Trey Grayson returns home to lead Northern Kentucky Chamber
05/22/2014 10:07 AM
FORT MITCHELL – Former Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson is coming home to Northern Kentucky to become president of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. The 42-year-old Grayson recently resigned as director of the Harvard University Institute of Politics, a job he had held since 2011. He is scheduled to begin his new position on July 1. “This is the perfect job for me to come home to,” said Grayson. “The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce has been the most important... Read more 
The campaign to elect Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes to the U.S. Senate called on Republican incumbent Mitch McConnell to "quit playing games" with debates.In a letter sent a day after the Kentucky primary elections, McConnell suggested holding three Lincoln-Douglass style debates beginning before July 4 to discuss various issues. [...]
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Democratic Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes on Wednesday twice refused to say whether she would have voted for President Barack Obama's signature health care law.Click to Continue » [...]
Wed, May 21, 2014 10:33:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Pike voters replace state lawmaker, judge-executive and Kentucky's longest-serving sheriff
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
A political earthquake hit Pike County Tuesday, when voters turned out a controversial state lawmaker, the county-judge executive and the longest-serving sheriff in the state.Click to Continue » [...]
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Political Writer Sam Youngman takes a look at what the election returns from Tuesday might tell us about November.Click to Continue » [...]
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Mitch McConnell Challenges Alison Lundergan Grimes to 'Lincoln-Douglas' Debate Series
from Phillip M. Bailey
from Phillip M. Bailey
A day after the Kentucky primary election, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is challenging his Democratic opponent to a series of debates.McConnell has notoriously avoided statewide debates with his past political opponents, so this eagerness may represent how close and high-profiled the Senate race will be this year.In May 21 letter to Democratic Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes, McConnell invites her to participate in three traditional Lincoln-Douglas style debates that would be moderated only by a single moderator. [...]
Wed, May 21, 2014 3:46:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
By Sam Youngman syoungman@herald-leader.com U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, fresh off his primary win against challenger Matt Bevin, is challenging Democratic nominee Alison Lundergan Grimes to three debates. In a letter signed by McConnell, which the Herald-Leader obtained Wednesday morning and the McConnell campaign confirmed would be sent to Grimes, Kentucky’s senior senator congratulated his Democratic opponent on winning her party’s nomination and challenged her to a series of debates. “In order to present our views fairly and without interpretation by traditional media filters, I believe we should participate in three traditional Lincoln-Douglas style debates moderated only by a single timekeeper/moderator,” McConnell wrote. [...]
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U.S. Senate candidate Matt Bevin on Monday night hedged on whether he would support McConnell in the event Bevin loses the primary, blaming McConnell campaign tactics for disunity in the party. [...]
Thu, May 22, 2014 2:33:07 PM, Continue reading at the source
With the primary election behind them, the U.S. Senate campaigns of Mitch McConnell and Alison Lundergan Grimes kicked into general election mode on Wednesday, May 21. [...]
Thu, May 22, 2014 2:33:07 PM, Continue reading at the source
McConnell took the first step during his victory speech Tuesday night, asking his supporters to "give Matt Bevin a hand," the same Matt Bevin McConnell's campaign had maligned as a "con man." [...]
Thu, May 22, 2014 2:33:07 PM, Continue reading at the source
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