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A Black Lives Matter activist and black nationalist named Quintez Brown, who was championed by both former President Barack Obama and MSNBC leftist anchor Joy Reid, allegedly attempted to assassinate Craig Greenberg, who is a Democratic mayoral candidate in Louisville, Kentucky on Monday. Greenberg was holding a brief meeting with four members of his campaign team on Monday morning when Brown allegedly appeared in the doorway to his office, aimed a gun at him, and opened fire. No one was injured “despite one bullet coming so close that it grazed my sweater and my shirt,” the candidate recounted. One of...

<p>AMONG this year's candidates for governor of Kentucky, only Republican Steve Nunn has been honest about state government finances. Only Mr. Nunn has told the truth about the most important spending Kentucky does, insisting that schools need ''several hundred million dollars'' more annually.</p>

<p>DEMOCRATIC gubernatorial candidate Ben Chandler already has lived up to his heritage in important ways. His grandfather, the late A.B. "Happy" Chandler, was a lightning rod for controversy. As auditor and attorney general, the grandson also has roiled the political waters. He's put pressure on the likes of Jefferson County Sheriff Jim Greene and a long list of other local officials who resigned or went to jail, including the Wilkinson crowd that, under pressure, gave up leadership of the Kentucky Lottery.</p>

<p>One candidate in the Republican gubernatorial primary -- state Rep. Steve Nunn of Glasgow -- holds genuine promise of breaking that fruitless cycle. We endorse his candidacy.</p> <p>In the Democratic-dominated House, Mr. Nunn has worked effectively across party lines while tackling some of the state's toughest issues.</p>