Ashtyn Kennedy is originally from Montgomery, Alabama. She attended Southern State Community College. Ashtyn lives in Prattville, Alabama. 


Ashtyn currently works as a coach and teacher.

Ashtyn Kennedy's campaign for U.S. Representative for Alabama's 6th District is her first entry into politics.

August 11 Special Primary Election Candidates | Alabama Democrats

Ashtyn's campaign for U.S. Representative for Alabama's 6th Congressional District is her first run for public office.


2026 Alabama Special Primary Election

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Republican

Believes hustle culture has emerged as a response to extreme greed and price gouging, which have intensified over time.

Will work towards strengthening anti-trust and anti-monopoly laws, and breaking monopolies for working-class Americans to have full protections.

Supports banning surge and dynamic pricing.

Supports "Right to Repair — consumers deserve to work on their own property without being financially held over the barrel by corporations."

- Believes hustle culture has emerged as a response to extreme greed and price gouging, which have intensified over time.
- Will work towards strengthening anti-trust and anti-monopoly laws, and breaking monopolies for working-class Americans to have full protections.
- Supports banning surge and dynamic pricing.
- Supports "Right to Repair — consumers deserve to work on their own property without being financially held over the barrel by corporations."

Economy

Supports releasing the full, unredacted names of all individuals in the Jeffrey Epstein files and using existing evidence to pursue swift prosecution of all involved to the fullest extent of the law.

Supports a moratorium & investigation of automated license plate reader (ALPR) systems (such as Flock).

- Supports releasing the full, unredacted names of all individuals in the Jeffrey Epstein files and using existing evidence to pursue swift prosecution of all involved to the fullest extent of the law.
- Supports a moratorium & investigation of automated license plate reader (ALPR) systems (such as Flock).

Public Safety

Supports access to healthcare without government involvement, advocates for pro-choice policies, and aims to create conditions that reduce the need for abortions.

Supports access to healthcare without government involvement.

Promotes stronger labor laws for nurses, reinvesting in health research, and stronger maternity and paternity care.

- Supports access to healthcare without government involvement.
- Supports abortion access.
- Wants to expand Medicaid.
- Promotes stronger labor laws for nurses, reinvesting in health research, and stronger maternity and paternity care.

Healthcare

Supports reinvesting in Head Start, heavily investing in arts and after-school programs for K-12 students, banning Chromebooks from regular classrooms, and fully funding K-12 public school meals.

- Supports reinvesting in Head Start, heavily investing in arts and after-school programs for K-12 students, banning Chromebooks from regular classrooms, and fully funding K-12 public school meals.
- Wants to eliminate student debt.

Education

Supports federal legalization of medical and recreational cannabis, using tax revenue for clean drinking water and maintenance of water systems.

Supports expunging all non-violent cannabis charges as part of federal legalization.

Supports investigating the rapid expansion of data centers, requiring independent third-party evaluation of water system impacts, and creating regulations for the use of eminent domain law in data center construction.

Opposes unchecked artificial intelligence expansion and supports proactively building robust regulations governing artificial intelligence and its uses.

Supports regulating pesticide usage in the cannabis industry.

- Supports federal legalization of medical and recreational cannabis, using tax revenue for clean drinking water and maintenance of water systems.
- Supports expunging all non-violent cannabis charges as part of federal legalization.
- Supports investigating the rapid expansion of data centers, requiring independent third-party evaluation of water system impacts, and creating regulations for the use of eminent domain law in data center construction.
- Opposes unchecked artificial intelligence expansion and supports proactively building robust regulations governing artificial intelligence and its uses.
- Supports regulating pesticide usage in the cannabis industry.

Energy & the Environment

Opposes the war in Iran and any new military conflicts.

Advocates for sending humanitarian aid to Palestine immediately, and ending U.S. funding to Israel, arguing American tax dollars should instead subsidize healthcare, reduce higher education costs, and support paid parental leave.

Wants to direct a portion of cannabis tax revenue to the Department of Veterans Affairs and fully restaffing the department to ensure veterans receive timely, dignified care.

- Opposes the war in Iran and any new military conflicts.
- Advocates for sending humanitarian aid to Palestine immediately, and ending U.S. funding to Israel, arguing American tax dollars should instead subsidize healthcare, reduce higher education costs, and support paid parental leave.
- Wants to direct a portion of cannabis tax revenue to the Department of Veterans Affairs and fully restaffing the department to ensure veterans receive timely, dignified care.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

As of May 27, 2026, Ashtyn Kennedy’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Voting & Elections

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Ashtyn Kennedy

- Believes hustle culture has emerged as a response to extreme greed and price gouging, which have intensified over time.

- Supports releasing the full, unredacted names of all individuals in the Jeffrey Epstein files and using existing evidence to pursue swift prosecution of all involved to the fullest extent of the law.

- Supports reinvesting in Head Start, heavily investing in arts and after-school programs for K-12 students, banning Chromebooks from regular classrooms, and fully funding K-12 public school meals.

- Supports federal legalization of medical and recreational cannabis, using tax revenue for clean drinking water and maintenance of water systems.
- Supports expunging all non-violent cannabis charges as part of federal legalization.
- Supports investigating the rapid expansion of data centers, requiring independent third-party evaluation of water system impacts, and creating regulations for the use of eminent domain law in data center construction.
- Opposes unchecked artificial intelligence expansion and supports proactively building robust regulations governing artificial intelligence and its uses.

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- A U.S. representative is a member of the United States House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Congress, which has 435 members. Alabama is divided into seven congressional districts, each represented by one U.S. representative in the House.
- Representatives introduce, debate, and vote on bills that can become federal law, shaping national policies across areas such as the economy, healthcare, education, and public safety.
- In the House, representatives can also participate in oversight of federal agencies and may vote on matters such as impeachment.
- U.S. representatives are elected by congressional district in partisan elections to two-year terms. Candidates must be at least 25 years old, a U.S. citizen for at least seven years, and a resident of the state they represent.
- U.S. representatives earn an annual salary set by federal law, which is $174,000 per year.

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