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Kentucky's Senate primary is a statistical tossup on the Democratic side, while Republican candidate Rand Paul continues to keep Secretary of State Trey Grayson (R) at arms length, according to a new poll released Monday afternoon by the Louisville Courier-Journal. The survey of 659 likely Democratic voters showed that Attorney General Jack Conway now trails Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo by just 3 points, a number that is within the poll's 3.9-point margin of error. A Courier-Journal poll from March showed Mongiardo leading Conway by 18 points. Meanwhile, Paul lead Grayson 45 percent to 30 percent, according to a survey of...

The two strongest Republican Senate hopefuls in Kentucky have edged further ahead of their top Democrat challengers in the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters in the state. Ophthalmologist Rand Paul leads Democratic Lieutenant Governor Daniel Mongiardo 51% to 34%. Last month he led Mongiardo 48% to 37%. Three percent (3%) prefer some other candidate, and 12% are undecided. Paul, son of Texas Congressman Ron Paul, now posts a 49% to 34% lead over state Attorney General Jack Conway. In the previous survey, he had a 47% to 39% lead over Conway. Four percent (4%) like another candidate, and...

Fighting to keep his seat in a bitter contest, Sen. Jim Bunning on Saturday tried to deflect criticism from his Democratic opponent that recent rhetoric from his campaign broke two of the Ten Commandments. "I think we've all broken the Ten Commandments," the Republican told supporters in Boone County. "No one is an exception to that." Bunning's opponent, Daniel Mongiardo, said Friday that comments by Bunning supporters violated the commandments against false witness and killing the latter because he said his character had been attacked. Mongiardo said comments made by legislators who support Bunning were intended to suggest that he...

<p>Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning, at a recent GOP event, told diners that state Sen. Daniel Mongiardo, his likely opponent in the November election, looks like one of Saddam Hussein's sons.</p> <p>Yesterday, his campaign said it was a joke and apologized.</p>

State Senate OKs putting gay marriage ban to a vote By John Cheves HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER FRANKFORT - As expected, the Senate overwhelmingly voted yesterday to put a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages on the Nov. 2 ballot. Senate Bill 245 goes to the House, where leaders say they are not inclined to send the controversial proposal to the House floor for a vote. "We already have a law that bans same-sex marriages, and we have recently passed a resolution urging Congress to amend the U.S. Constitution against same-sex marriages. In my opinion, the House has pretty well expressed...

<p>FRANKFORT, Ky. — When he was a Major League pitcher, Jim Bunning had more pluck than luck. As a U.S. Senate candidate and senator, the reverse appears to have been true, as we are likely to see again Tuesday, the filing deadline for major party candidates in this year's elections.</p>