GOP gubernatorial field may not be set, but observers say top-tier Republicans already in 2015 race
10/12/2014 04:09 PM
Election Day is 24 days away, and Nov. 4 will be a key date for a number of potential gubernatorial candidates who’ve remained on the sidelines during a contentious U.S. Senate campaign and several state House races that will decide control of the chamber. Pure Politics recently spoke to a pair of Republican political observers for their thoughts on possible candidates in 2015. As a handful of Republicans consider running for governor in 2015, GOP political observers say the two slates... Read more 
With primary field far from set, an early look at who's left as potential Democratic gubernatorial candidates
10/11/2014 06:40 PM
Election Day is 24 days away, and Nov. 4 will be a key date for a number of potential gubernatorial candidates who’ve remained on the sidelines during a contentious U.S. Senate campaign and several state House races that will decide control of the chamber. Pure Politics recently spoke to a number of Democratic political observers for their thoughts on possible candidates in 2015. Since entering next year’s gubernatorial election in early May, Attorney General Jack Conway has taken advantage of his... Read more
State tax receipts tepid in September, first quarter overall
10/10/2014 02:43 PM
Kentucky’s General Fund tax receipts rose just 0.1 percent this month compared to September last year, giving the state’s revenue stream 1.1 percent grown in the first quarter of fiscal year 2015, State Budget Director Jane Driskell announced Friday. General Fund receipts totaled $920.6 million in September, up slightly from the $920.1 million in September 2013. Driskell said in the release that the General Fund’s receipts have slowed in the first three months of fiscal year 2015. The fund’s receipts must grow... Read more
Jensen suffers major campaign setback as several staffers, including campaign manager, split ways
10/10/2014 01:59 PM
UPDATED 3:20 p.m.: Two of three campaign staffers say Democratic 6th Congressional District candidate Elisabeth Jensen fired them and that they did not walk out on the campaign “amicably” as previously stated. Melanie McCormick, the campaign’s former finance director, and Gracey Wise, the campaign’s former field and political director, issued a statement to Pure Politics seeking to clarify prior statements from the Jensen campaign. “We’d like to set the record straight. No one walked out. We were fired,” McCormick and Wise... Read more
Hillary Clinton to stump for Grimes next week in Louisville
10/10/2014 12:23 PM
More than two months after her husband campaigned with U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes in eastern Kentucky, Hillary Clinton is scheduled to appear in Louisville for the Democratic hopeful. Grimes’ campaign announced Friday that Clinton, a former secretary of state and U.S. Senator from New York who is mulling a presidential bid in 2016, will headline an event at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville 7 p.m. Wednesday. The event is open to the public with free tickets available... Read more
Grimes blasted for dodging question on Obama votes
10/10/2014 09:47 AM
Hours after an interview with The Courier-Journal’s editorial board, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes was blasted by pundits for failing to answer questions about her previous support of Democratic President Barack Obama. With three weeks until Election Day, national pundits are casting Grimes’ non-answers as an unforced fumble that could change the election narrative in the final hours. NBC News’ political director Chuck Todd told a panel on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that Grimes “disqualified herself” with the... Read more
Rand Paul: 'It's time we start thinking about getting a new president'
from syoungman@herald-leader.com (Sam Youngman)
from syoungman@herald-leader.com (Sam Youngman)
Kentucky Republican Rand Paul spoke Sunday night during a fundraiser in a well-appointed and packed barn in Bowling Green attended by Senate colleague Mitch McConnell. The purpose was to rally…Click to Continue » [...]
Mon, Oct 13, 2014 12:56:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
Take a message: Kentucky legislature's 'green slips' are getting pink-slipped
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
Instead of conveying phone messages from constituents to legislators on little slips of green paper, the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission is modernizing the system, with plans to relay the messages…Click to Continue » [...]
Mon, Oct 13, 2014 12:27:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
Libertarian doesn't have to be included in Senate candidates' debate on KET, judge rules
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove denied David Patterson's request to force KET to include him in Monday's hourlong debate between Republican incumbent Mitch McConnell and Democrat Alison Lundergan…Click to Continue » [...]
Mon, Oct 13, 2014 12:20:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
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