No. Grayson was always the party-backed frontrunner. Few in the political establishment gave Bill Johnson the time of day. But he’s overcome that because he’s a quality candidate who’s taking it directly to the people of Kentucky.
IOW, once again conservatives split their vote and the RINO gets nominated? Deja vu all over again.
Definitely one to watch. Go Bill!
No he wasn't either...they had two other choices they were going to go with - David Williams, the Kentucky Senate President, who was taking heavy swipes at Grayson and Bunning (but had to abandon that effort as his home base was under assault by Beshear - the Kentucky Senate majority), and then Cathy Bailey was waiting in the wings as the next choice to simply right a check and overtake them all easily...but she ended up having a huge tragedy in her family around the time of the filing deadline which took her out of those possibly running. Grayson is starting to now get some more backing based on the relationships he has built from his years as Secretary of State...we'll see how that pans out. His fundraising numbers are solid, but if the party was truly gung-ho for him he'd have a lot more cash being raked in that what he currently has, especially given he was able to raise $1 million for a downticket state office last time around.