42 Stories, most recent news story added Thu Jul 24, 2:55 am EDT
The State Board of Elections announced Thursday that statewide turnout was 32.2% for the primary election, marking the highest turnout in Kentucky history for a Presidential Primary.
Rep. Ron Lewis’s (R) seat might not be so safe after all. Democrat David Boswell and Republican Brett Guthrie are virtually tied in their race to replace the retiring Lewis in Kentucky’s 2nd district, according to a new poll.
Maybe it's time to rent "Predator" again. The 1987 sci-fi horror movie has spawned a trio of unlikely politicians: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jesse Ventura. . . and now Sonny Landham, who is running for the Senate in Kentucky.
Lawyers and judges across Southern Kentucky are lining up for a chance to replace former Chief Justice Joseph Lambert on the state Supreme Court. Lambert retired Friday, the day Justice John D. Minton Jr. of Bowling Green was sworn in as the court's fifth chief justice.
LOUISVILLE . Putting old differences behind them, U.S. Sens. John McCain and Mitch McConnell buddied it up Saturday evening in Louisville at a record-setting fund-raiser. About 650 of Kentucky's most influential Republicans . and a few Democrats . attended the $1,000 per plate event at the Kentucky International Convention Center. Organizers said the total raised was $2 million. This ...
In a ruling that could affect this year's Senate race in Kentucky, the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday struck down a campaign-finance provision that penalizes congressional candidates who spend their personal wealth to try to get elected.
The galling gas prices that have dominated national political discourse are now fueling Kentucky's U.S. Senate race, putting both candidates' economic and political IQs to the test. Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, who is seeking his fifth term, is hammering the issue on two fronts: on the airwaves with his first commercial against Democratic challenger Bruce Lunsford, and during ...
When Kentucky's founding fathers put together this democracy, they gave voters the chance to fire their state legislators every every two or four years. If things weren't going well in state government, the people could install better leaders, or so the theory went. Well, the 2008 General Assembly is coming off a spring of gridlock and acrimony that left the legislature's approval ...
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell used his first television commercial of the summer to link his Democratic opponent, Bruce Lunsford, to high gas prices. McConnell's ad, which is airing statewide and first ran in Lexington during the early morning news shows Friday, criticizes Lunsford for pushing for a provision 28 years ago that automatically raises Kentucky's gas tax each year if the ...
Adam Edelen, a 33-year-old longtime political junky and former restaurant executive, has taken over one of the most difficult posts in Kentucky politics: governor's chief of staff. He replaced Jim Cauley, 42, who returns to his natural habitat of campaigns and elections after serving as Gov. Steve Beshear's top aide for the first six months of Beshear's term. The chief of staff ...
It's hardly news that Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear and Republican State Senate President David Williams don't get along . or as Williams puts it: .I don't have any relationship with him.. But two of Kentucky's most powerful officials might be stuck with each other for at least three years, meaning that this fall's election season becomes a crucial juncture for the two men. Williams ...
