Increase in KY Voter Registration Continues
For the third straight month there have been more voters added to the rolls than removed, the Kentucky Secretary of State’s Office announced on Wednesday. “Kentucky continues to see a bump in voter registration,” Secretary of State Mike Adams said. “After a sleepy primary election, I hope this indicates voter interest in the General Election.”...
Charles Booker is Using Supreme Court Decision as Pivot Point in Senate Race
In the days following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs Wade, Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Charles Booker hit the road for reproductive rallies across the Commonwealth. The decision gives Booker, who has struggled to find his footing in the race against U.S. Sen. Rand Paul the possibility to raise national funding and...
Todd Inman Steps Down From FL Government to Follow Love
Kentucky transplant J. Todd Inman is stepping down from his position within the DeSantis administration to follow his wife. Inman has submitted his resignation with the Florida Department of Management Services to live In the same city as his wife, Ann, who has a top executive position with a global company in Washington, D.C. The...
KY Politicians React to Supreme Court Overturn of Roe V. Wade
Kentucky’s elected-officials ran to their ideological corners on Friday morning as the U.S. Supreme Court officially overturned a landmark decision granting a federal constitutional right to abortion. The 6-3 decision by the Supreme Court gives states the power to set their own abortion laws, the 1973 Roe V. Wade ruling had given federal protection for...
Karen Kelly Transitioning Out as Hal Rogers District Director; Carlos Cameron Named as Replacement
Karen Kelly is leaving work with Congressman Hal Rogers after 28 years in his organization for the private sector. Rogers has named Carlos Cameron as his new district director. Kelly led Congressman Rogers’ Kentucky operations since 2013, and has worked alongside Kentucky’s longest serving congressman in several leadership roles since 1994, including serving as founding...
McConnell Agrees to Support Gun Legislation
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, is in agreement with a bipartisan gun safety bill that could pass the Senate this week. “I support the bill text that Senator Cornyn and our colleagues have produced,” McConnell said in a statement on Tuesday. “For years, the far left falsely claimed that Congress could only address...
52 More KY Elected Officials Endorse Ryan Quarles for Governor
Republican Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles rolled out another major list of endorsements on Tuesday for his run in the GOP primary for governor. The latest list, featuring 52 endorsements from General Assembly members, County Judge Executives, County Clerks, Magistrates, Mayors, and City Council members, brings the total number of endorsements announced by the campaign up...
Former GLI CEO Hosting Event for Bill Dieruf for Louisville Mayor
Former Greater Louisville Inc CEO Kent Oyler and his wife Kathy are throwing their support for Louisville Mayor behind Republican candidate Bill Dieruf. Oyler is hosting a meet and greet for Dieruf as he challenges Democratic nominee Craig Greenberg in the November election to be the next mayor of Louisville. GLI recently held a forum...
Daniel Cameron No Sure Thing in GOP Gubernatorial Primary
Attorney General Daniel Cameron, R-Kentucky, stunned the state’s political class late last week with an endorsement from Donald Trump, but the former president’s gubernatorial primary endorsement does not always equal victory for candidates. Trump’s recent primary gubernatorial endorsements in Idaho, Nebraska, and Georgia have all fallen short this year. As Stuart Rothenberg writes for Roll...