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Web site tries to give Paul a fund-raising boost FRANKFORT — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul and a mysterious supporter are attempting to paint GOP front-runner Trey Grayson as a Washington, D.C., insider. Supporter Josh Manuel, whom Paul Campaign Manager David Adams said he doesn't know, has launched a Web site promoting a "Kentucky Fight" between Paul and Grayson on Sept. 23. The site, titled "Rand 'We the People' vs. Trey 'The DC Insiders,'" notes that 23 Republican U.S. senators, including Kentucky's Mitch McConnell, are to hold a $500-per-plate fund-raiser for Grayson's 2010 U.S. Senate campaign in Washington on...

Rand Paul, the son of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), is touting the first public poll on the GOP primary for next year’s U.S. Senate race. According to the survey, conducted for WHAS11, Paul trails GOP frontrunner Trey Grayson by only 11 points, 37-26. Among “conservative” Republican voters, he only trails by 7 points. And Paul only trails the two potential Democratic nominees by single digits. (Grayson leads both candidates, Attorney General Jack Conway and Lieutenant Governor Daniel Mongiardo.) “Great news for Rand Paul ahead of his scheduled ‘moneybomb’ internet fundraiser on August 20,” writes Joe Arnold in an analysis of...

Councilman Robin Engel said he expects to make a decision about whether or not to enter the race by Labor Day. Engel represents the 22nd District, which includes Fern Creek, Jeffersontown and Highview. In his last race for Metro Council, the Republican ran unopposed in a district with a majority of registered Democratic voters. Engel said he's met with party leaders to discuss entering the race, including Jefferson County Republican Party Chairman Brad Cummings. So far, Engel hasn't made a decision.

Sources close to Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson (R), who has formed a Senate exploratory committee, say he is on track to report raising close to $500,000 in the second quarter of the year. Grayson had only two months to fundraise this quarter after filing his exploratory committee in early May. Grayson, who has said he does not plan to challenge Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) and has said he will only run if the incumbent decides to step aside, has fundraisers scheduled for Monday in London, Ky., and Tuesday in Lexington. Grayson’s second-quarter haul is significant because it will...

Kentucky Senate President David Williams says he’s not running for the U.S. Senate in 2010. Williams, a Republican, says he doesn’t have time to focus on a U.S. Senate bid. Instead, Williams says, he’s seeking another term in the state Senate and looking to retain the Republican lead in that chamber. U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning, also a Republican, currently holds the post and says he’s seeking another term. But Bunning has been viewed as one of the more vulnerable incumbents, and some party leaders have not exactly embraced his candidacy. Williams says he’s not endorsing another candidate in the GOP...

The campaign of former U.S. Rep. Anne Northup (R-Louisville) contends its race in the 3rd Congressional District against incumbent U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Louisville) is closer than the latest public polling indicates. A SurveyUSA poll released Monday showed Yarmuth with an eight point lead over Northup whom he defeated in 2006 to take the seat. That lead was narrower than a 10 point lead Yarmuth showed in July and a 17 point lead from June. Northup’s campaign chair said the poll was close to what he expected. “I think it’s about right,” Jackson told PolitickerKY.com. “Our belief is it’s inside...

SurveyUSA’s exclusive polling for Louisville’s WHAS-TV shows incumbent Democrat John Yarmuth 17 points atop Republican Anne Northup in the US House race in Kentucky’s 3rd Congressional District. Northup held the seat for five terms, beginning in 1996; Yarmuth won the seat by a 3-point margin in November of 2006. Today, it’s Yarmuth 57%, Northup 40%. Northup runs 8 points weaker today than she did in 2006, when she lost to Yarmuth 51% to 48%. Yarmuth runs 6 points stronger than he did in 2006. In between 2006 and today, Northup run for Governor of Kentucky and lost in the GOP...

Could former congresswoman Anne Northup have one more run in her? WHAS11’s Mark Hebert has learned that Northup is considering a run for her old congressional seat. Once again taking on John Yarmuth. There was plenty of speculation that Anne Northup might be done with statewide politics after losing her second race in a row, her defeat in the governor’s race last year. But Northup’s still got plenty of support in Louisville and it sounds like she might try to ride that support back to Washington: Anne Northup looks well rested and sounds like she’s excited about the possibility of...

