by Pure Politics – Tuesday was not a good day for incumbents in Jefferson County, with two longtime lawmakers meeting their last legislative days in the primary. The election also revealed a close race for House Speaker Greg Stumbo and set up some interesting general election matchups. 33rd House District Twenty-year incumbent Rep. Ron Crimm, R-Louisville, will…
by Nick Storm, @NickStorm_cn2 – Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders both claimed victory after Kentucky’s presidential election after the campaigns essentially split Kentucky’s 55 pledged delegates. The delegates are awarded by the Kentucky Democratic Party, and a spokesman for the party says the results will be split by congressional districts to determine exactly how many delegates will be…
by STU JOHNSON (KPR) – Lexington Mayor Jim Gray says he’s fully prepared to take on incumbent Rand Paul in the fall race for U.S. Senate. Gray held a victory party in downtown Lexington last night after besting six other candidates in the Democratic primary. Jim Gray, in his second term, as mayor of the state’s second…
by Sheldon S. Shafer, @sheldonshafer – Gov. Matt Bevin has named attorney Doreen Showalter Goodwin as Family Court judge for the 12th Judicial Circuit, Division 2, which covers Oldham, Henry and Trimble counties. She replaces Judge Tim Feeley, who has resigned. The unexpired term runs through November 2016. Goodwin is a solo practitioner and served as the master…
by Ryland Barton – Riding a wave of notoriety from his failed presidential campaign, Sen. Rand Paul has returned to Kentucky, relatively unscathed, to run for re-election to his U.S. Senate seat. Paul has an easy path to securing the nomination in Tuesday’s primary election. With no major challengers this year, he hasn’t run TV ads or…
by Carl Weiser and Scott Wartman, swartman@nky.com – Top Kentucky Republicans – including Gov. Matt Bevin – vowed Friday to resist the Obama administration’s directive ordering schools to let transgender students use bathrooms that match their gender identity. Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who dropped out of the Republican presidential race earlier this month, declined comment. Kentucky schools, Bevin…
by Kate Howard – Among more than 320,000 offshore accounts and trusts unveiled in a Panama Papers database Monday are a handful of accounts with names similar to Kentucky entities, and a few registered to addresses in the commonwealth. Names on the accounts mirror a consulting company, a coal education foundation and historic Churchill Downs. Among the individuals identified…
by KARYN CZAR – Secretary of State Allison Lundergran Grimes expects voter turnout to be slightly better than in the 2004 and 2012 primary elections, which were under 14 percent. She’s predicting around 20 percent turnout next week. Grimes wants to get the word out that Republicans still have several things on the ballot even though…
by Tom Loftus, @TomLoftus_CJ – Kentucky House Speaker Greg Stumbo said he has filed a lawsuit questioning the process and validity of Gov. Matt Bevin’s vetoes. Last month, Stumbo raised questions about the validity of Bevin‘s vetoes and mentioned he could take the matter to court. Stumbo, a Prestonsburg Democrat, told the Lexington Herald-Leader in an interview last month that one concern he has…
by Joseph Gerth, @Joe_Gerth – All but one Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate on Monday endorsed what some of them characterized has “common sense” gun laws during a debate on Kentucky Educational Television Monday night.. Ron Leach, a former Army Green Beret, said he favors “pragmatic, reasonable steps” to deal with gun violence, including requiring safety…