Al Cross: For better or worse, McConnell is consequential
The contrast was stark in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. The east side was chaos, as the new, thin Republican majority in the House of Representatives failed to elect a speaker, the prerequisite for doing any other business. The west side was calm and comity, as Democrats kept nominal control of the Senate and its...
Michael Bowman Announces Campaign for State Treasurer
Democrats now have a candidate in the race for state Treasurer, with the reemergence of their candidate from the 2019 elections. Michael Bowman was the Democratic nominee in 2019 against the Treasurer Allison Ball. Bowman received more than 770,000 votes in the race garnering 39 percent of the vote. Ball is term-limited and seeking a...
Gov. Beshear: Future is Bright
Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Kentucky, laid out a rosy picture for Kentucky in his State of the Commonwealth address on Wednesday evening. Pointing to economic development success and record budget surplus, Beshear said he’s looking into the future as we move through some of our toughest days of pandemic recovery, and natural disasters. “In the Book...
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...
Gov. Beshear Raises About $650k in Fourth Quarter
Gov. Andy Beshear has now raised more than $5.2M for his reelection campaign and has more than $4.7M cash on hand, according to his campaign. The latest fundraising numbers for Beshear come as he is primed to unveil $1.6 billion in funding for the Brent Spence Bridge, on top of the economic development projects announced...
McConnell Makes History Becoming Longest Serving Party Leader in Senate
As the 118th Congress came to order Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell made history as the longest serving party leader in the United States Senate. “The greatest honor of my career is representing the Commonwealth of Kentucky in this chamber and fighting for my fellow Kentuckians,” McConnell said on Tuesday. “But the second-greatest honor is the...
Democrat Sierra Enlow Files to Run for Ag Commissioner
Democrats now have a candidate in the race for Agriculture Commissioner, but it might not be the name you’re expecting. Sierra Enlow filed on Tuesday for the race surrounded by family and with Gov. Beshear’s senior advisor Rocky Adkins looking on. Adkins was long considered to be a possibility to run for the seat. Enlow...
Matt Bevin Watch: Will the Former Governor File to Run Again?
Just days remain to file for governor before the deadline will elapse, and the talk of Frankfort is whether or not former Gov. Matt Bevin will file to run this year. Bevin has remained tight-lipped on his candidacy, but over the last year, he has made public appearances that have stoked the flames of the...