Greencastle, Ind. - "Four years ago in this cycle there was a front-runner and his name was Howard Dean," recalls Jeri Kehn Thompson, in an interview with Kentucky's Lexington Herald-Leader. "John Kerry was running about eighth. You can ask President Dean how things went in Iowa." Thompson, a 1988 graduate of DePauw University, is the wife of Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson, who is currently running third among GOP candidates in an Iowa poll. She was in Louisville campaigning for her husband yesterday. The article notes that Jeri Thompson returned home to Washington immediately following her Kentucky stop so she...

Republican Erwin Roberts, a former personnel secretary in Gov. Ernie Fletcher's administration, said Tuesday he plans on seeking a Kentucky congressional seat held by first-term Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth. Roberts, 35, whose resume includes stints as a federal and state prosecutor, notified the Federal Election Commission recently that he was forming a campaign committee. The move allows him to start raising money in what would be his first run for elective office. To formally enter the 2008 race in the Louisville-area 3rd District, Roberts still must file candidacy papers with the secretary of state's office in Frankfort sometime after this...

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- Senate Republicans asserted their power in a disputed election Friday and seated Dana Seum Stephenson as a senator, acting quickly to swear her in and attach a large bronze nameplate to her desk.

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Ex-AG Chris Gorman defies party, backs Northup.

Tony Miller polls 48% to 44% lead over of Congresswoman Anne Northrup in Louisville-based district

Gannett Fails One-Newspaper Communities/Counties- Port Huron Times Herald a Queue for Government Intervention? In particular, with today’s concentration of all reporting medium with just a few companies- who determines the void or lack of reporting in the best interest to citizens. I’ve challenged a Gannett newspaper, the Times Herald of Port Huron Michigan of its obligation citizens in one-newspaper counties. There appears to be an immediate need to make certain legislation be brought requiring corporate newspapers to better report news and serving the communities they cover. At a crucial time with the 2004 Primary literally days away- this particular newspaper,...

The poll of 600 likely Republican voters in St. Clair County Michigan’s State Representative District 81 countywide found Alloway leading Pavlov by 12 points, 48 percent to 40 percent in a three-way race with Yale Republican Steve Pray Nader included in the ballot test.

“A Michigan Impossible until we work together ending illegal state house electioneering practices” Joe Alloway-R Michigan House District 81 St. Clair County Michigan PORT HURON – JULY 11, 2004 - Please listen to a recent interview (http://66.92.134.175/~benburch/old/TrupianoShow-(10-5-2004).mp3) exposing Michigan’s #1 area to reform and that’s ending illegal activities in Michigan’s House Republican Caucus Communications Office! Very few citizens asked have no idea of what that word means. Folks, the bottom line is we’ve had some major problems in this antiquated, 50-person staffed office and they’re just coming public. Take recent revelations of state employees assigned to representatives as campaign managers...

I just got back last week from driving across the country, I live in Washington State and drove to PA in see my wifes family and took I-80 and I-90 back home. With my Bush/Cheney sticker from 2000 in my back window along with my W-04 sticker I got a aproviel rating of about 75% judging from the honks and thumbs ups from fellow drivers. Funny how I got the 1 finger salute from the folks with the Kerry stickers. My question to you is do you vent your hate and anger at fellow drivers on the road with a...

Last night, I was told that a report was recently published by some DC think-tank. This report ranked members of congress in order of taxpayer-friendliness, i.e. it examined their votes on tax-related bills and determined where any particular member of congress came in on higher or lower taxes for their constituents. The same person who told me about the report told me that a whopping 75% of house and senate members from my state were in the top 20 LEAST friendly to taxpayers in their voting records. Have any of you heard of this report? Can you point me to...

It'll be Davis vs. Clooney Business consultant easily wins primary By Patrick Crowley The Cincinnati Enquirer HEBRON - Despite blistering attacks on his character, Geoff Davis won an easy victory in Tuesday's 4th Congressional District primary over Kevin Murphy and Kelly King. Davis, a Boone County business consultant who ran unsuccessfully for the seat two years ago, now faces Nick Clooney, an Augusta Democrat and longtime local media personality, in the fall.

