Senate GOP Names Committee Chairs Ahead of Legislative Session
News Release – The 2023 Legislative Session begins on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. Before the session’s start, the Senate Majority Caucus announced the chamber’s chairs and vice-chairs of Senate standing committees, statutory committees and budget review subcommittees. Committee assignments are not final until the Senate Committee on Committees makes a formal vote. The Committee on...
Daniel Cameron Adds former Quarles Campaign Manager to Gubernatorial Primary Team
Ryan Quarles former campaign manager for his 2019 re-election as Agriculture Commissioner is returning home to work for Daniel Cameron in the GOP primary for governor where Quarles is competing against Cameron and a dozen other Republican rivals. Gus Herbert, who managed Quarles re-election bid in 2019, and has been working in South Dakota for...
The 2022 KFP Power Brokers List
As 2022 comes to a close Kentucky Fried Politics is naming the Frankfort players and power brokers nominated by their peers. The annual Power Brokers list has a new category for emerging power brokers, and returning names from the 2021 list. Nominations for Power Brokers came in many forms this year – emails, texts, and...
Two Republicans Announce Campaigns for state Treasurer
Two wings of the Republican Party will face off in May for the Republican nomination for state Treasurer to replace term-limited Treasurer Allison Ball. From the “Liberty-minded” wing of the GOP Andrew Cooperrider, who was defeated in the May primary for a state Senate seat, has filed with the Secretary of State for Kentucky Treasurer....
Ryan Quarles Taps Jake Cox as his Gubernatorial Campaign Manager
Agriculture Commissioner and Republican primary candidate for governor Ryan Quarles has picked Jake Cox the former campaign manager to U.S. Sen. Rand Paul’s 2022 re-election campaign to be the campaign manager for his gubernatorial campaign. “My biggest focus in building my campaign team is finding people who know Kentucky, and Jake is at the top...
House Committee Chairs announced as lawmakers prepare for 2023 Regular Session
News Release – As members of the Kentucky House of Representatives prepare to convene the 2023 Regular Session on January 3, today House Speaker David Osborne and members of House Majority Leadership released an updated list of committee chairs and co-chairs. “This is a tremendously talented group of individuals who are well-prepared to take the...
Jonathan Shell Makes it Official Files to Run for Ag Commissioner
Farmer and former House Majority Floor Leader Jonathan Shell has officially filed his paperwork with the Secretary of State to run for Agriculture Commissioner next year. Shell, a Republican, is the first to file for the open seat, that has been held by outgoing Commissioner Ryan Quarles, R-Kentucky, for two terms. “I am excited to...
Democrat Pamela Stevenson Files to Run for Attorney General
A Democratic state Representative from the West End of Louisville has filed to run for Kentucky Attorney General next year. Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and state Rep. Pamela Stevenson filed her paperwork to run for Kentucky’s top law enforcement official, an open seat next year as current Attorney General Daniel Cameron is seeking a...
Op-ed: Kentucky Democrats Need a “New Deal”
Op-Ed from T.J. Hensley This Midterm election cycle will likely be recorded with an asterisk in the history books. A poor midterm performance for the party which occupies the White House is the general rule of thumb in American politics, with the President’s party often suffering an average loss of almost thirty seats in the...