Treasurer Allison Ball Announces Campaign for KY Auditor
Two-term state Treasurer Allison Ball, R-Kentucky, will seek another statewide seat next year. Ball, who is term-limited in her current office, announced she would seek the role of Kentucky Auditor on Newsmakers with Bill Bryant. “I am looking forward to bringing my watchdog mentality to the Auditor’s office,” Ball said of the announcement. Ball plans...
Gov. Beshear Skipping Fancy Farm
Gov. Andy Beshear will not be attending the 142nd Annual Fancy Farm Picnic. The Governor and First Lady Britainy Beshear will be visiting the Holy Land in August, Beshear wrote on Twitter. Beshear is currently scheduled to appear at a public event in Mayfield on August 1, getting him a visit to Western Kentucky days before...
Beshear Promises to Endorse Booker Day After Booker Promises to Remain a Democrat
Gov. Andy Beshear says he will be endorsing the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky Kentucky Fried Politics broke news on Wednesday that, Charles Booker, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, had been contemplating switching his political affiliation to independent. An authority within the Booker campaign told Kentucky Fried Politics Booker will...
KY Democrats Target Daniel Cameron for Hiring Lawyers Who Worked on Controversial Pardons
The Kentucky Democratic Party has been on the offensive this week targeting several Republicans including GOP primary candidate Daniel Cameron. In a series of tweets, the state Democratic Party has been tying Cameron, the state Attorney General, to Gov. Matt Bevin’s controversial pardons that included a murderer and rapist. “As KY’s top law enforcement officer,...
GOP Candidate for Governor Savannah Maddox Added to Fancy Farm Lineup
Fancy Farm organizers are breaking with tradition and adding another GOP candidate for governor to speak at this year’s event. Organizers have added Rep. Savannah Maddox to the list of candidates speaking at the annual event. Maddox is running for governor and will join other gubernatorial candidates Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles, Attorney General Daniel Cameron,...
Charles Booker Will Remain in the Democratic Party
Charles Booker will remain a member of the Democratic Party. The Democratic U.S. Senate nominee had been contemplating changing his political registration to independent, but that plan is now off. Booker is staying with the Democratic Party, according to an authority within the Booker campaign. The news likely follows a sigh of relief from high-profile...
Paul Bucks McConnell Over Judicial Appointment; KY Senate Closes Ranks Around Sen. Meredith
Kentucky’s U.S. Senators are at odds over a judicial nomination that had the approval of President Joe Biden, and the discontent could be leaking into the state Senate chambers. The White House has dropped plans to appoint Chad Meredith to a federal judicial appointment, after an agreement with President Joe Biden which was brokered by...
Legendary Louisville Democratic Ward Boss Clarence Yancey Dies
A prominent Louisville political activist and west end ward boss has died at 89. Clarence Yancey passed away on Sunday, according to his family. Yancey connected and helped elect numerous high-profile Democrats over decades. He served as the district chairman for Louisville’s West End Democratic Party. He became the 43rd Legislative District chair in 1982....
Rand Paul Raises $3 Mil in 2nd Quarter Report, Has $9 Mil on Hand
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, continues to bundle cash as his re-election campaign nears the starting gun to fall campaigning. Paul’s re-election campaign announced that he raised over $3.1 million in the second quarter of 2022 and increased his cash on hand to $9.2 million. “Dr. Rand Paul’s pro-liberty message continues to resonate with Kentuckians who depend...