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Posted on Tue, Apr. 29, 2003 Fletcher asks for bypass of appeal By Jack Brammer And Ryan Alessi HERALD-LEADER FRANKFORT BUREAU FRANKFORT -With three weeks until the May 20 election, U.S. Rep. Ernie Fletcher asked the state's highest court yesterday to consider a legal challenge by a rival to keep him off the ballot in the Republican primary for governor. The Kentucky Supreme Court needs to decide the case, said Fletcher, because "Kentucky voters earnestly desire and need to know that the candidates appearing on the ballot are duly qualified to serve the positions to which they seek election." At...

<p>LEXINGTON, Ky. -- U.S. Rep. Ernie Fletcher of Lexington defended his first choice of a running mate -- and state Rep. Steve Nunn defended pressing the issue -- as the four Republican candidates for governor debated last night on Kentucky Educational Television.</p>

State GOP catfight worthy of Democrats REPUBLICANS LAUD THEIR SCUFFLE FOR GOVERNOR By Ryan Alessi HERALD-LEADER FRANKFORT BUREAU In most of the last eight races for governor, Kentucky Democrats have been the ones slugging it out in heated primaries only to stroll to the governor's mansion in November. But all of a sudden, Kentucky has three Republican campaigns accusing each other of integrity problems and improprieties with all the fury of ... well, Democrats. So Republicans are spinning the past two weeks of finger-pointing and court proceedings as proof that the GOP is once again competitive in the quest for...