Senate Judiciary Chair Whitney Westerfield will not seek re-election in 2024
On the final day of the 2023 legislative session, Senate Judiciary chair Whitney Westerfield announced he will not seek another term in the upper chamber. Westerfield, R-Fruit Hill, was first elected in 2012 and began representing the 3rd Senate District in 2013, where he was named the Judiciary Chair in his first term. With the...
Keck tells KY Senate ‘Time to Get This Done’ on Sports Gaming
On the final morning of the legislative session, Somerset Mayor and Kentucky Republican gubernatorial candidate Alan Keck is calling for the Kentucky Senate to take action on one more bill: sports gaming. Sen. Damon Thayer told members of the media on Wednesday evening that House Bill 551, which would legalize sports betting and impose a...
Lawmakers Work to Override Veto of ‘Anti-Trans’ Bill
Culture warfare continued in Frankfort as lawmakers return for the final two days of the legislative session on Wednesday, wasting little time in working to override vetos from Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. At the top of the veto override list was SB 150, which would ban gender-affirming care for minors, block teachers from using a...
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...
KY Democratic Party Endorses Gov. Beshear for Re-Election
The governing body Kentucky Democratic Party has officially voted to endorse Gov. Andy Beshear in his re-election for a second term in office. Beshear faces two Democrats in the May 16 Democratic primary election in the form of a pro-Putin fringe perennial candidate Geoff Young, and blast from the past former Republican gubernatorial nominee in...
Cameron Campaign Fires Back at Craft’s: they ‘Were Huge Obama Donors’
After several negative attacks from Kelly Craft, it’s now Daniel Cameron’s camp that is unleashing some of their opposition research, albeit without any cash behind the attack. In response to a statewide ad backed by six figures from Republican gubernatorial hopeful Kelly Craft, the campaign of GOP frontrunner Daniel Cameron is seeking to tie her...
Al Cross: Legislature overdoes it in trying to trip up Beshear
For a few minutes on the ides of March, it seemed the legislature was really legislating. Faced with a transgender-youth bill that ignored medical advice, the state Senate did a rare thing in this era of tight partisan control: It voted on a substantive floor amendment, and wonder of wonders, narrowly passed it. The amendment...
Round 2: Craft Attacks Cameron on Coal in Latest Ad
The latest ad released Thursday from GOP gubernatorial candidate Kelly Craft is doubling down against her top rival Attorney General Daniel Cameron over the issue of a coal fired power plant. Craft is making the signature industry a highlight of her campaign, and in doing so has remained on the attack against Cameron – who...
Pro-Craft PAC Takes Aim at Daniel Cameron Again with more Teddy Bears
A political action committee backing Kelly Craft in Kentucky’s Republican primary for governor has a new ad calling Cameron soft on crime, again comparing him to a stuffed teddy bear. Commonwealth PAC released a new ad this week with a new attempt to discredit Cameron’s conservative record. More than three dozen law enforcement officials backing...