Hello! 

I’m Jayna Lynn Russelburg. 

I’m running as a write-in candidate in Kentucky’s Senate District 4. 

As a mom, wife, educator, community advocate and lifelong Kentuckian, I have seen firsthand how amazing our neighbors are in this “neck of the woods”. I believe that regular people like you and me should have a MUCH bigger voice in the decisions that affect our day-to-day lives. 

Education has shaped nearly every part of who I am. I hold a bachelor’s degree and two master’s degrees in Education, but many of the most important things I’ve learned came from working hard and caring about people. 

Raising a family in real Western Kentucky has shown me the resilience of our neighbors in hard times. I’ve seen us show up for one another in so many ways, and I’ve been listening to the real-life struggles of the real people of District 4. 

My son lives with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and that experience has profoundly shaped the way I see the world. I know what it means to navigate systems that weren’t designed with every family in mind. I know how exhausting it can be to fight for services, accessibility, education, healthcare, and simple dignity. It’s one reason I believe so strongly in human rights FOR ALL —and I feel that in a wealthy nation like ours, our government should make life easier for families, not create another obstacle course for them to navigate.

Rural and working-class children deserve every opportunity we can give them. And when we invest early in Pre-K, early intervention, special education, mental health, nutrition, and social/emotional supports  we don’t just improve schools - we strengthen entire communities.

I believe working people deserve wages they can actually live on. Families deserve affordable healthcare. Children deserve to eat at school without anyone asking whether their parents can afford it. People with disabilities deserve full participation in their communities. Teachers deserve respect. Small towns deserve investment.

My politics come from the same place my 17-year education career and subsequent community work does: I believe we have a responsibility to look out for one another.

We owe our best to one another as neighbors. 

I’m not running for office because I spent my life planning to become a politician. Quite the opposite, in fact.

I’m running because I got tired of watching decisions get made about people like us without enough people like us in the room. And every Kentuckian deserves a government that remembers its job is to serve people—not corporations, wealthy donors, or political parties.

I believe faith should make us more compassionate, not more judgmental. 

And I believe most people—whatever their political label—want many of the same basic things: a safe home, meaningful work, healthy families, good schools, financial security, and a little hope for the future.

I don’t proclaim to have every answer.

But I will listen. I will learn. I will tell you the truth as I understand it. I will admit when I’m wrong. And I will never forget who I’m supposed to be working for.

Because Kentucky doesn’t belong to politicians.

It belongs to us.