Josh Calloway | |
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![]() Calloway at the 2024 Hazlitt Summit hosted by Young Americans for Liberty Foundation | |
Member of the KentuckyHouseofRepresentatives from the 10th district | |
Assumed office January 1, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Dean Schamore |
Personal details | |
Born | February 3,1979 |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Eastern Kentucky University |
Committees | Elections,Constitutional Amendments,and Intergovernmental Affairs Economic Development and Workforce Investment Primary and Secondary Education |
Josh Calloway (born February 3,1979) is an American politician from Kentucky. A member of the Republican Party,he has been a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives since January 2021. He represents Kentucky's 10th House district,which includes Breckenridge and Hardin counties.
Calloway was born February 3,1979. [1] He grew up in Fordsville,Kentucky,but currently resides in Irvington. He earned a certification in health and safety from Eastern Kentucky University. [2]
Prior to entering politics,he worked for the National Office Furniture and the Protech EIS Corporation. [2] He has also been a preacher,volunteer jail chaplain,music director,and piano player at Pleasant View Baptist Church. [3] As of 2019,he was also director of Hope Through Truth Ministries and the Hope Academy,a transitional living home for at-risk men. [4]
Calloway was elected from Kentucky's 10th House district,which includes Breckenridge and Hardin counties. [1]
In 2022,Calloway opposed legislation to legalize sports betting in Kentucky. [8] Although Republicans held a supermajority in both chambers of the Kentucky General Assembly,the party was split on the issue of gambling. [8]
In 2024,he criticized Governor Andy Beshear for issuing an executive order to ban conversion therapy for LGBT youth. [9] Calloway said the order defied the will of the legislature. Republican lawmakers had repeatedly blocked efforts to ban conversion therapy. [9]
In 2024,Calloway introduced legislation (House Bill 208) to propose an amendment to the Kentucky Constitution to allow public funds to be allocated to charter schools. [10] [11] The state constitution currently allows education appropriations to go to "common schools" only,which the Kentucky Supreme Court has interpreted to mean public schools. [10]