As thousands of dollars in checks meant for western Kentucky tornado survivors are accidentally received by some not affected by the natural disasters, one GOP candidate for governor is hoping to use the opportunity to target the incumbent Governor. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported on Tuesday that 184 checks for $1,000 each from the Team Western...
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Kelly Craft is doubling down on an ad controversy surrounding her campaign and calling on those who have “experienced loss due to an addiction,” to share their stories with her campaign. The call to action from Craft comes as her campaign maligned some she was seeking to speak directly to, including criticizing one Lexington man...
For the first time Kentucky voter registration for “other” political affiliation has broken double digits. “Candidates for statewide office should take notice: to win a general election, they must reach out beyond their base and court the fastest-growing bloc of the electorate,” said Secretary of State Michael Adams. In December, Kentucky saw 6,103 new voters...
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Elections should be about issues, not just candidates. So, Republican Kelly Craft is to be commended for making the first substantive commercial in the governor’s race about one of Kentucky’s most difficult issues: drug abuse that led to 2,250 overdose deaths in 2021. We need to talk more about the issue, because...
A new statewide poll shows Daniel Cameron leading the Republican primary pack right now, but losing to Democratic incumbent Gov. Andy Beshear is the race were held today. Daniel Cameron is the clear early Republican frontrunner, holding a 20-point lead over Kelly Craft (39%-13%), according to the poll. Statewide elected officials Ryan Quarles (8%) and...
There’s a compromise in place that will open more polling locations for the February 21 special election to replace Congressman Morgan McGarvey, D-Louisville, in the state Senate. Secretary of State Michael Adams announced that the Jefferson County Clerk’s Office has agreed to provide 12 voting locations, rather than 4, for the February 21 special election...
Days after controversy surrounded her first ad on drugs, Kelly Craft has released a new spot from the southern border wall. The 30-second ad targeting Republican primary voters for governor blames President Joe Biden and Gov. Andy Beshear for “ignoring the border crisis.” “Right here in Kentucky we have our own border crisis,” Craft says...
Several Kentucky Republicans running for governor in the GOP primary are getting their moment to cast stones against Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. The latest to see their name on the Fox News website is Agriculture Commissioner and Republican gubernatorial primary candidate Ryan Quarles. Quarles told the right-wing news outlet that Beshear is not doing anything...
In the 12-way race for the GOP nomination for Governor, Daniel Cameron’s campaign says they’re leading the pack in a poll they released on Friday. The statewide poll from Meeting Street Research shows Cameron leading the field with 39 percent of respondents saying they would vote for him if the race were held today. The...
Former United Nations Ambassador and Republican primary candidate for governor Kelly Craft is explaining an ad claiming her family table was missing a spot is hyperbole. Craft has been running a :30 ad titled, “a spot missing,” that says dangerous drugs like Fentanyl has “stolen our loved ones away.” “As a mother, this is personal...