Bevin, Conway plan to follow recent tradition in disclosing tax filings if elected, but only Conway

cn|2 Pure Politics ^ | 6/10/2015 | Kevin Wheatley

[Republican Wildcat]

...will release his as a candidate

BARDSTOWN — Recent governors and some candidates for the office have made their tax filings public, a trend that will continue in the next administration.

Both Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway and Republican Matt Bevin said they will release their tax returns if elected governor.

“Let me win the job first,” Bevin told Pure Politics at a meet and greet at Handy Food Mart in Bardstown on Wednesday. “I’ve released plenty of financial information as a result of decisions I’ve made to run for office in the last couple years. What I’m required to release, I’ll release. What I’m not required to, why not? People know plenty about my financial situation if they want to as a result of my recent run for office.”

But while Conway’s campaign said in an email to Pure Politics that the candidate plans to release his returns sometime next week, the Louisville investment manager who largely self-funded his primary win by pumping $1.75 million into his campaign said that information will remain private until he wins public office. Both he and Conway invested significant personal sums to their respective Senate bids, $1.25 million for Bevin in 2014 and $1 million for Conway in 2010 per Federal Election Commission filings.

“No,” said Bevin, who last year held interests worth either more than $10,000 or at least 5 percent in seven businesses specializing in products such as LED lights, candy and medical devices according to his financial disclosure form filed with the Executive Branch Ethics Commission. “Why? Why would I?”

When Pure Politics told Bevin others, such as Gov. Steve Beshear, released such records as candidates, he said he sees no value “whatsoever” in publicizing his tax returns

[ExCTCitizen]

Any polls on this race, yet?

[Impy]

Last one I can find was a month ago, just before the primary, Conway led by 11.

[browniexyz]

Umm yes, Mr. Hedge Fund Matt, kind of interested in the financial disclosure of assets between $500,000 and $1 million in a company called “Academic Merit” in Maine. Looks kind of Jeb-Bush-Common-Core related or something? Wish we had a real journalist in Kentucky somewhere who could tell us.