Kelly Craft Attempts to Nationalize Gubernatorial Race in Campaign Rollout
GLASGOW – Former United Nations Ambassador and Republican gubernatorial primary candidate Kelly Craft welcomed friends, family, and supporters to her hometown as she rolled out her campaign. Reading from a presidential-style teleprompter in front of a few hundred supporters including several state lawmakers Craft invoked former President Donald Trump and attempted to nationalize the race....
KY FOP Endorses Russell Coleman for Attorney General in 2023
The Kentucky Fraternal Order of Police broke with tradition and endorsed a Republican candidate for Attorney General before any competition entered the race. Former U.S. Attorney Russell Coleman was endorsed by the Kentucky FOP on Monday 8-months before the May 2023 primary. “Over the weekend [Russell Coleman] visited with the membership of the @KYSTATEFOP at...
Rand Paul Endorsed by KY Fraternal Order of Police
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, is touting the endorsement of the Kentucky Fraternal Order of Police on Monday. Kentucky FOP Vice President Ryan Straw lauded Paul in a press conference held in support of the Republican U.S. Senator. “Senator Paul has supported our concerns and has been one of the most vocal in his opposition...
Tyler Childers Reps Charles Booker; Treasurer Ball Violates Open Records Act & More in KFP 4 Pack
Fifteen-thousand people in Louisa, Kentucky, took in an evening of music at Septemberfest headlined by Tyler Childers on Saturday. The massively successful singer-songwriter performed wearing a Charles Booker t-shirt, garnering a little more exposure for the ‘Hood to Holler’ Author and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. Treasurer Ball Violates Open Records Act The Lexington Herald-Leader...
Al Cross: How much is Trump’s endorsement worth now? Or later?
This column is about Kentucky politics, but in today’s America, most politics are national, because Donald Trump has made them so. President Biden said last week that Trump is a threat to our country, its democracy, and the rule of law. And he is. But in Kentucky, the state’s chief law-enforcement officer, Attorney General Daniel...
Sen. Paul Takes Re-Election Campaign to TV
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, is leaning in on good government in his first television ad of the campaign. “There’s nothing more important than having ethical people in office,” Paul says in the television ad. “That’s why I go above and beyond the law. To be an example of the highest ethics.” The ad titled,...
Quarles Campaign: We Don’t Need a Nominee to be the Most Famous or Headline Grabbing
Agriculture Commissioner and Republican primary candidate for governor Ryan Quarles is promoting his candidacy as one of steady experience. “As we get closer to next May’s Gubernatorial primary, you’ll hear a lot of noise about the crowded primary,” Quarles campaign team wrote in an email to supporters. “However, no matter what static comes from the...
KDP Chair on Craft: Kentuckians Want Governor Who Lives Here, Will Work and Isn’t Another Four Years of Matt Bevin
Kentucky Democratic Party Chair Colmon Elridge is coming out swinging as Kelly Craft enters the race for the Republican nomination. Elridge issued a statement shortly after Craft released a video launching her campaign for governor on Wednesday. “Kentuckians want a governor who lives here, will actually work for us and who won’t give us another...
Cameron Launches First Digital Ad of Campaign Saying He’s the Only One Who Can Beat Beshear
Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron is launching his first statewide digital advertising buy as the race for the GOP nomination heats up with another entrant. Cameron announced the digital ad,” Only One,” that highlights his endorsement from Donald Trump, and fight against abortions. Cameron’s campaign team are pushing the ad to let Republicans know “Daniel...