Sheeba Jolly
Republican | Kentucky
Candidate Profile
Leans Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Sheeba Jolly
Party
Republican
Election Year
2026
Election
Republican Primary
Race
State Senator, Dist. 26
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
Lady Harding Medical College, New Delhi, India, Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery, 1986
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
Hindu Temple off Kentucky, Managerr, Signature Healthcare
Signature Healthcare, Guest Speaker
Interfaith Paths to Peace, Guest Speaker
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
none
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
State Senator, district 36, 2018-2018
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.
Agree
Legal protections regarding the fetus vary, some jurisdictions protecting life on conception while others are focused on viability. In both cases, legal protection is needed.
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Strongly Agree
Abortion is completely banned in Kentucky with very few exceptions, such as to save the pregnant woman’s life or prevent disabling injury. Kentucky law prohibits tax payers money from being used for purpose of abortions.
Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?
Elective abortion should be allowed to save pregnant woman’s life or prevent a serious, permanent damage to a life sustaining organ.
The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.
Disagree
Human embryos created through artificial methods do not have the potential to grow beyond initial few days.
The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.
Agree
The Comstock Act if successful, will constitute a nationwide ban on abortions. It will cut off access to abortion pills and instruments and materials used for abortion by healthcare providers.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
The Government is prevented from establishing an official religion or favoring faith or coercing religious participation.
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Disagree
In view of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, individuals and businesses should not be forced by Government to provide services against their moral/religious beliefs.
NATIONAL SECURITY
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Agree
The Chinese Communist Party poses central threat and undermines the security to fulfill its own ambitions of power. It often violates World Trade Organization commitments , it wants to project power by building military bases throughout the world it disregards human rights and ignores environmental concern to obtain power in dictatorships style.
Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?
The United States and Israel share democratic values and economic ties.Israel is a major non- NATO ally with access to U.S. technology, both share bilateral trades, diplomatic and strategic partnership.This special relationship is the cornerstone of U.S Middle East policy.
HEALTHCARE
What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.
C. Medicaid and Medicare should remain available because they are Federally funded programs for those who are above 65 years old (Medicaid) and those who are extremely poor(Medicare). Others can have private insurance through employer or otherwise.
The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.
Strongly Agree
These databases are crucial for Healthcare professionals, researchers and for patients to have reliable, evidence based medical information.
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Agree
Free enterprise is complete freedom for Businesses to operate in the economic freedom which goes hand in hand with individual freedom, summarized in the Declaration of Independence as ‘life, liberty and pursuit of happiness’.
What is your position on the minimum wage?
Kentucky minimum wage is $7.25/hot and tipped employees $2.13/hour. There is no inflation adjustment. The minimum wage is very low and should be set higher.
I support using taxpayer funds to lobby the state legislature.
Disagree
Tax payers funds are for most essential priorities for that state and not to be used for effective lobbying.
List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.
1. Reduce Medicaid waste by ending duplicate payments and coverage of ineligible individuals. 2. Stop extravagant, unnecessary expenditures by executive branch agencies. 3. Reduce extravagant cost of conferences by Department of Education.
IMMIGRATION
I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.
Strongly Disagree
Sanctuary cities will be protecting undocumented and illegal immigrants and increase criminal acts against US Citizens.
EDUCATION
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Disagree
Department of Education provides funding to students with disabilities (7.4 million) and students from low income families(26 million). It monitors education at the National level, by research and collection of Data. It does not dictate the syllabus or employ teachers. Only 10% funding comes from Federal Government, the states have always had control over education.
Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.
Disagree
America’s taxpayer funded colleges and universities have a moral and legal obligation to be fully transparent with US Government and America’s people about their foreign financial relationships.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?
Law enforcement, the Courts and Corrections. Punishing the offenders for their crimes, discouraging future criminal behavior, removing offenders from society and rehabilitation.
Sharia law should not be accepted or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of the United States.
Agree
The government should use automated-enforcement cameras to track speeding and criminal activity.
Strongly Agree
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
Restriction on gun ownership should be applied to convicted criminals, people with mental health issues and those with domestic violence convictions.
ABOUT YOU
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?
Conservative
Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.
No
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.
No
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Humanity and service to mankind, honesty, hard work, nonviolence.
Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Disagree
LGBTQ couples should have same legal, financial and social rights as heterosexual couples.
I support the expansion of gambling in my state.
Disagree
Government should recognize and support the fundamental right and essential duty of parents to direct their child's upbringing, including their religious, health, and educational well-being.
Strongly Agree
The parents have the primary right to make decisions regarding their children’s health, education and religious upbringing. The Government can provide support to improve parenting skills and prevent child maltreatment for at risk families.
Attempts to transition or encourage a child to transition to the opposite sex constitutes child abuse.
Agree
Thorough assessment of the child is required to ensure sustained patterns of gender dysphoria for sex transition. Youth must have the emotional and cognitive ability to provide informed consent and if they have not reached the stat’s legal age for informed consent, then their parents or guardians must consent.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
Voter photo I.D is required to ensure the safety and integrity of Elections.
EQUALITY
Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.
Agree
Reparations aim to ractify harms done by slavery and discriminatory policies which blocked Blacks from advancement in Education, Housing and Employment. So reparations to Black people should be given for national reconciliation,addressing historical trauma and fostering spiritual and social renewal.
Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.
Agree
Mostly for safety of women and for the sports to be fair.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?
Renewable Energy.
Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.
Agree
Intense heatwaves are caused by burning of coal, oil and gas cause greenhouse emissions and. Increased temperatures, shrinking glaciers Which if left untreated cause global threats to ecosystems.