Are you a registered voter?? Do you know anyone who needs to register?? Check this out: http://www.ConservativeAlerts.com/vote.htm Ultra liberal "MoveOn" is attempting to register 100,000 new left wing voters. WE need to register 200,000 new conservative voters!! Just click on the above link, click on your State, fill in the necessary information, print it out, and mail it in!! It's a simple as that!! As you all know, this will be the most important election in our lifetime. Our future depends on it, and the future of our children depends on it. It is an election we MUST win!! DO...

FORGY AIDS BUFORD FOE IN RACE FOR CONGRESS By Al Cross The Campaign Trail is an update on this year's elections. Larry Forgy, the three-time Republican candidate for governor, resurfaced last week as campaign co-chairman for Lexington lawyer Bryan Coffman, one of three candidates in the GOP primary for Congress in the 6th District. Forgy said in an interview that he is supporting Coffman because he is more conservative than the best-known Republican candidate, state Sen. Tom Buford of Nicholasville. He said another reason is that Buford collected money for Democratic Rep. Ben Chandler in the February special election in...

I've seen the senate races heating up, but not nearly as much on the house seats. I'm mostly using information from DC POLITICAL REPORT and POLITICS1. STATES Alabama DISTRICT 3 - The other Mike Rogers (R) won in 02 with 50.3% over Democrat Joe Turnham(48.2%) in an open seat. So far, it looks as he is facing Democrat Bill Fuller, Ex-State Human Resources Commissioner. I haven't heard much about this race, but the first defense is hardest. Alaska SENATE - Lisa Murkowski(R) vs Ex governor Tony Knowles. This will be a tough race as Knowles is an ex-governor and Murkowski...

Journalists, political pundits and other Hysteric Left activists are desperately trying to spin some cosmic significance out of Sunday's Spanish elections. The "conventional wisdom" is that the Spanish Election results are some sort of significant defeat for President Bush and the War on Terror. As usual the "News Media's" thinking is neither conventional nor wise. What all the various activists miss is the reality of American Exceptionalism. As much as the International Political Left hates, and try's to deny, the reality is the USA operates on a completely different political level then the rest of the world. On Sunday, the...

The reason for my apology was that throughout this primary season we have been hearing about the record turnout of voters participating in Democrat caucuses and primaries. I bought the lie. The truth is that, except for Iowa and New Hampshire, there has not been any sort of record turnout for the Democrats. Even in New Hampshire the vote was far less than what the Republicans had when they last had a contested primary in 2000. The Democrats this year had 219,787 votes in their primary. The GOP in 2000 had 239,523 votes. That 20,000 difference is major in a...

Vote.com has a vote on President Bush's current Ads. Please take a minute to vote here http://www.vote.com/vote/60212434/index.phtml

http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/3/6/121052.shtml Well isn't this intresting. The "objective news media" supposed 9-11 surviors protesting Bush's ads are actually anti-war stooges financed by John Kerry's wife. Please take a moment and vist the New York Times, Washington Post, MSNBC, CBS, NBC and ABC etc to email the Omsbudsman, the Publisher, the News Editor and demand to know why they allowed clearly partisan advocates of Kerry's Presidential Campaign were presented on their "News" programs with no reference to their ties to the Kerry camp. We absolutely must demand the "News Media" be held accountable for their free advertising for the Kerry camp.

http://www.georgewbush.com/tvads/ Here is a link to the 1st three Bush Re-election ads. As expected the DNC directed its "Objective News Media" mouthpieces at CNN, NBC, CBS and ABC to generate phoney hysteria about these ads. Compared to the demogagery and lies spread by the Kerry Campaign, Moveon.org and the DNC about Bush for the last 6 months, this is probably the mildest sets of ads that have run so far this political season. Please email this link to every person on you email contact list. We need to get as many people as possible to see these ads. They are...

According to a poll last week, Alice Forgy Kerr is still trailing Ben Chandler in the special election to replace Ernie Fletcher. Any out there have any comments, inside info, etc. on this race? BTW, why wouldn't Bush come and campaign for Forgy-Kerr? I think he should have. He should have gone down and campaigned for Bobby Jindal too.

Conservatives should write in Tom Tancredo in the primary ballot to demonstrate the depth of concern we have with the President. If enough do this, he will get the message.

Has anyone heard any polling info about the special election to replace fill Ernie Fletcher's old Congressional seat? Who's leading? Alice Forgy Kerr or Ben Chandler? Anyone with any news on this race?

