurance Committee, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives
Former Member, Joint Committee on Labor and Industry, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives
Former Member, Joint Committee on Local Government, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives
Former Member, Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
Former Member, Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Environment, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives
Former Member, Joint Committee on State Government
Former Member, Joint Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection
Former Member, Kentucky Retirement Systems Administrative Joint Committee
Former Member, Labor and Industry Committee, Kentucky State House of Representatives
Former Member, Local Government Committee, Commonwealth of Kentucky House of Representatives
Former Member, Natural Resources and Energy Committee
Former Member, Public Pension Oversight Board
Former Member, Public Pensions Working Group, Kentucky State House of Representatives
Former Member, State Government Committee
Former Member, Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection Committee
Senior Engineer, ChemTreat, Incorporated, 2004-present
Account Manager, Nalco, 1994-2004
Member, Hardin County Chamber of Commerce, present
Member, Kentucky Colonels, present
Member/Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary International, present
Deacon/Attendee, Severns Valley Baptist Church, present
Leader, Boy Scouts of America Troops 829/604
Volunteer, Clarity Solutions for Women
Former Rifle Instructor, National Rifle Association (NRA)
Priority Issues:
My political views include:
*Improved education for our children
*Enhanced pay to attract the best teachers
*More focus and funds for skilled trade education in both high school as well as post secondary education
*School Choice
*Options for chartered schools in poor performing districts
*Bringing more jobs to Kentucky
*Make Kentucky more business friendly by reducing job stifling regulations and taxes. This will both attract and retain jobs for the state.
*Enact Right to Work Legislation
*Lower taxes to spur the economy and to help the poor keep more of what they earn
*Responsible spending in Frankfort
*Government that works within the scope of the constitution
*A strong military
*Pro Life
*People taking personal responsibility for the choices that they make
*A safety net for down trodden is needed. However, government assistance should be not be a life long handout but a quick hand UP that leads to a life long stability
*The two greatest documents ever written that will help to guide my legislative decisions are the Constitution and the Bible