Craft Digs Deep; Quarles and Cameron both raise over $1M for GOP Gubernatorial Primary
In the scramble to the finish line that is the Kentucky GOP gubernatorial primary two of the top three candidates have raised virtually the same amount of money for their direct campaigns. One candidate is an outlier donating more than $5 million to her campaign. Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles and Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s 1st...
Gov. Beshear Raises Another Million for Re-Election; Passes $6 Million Raised for Campaign
Gov. Andy Beshear raised roughly $1,050,000 in the first quarter of 2023, his campaign announced on Monday. The Kentucky Democratic Party has also brought in roughly three quarters of a million dollars since the start of 2023. “Governor Beshear has led Kentucky through difficult times with compassion and a focus on doing what is right,”...
KFP 4 Pack: Did Comer Commit a felony? Plus, Millions already spent in KY Governors Race
Did James Comer admit to committing a felony during Kentucky’s 2015 GOP primary race for governor? In a recent profile in the New York Times, Kentucky Congressman James Comer essentially admitted to possessing a server stolen from an attorney married to a GOP rival during the 2015 race for governor. Eight years ago, a Kentucky...
Ryan Quarles Posts Dismal 4th Quarter Fundraising Report
Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner and Republican candidate for governor Ryan Quarles ended his year with a dismal fundraising haul. Quarles saw his lowest campaign donations to date with $54,274 raised in the 4th quarter of 2022. He has now raised $930,002 in the campaign for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. Quarles enters the election year with $874,568...
GOP AG Candidate Russell Coleman Enters Election Year With $520k in Campaign War Chest
Republican candidate for Attorney General Russell Coleman has managed to stack more than half a million dollars for this year’s statewide race. The former United States Attorney’s campaign announced Coleman raised $611,145 since launching his campaign in May with $520,191 cash on hand. The campaign has raised more than any other Republican Attorney General candidate...
Vote No On Amendment 1 Group Ties Legislative Pay to Amendment
A group opposing Constitutional Amendment 1 on the ballot is attempting to tie the measure to a pay grab by the part-time legislature. Kentuckians for Checks and Balances, which is closely tied to Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Kentucky, is running a “multi-faceted” campaign across multiple mediums telling Kentuckians to vote no on the proposed amendment. Eric...
Kelly Craft Leads GOP Gubernatorial Field in 3rd Quarter Fundraising
In her first 24 days in the race GOP gubernatorial election Kelly Craft has raised more than $750,000 for her campaign, and now barely trails in overall money raised in the primary. Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles’s latest fundraising $300,000 fundraising haul puts him slightly ahead of Craft in total raised in the primary with $875,727...
Reds President Phil Castellini Goes Blue Hosting Fundraiser for KY Democratic Congressional Candidate
The President and COO of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team is throwing his support behind a Kentucky Congressional candidate. Billionaire Phil Castellini is hosting a fundraiser for Democratic 4th District Congressional candidate Matthew Lehman who is challenging Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie. The fundraiser is taking place in Covington, Kentucky, by invitation. Lehman is...
Cameron to Supporters: ‘The Media is Actively Coordinating Messaging Efforts With Democrats’
Attorney General and Republican primary candidate for governor Daniel Cameron is sounding the alarm to supporters in an effort to get them to empty their wallets. Cameron’s latest fundraising email sent on Thursday, tells supporters “Democrats are outraising Republicans handily, and we’re at risk of being drowned out by negative Dem attack ads.” Cameron could...