Gov. Andy Beshear’s campaign has launched a counter as he takes hits from the Republican Party of Kentucky and Republican gubernatorial hopeful Daniel Cameron saying he supports gender reassignment surgery for kids. “These attacks on me by Daniel Cameron are not true,” Beshear said directly to the camera in his latest 30-second ad. “I have...

OPINION EDITORIAL FROM TJ HENSLEY: When I was younger, and first started to learn and talk of politics and history, the refrain I heard from my parents, grandparents, and many others was the same: ‘the Democrats are the party of working folks’. I suspect that many others who grew up in eastern Kentucky heard just...

Updated: Gov. Andy Beshear has a polling advantage against Republican gubernatorial candidate Daniel Cameron, according to new polling. Public Opinion Strategies released a poll this week taken on behalf of the Prichard Committee which shows the incumbent Democratic governor leading his Republican rival 52% to 42%, with cross-party appeal. Robert Blizzard of Public Opinion Strategies...

A relief fund set up by the Beshear Administration to help those affected by the 2021 tornadoes will undergo a special examination as the 2023 gubernatorial election heats up. The audit was announced on Thursday from the office of former Republican gubernatorial primary candidate and two-term state Auditor Mike Harmon. The Auditor’s Office is conducting...

More than two months after the Republican primary the GOP gubernatorial nominee has found a running-mate in state Sen. Robby Mills, of Henderson. Daniel Cameron announced his pick on Wednesday morning, after months of speculation – tapping the 57-year-old western Kentucky business owner and former city commissioner. “I was looking for a true conservative with...

This is mainly about political money, and a little bit about taxpayers’ money getting political. Most of the recent action in the governor’s race has been about campaign contributions, and both Gov. Andy Beshear and Attorney General Daniel Cameron have some ‘splainin’ to do. On June 20, my old friend and colleague Tom Loftus reported...

In the statewide race for Secretary of State, the incumbent recently went to war with his challenger in what could be described as a Fancy Farm level cutdown. Former state Rep. Buddy Wheatley, a Democrat from Kenton County, issued a challenge last week to Secretary of State Mike Adams, R-Kentucky, calling on the incumbent to...

An independent-expenditure organization supporting the candidacy of Republican gubernatorial nominee Daniel Cameron has joined a cacophony of voices on TV. Bluegrass Freedom Action is further trying to nationalize the governor’s race by tying Democratic incumbent Gov. Andy Beshear to President Joe Biden and highlighting areas where Beshear has faltered in Kentucky. Medium Buying reported the...

A Republican businessman is front and center in the latest campaign ad from Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. The ad, which was first reported by Medium Buying, features a small business owner who says he did not vote for Beshear in 2019 but will be supporting the Governor in 2023. “He’s getting things done and that’s...