How do I locate the Free Republic Chapter of Kentucky? Just joined this website yesterday, and have skimmed through some threads and am learning alot. I've neglected myself and my state by not being properly informed on all details of politics, local issues, and the such. Now's my time to get involved, and I am really interested in more information on this Free Republic Chapter. Any comments are welcomed. I hope this was the right place to post this thread. Thank you!

<p>The only Democrat running an active campaign for the U.S. Senate from Kentucky has won the endorsement of organized labor but lost two experienced staff members.</p> <p>The Kentucky State AFL-CIO endorsed state Sen. Daniel Mongiardo of Hazard yesterday, sending another signal that no other Democrat is likely to mount an active effort to unseat first-term Republican Sen. Jim Bunning.</p>

Democrats Losing the Lease on Their Old Kentucky Home .........Democrats once held unquestioned sway in Kentucky. But no more. The state recently elected its first GOP governor in 32 years. The GOP also has made gains from the coal fields in the east to the white-fenced horse stables of suburban Lexington. And this political transformation in Kentucky illustrates the hurdles Democrats will face as they battle to win moderate-to-conservative states in next year's presidential election.........

Attorney General Ben Chandler will run for the 6th District congressional seat given up by Gov. Ernie Fletcher, The Associated Press has learned. Chandler scheduled a news conference for Thursday afternoon at his home in Versailles. Two sources close to Chandler’s campaign but speaking on condition of anonymity told the AP that Chandler had decided to seek the Democratic nomination for a special election Fletcher plans to schedule for Feb. 17. Chandler lost to Fletcher in the gubernatorial election Nov. 4. Democratic Party leaders in Kentucky and Washington, D.C., have said Chandler would be a strong candidate. “We’re very excited...

what's going on with the special election in KY6? is Chandler going to run for it and what's the Republican side looking like these days?

FORT MITCHELL - Kentucky U.S. Rep. Ken Lucas, a Boone County Democrat, will announce today that he will retire from Congress and not seek a fourth term next year, sources close to Lucas said Sunday. Nick Clooney, a television personality, newspaper columnist, Democrat from Augusta and the father of actor George Clooney, will announce plans to run for Lucas' Fourth Congressional District in the 2004 election, the sources said. Clooney did not return phone calls made to his home Sunday. It is not clear if he will continue to write a column for the Cincinnati Post once he begins raising...

LOUISVILLE - Democrat Tony Miller, a fixture on the local ballot as Jefferson Circuit Court clerk, announced yesterday he will run for Congress next year against Republican Rep. Anne Northup. Miller said he would bank on his "deep roots" in the community to overcome Northup's incumbency and prolific fund-raising. Northup, who was first elected in 1996, is a political ally of President Bush. Vice President Dick Cheney is to appear at a Northup fund-raiser Monday in Louisville. Miller accused Northup of putting corporate interests ahead of voters' needs in the 3rd District, which covers Louisville and most of its suburbs...

Does anyone know when KY Gov-Elect Fletcher must call for the special election to fill his House seat? I know it can't be sooner than 35 days after he resigns, but what is the latest. The press only talks about who might run for the seat, but there's not a focus on time frames and the strategy involved in that. Looking at the exit polls following the KY gov's race on foxnews.com, I'm concerned that Chandler could pick-up that seat against a soft state senator. Of those that said sending a message about Patton was not a factor in their...

Republican and Democrat state party leaders will pick their respective parties' House candidates.

Below is a list of each state and its "Political Party statistics", meaning that state's current governor, U.S. Senators, U.S. Congressmen, and who they voted for in the 2000 election.  This is useful data in trying to predict future voting trends.   AlabamaGovernor Bob Riley (R)Senator Richard Shelby (R)Senator Jeff Sessions (R)5 Republican Congressmen2 Democrat Congressmen2000 Election: Bush AlaskaGovernor Frank Murkowski (R)Senator Lisa Murkowski (R)Senator Ted Stevens (R)1 Republican Congressman2000 Election: Bush ArizonaGovernor Janet Napolitano (D)Senator John McCain (R)Senator Jon Kyl (R)6 Republican Congressmen2 Democrat Congressmen2000 Election: Bush ArkansasGovernor Mike Huckabee (R)Senator Blanche Lincoln (D)Senator Mark Pryor (D)3 Democrat Congressmen1 Republican Congressman2000 Election:...

Kentucky Governor (Congressman) Ernest Fletcher (R): 49% (Attorney General) Ben Chandler (D): 43% Other: 6% Undecided: 2%SurveyUSA Gubernatorial AnalysisKentucky Secretary of State Maple (D): 48% Grayson (R): 41% Other: 9% Undecided: 2%Kentucky Attorney General Stumbo (D): 54% Wood (R): 38% Other: 7% Undecided: 1%Kentucky State Auditor Greenwell (R): 45% Luallan (D): 44% Other: 9% Undecided: 2%Kentucky State Treasurer Miller (D): 54% Koenig (R): 35% Other: 9% Undecided: 2%Ky. Agriculture Commissioner Farmer (R): 61% Woods Baesler (D): 33% Other: 4% Undecided: 1%SurveyUSA Other Statewide Races Analysis Data Collected: 6/28/03-6/30/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Margin of Error: 3.9% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/WLEX-TV Lexington

Unlike the recent primary, a general election is about allowing voters to choose the candidate they think is the best choice for an elected position, Greg Ginter said. It’s not just about voting for your party’s candidate. And because of that, Ginter said he resigned his position as chair of the Madison County Democratic Party to support Republican Congressman Ernie Fletcher’s campaign for governor. Ginter said he made the decision and submitted his resignation the day after the primary election because he did not feel it would be appropriate for him to support Fletcher and maintain his position as chair....

Kentucky Governor, GOP Primary (Congressman) Ernest Fletcher: 56% (County Executive) Rebecca Jackson: 24% (State Representative) Stephen Nunn: 14% (State Senator) Virgil Moore: 3% Undecided/Other: 3% Data Collected: 5/16/03 - 5/18/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 454 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 4.6% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/ WLEX-TV Lexington

<p>Democrat Ben Chandler and Republican Ernie Fletcher remain the leaders in Tuesday's primaries for governor, according to The Courier-Journal's latest Bluegrass Poll.</p> <p>Chandler, the state attorney general, showed damage from the attacks of big-spending businessman Bruce Lunsford, but still had 31 percent of Democrats who said they are likely to vote in the primary. Lunsford had 19 percent and House Speaker Jody Richards 14 percent.</p>

Kentucky Governor, GOP Primary (Congressman) Ernest Fletcher: 50% (County Executive) Rebecca Jackson: 21% (State Representative) Stephen Nunn: 19% (State Senator) Virgil Moore: 3% Undecided/Other: 7% Data Collected: 5/9/03 - 5/12/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 494 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 4.5% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/ WLEX-TV Lexington Kentucky Governor, Dem Primary (Attorney General) Ben Chandler: 39% (Health Care Entrepreneur) Bruce Lunsford: 28% (State House Speaker) Jody Richards: 20% (Businessman) Otis Hensley: 2% Undecided/Other: 10% Data Collected: 5/9/03 - 5/12/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 669 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 3.9% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/WLEX-TV Lexington

Brad Moore initiated is campaign on the final filing day for candidates for statewide offices, along with four other Republican candidates. Each assumed they might be the sole candidate for the Primary election. Mr. Moore was concerned about the amount of time a state-wide campaign demanded but wanted to make sure a qualified candidate represented the Commonwealth and the Republican Party. With a background in both business and law, Mr. Moore was prepared to conduct a candidacy stressing the need for enforcing business fundamentals, e.g., fiscal responsibility, and combining that with the legal knowledge to interpret legislative guidance. After withdrawing...

Kentucky Governor, GOP Primary (Congressman) Ernest Fletcher: 44% (County Executive) Rebecca Jackson: 22% (State Representative) Stephen Nunn: 20% (State Senator) Virgil Moore: 4% Undecided/Other: 8% Data Collected: 5/5/03 - 5/5/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 485 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 4.5% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/ WLEX-TV Lexington Kentucky Governor, Dem Primary (Attorney General) Ben Chandler: 42% (Health Care Entrepreneur) Bruce Lunsford: 30% (State House Speaker) Jody Richards: 13% (Businessman) Otis Hensley: 3% Undecided/Other: 12% Data Collected: 5/3/03 - 5/5/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 698 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 3.8% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/WLEX-TV Lexington