Legislative primary race roundup: Jefferson County incumbents lose while Senate Democratic leaders, Speaker Stumbo take wins
05/18/2016 12:01 AM
Tuesday was not a good day for incumbents in Jefferson County, with two longtime lawmakers meeting their last legislative days in the primary. The election also revealed a close race for House Speaker Greg Stumbo and set up some interesting general election matchups. 33rd House District Twenty-year incumbent Rep. Ron Crimm, R-Louisville, will not be returning to Frankfort next session after succumbing to Louisville lawyer Jason Nemes. Nemes handed Crimm a 17 point defeat in the Republican primary in the district... Read more 
Grimes says Hillary Clinton will edge Bernie Sanders in Kentucky presidential primary
05/17/2016 11:10 PM
With less than a 2,000-vote margin, Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes says unofficially that she expects Hillary Clinton will win Kentucky’s presidential primary. “We have 99 percent of our precincts reporting based on unofficial vote totals that we are seeing Hillary Clinton will be unofficial nominee on behalf of the Democratic Party here in the Commonwealth of Kentucky,” Grimes told CNN Tuesday night. With a five percent showing on Tuesday, more than 24,000 Democrats voted for “uncommitted” in the... Read more
Jamie Comer wins GOP nomination in the 1st Congressional District, other congressional races set
05/17/2016 09:26 PM
Senator Mitch McConnell released this statement congratulating Comer on his victory: “I congratulate Jamie Comer on his impressive victory tonight. He ran an outstanding and honest campaign and his message of reining in Washington spending and the overreaching policies of the Obama Administration resonated in western Kentucky. Jamie’s conservative values will make him a strong advocate for his district in Congress. I will work hard to help Jamie win in November, and look forward to serving with him in the nation’s... Read more
Lexington Mayor Jim Gray wins Senate Democratic nomination
05/17/2016 08:33 PM
LEXINGTON — Mayor Jim Gray won the six-way race for the Democratic nominee for US Senate. Gray took the stage just before 8 p.m. to thank supporters and remind everyone that his campaign did what they set out to do: Run a clean race on the issues. Gray, who carried all 120 counties en route to a nearly 46-point win, wasted no time in shifting gears and taking aim at his opponent in November, Senator Rand Paul. Gray was also crystal clear... Read more
Sellus Wilder concedes in U.S. Senate race
05/17/2016 07:39 PM
FRANKFORT — Former Frankfort City Commissioner Sellus Wilder gave his concession speech just before 7:30 p.m. in Frankfort. He thanked his supporters and said even though they didn’t win, his campaign did succeed in changing the conversation about topics like the decline of the coal industry. In an interview with Pure Politics, Wilder said he would help Lexington Mayor Jim Gray in his campaign against incumbent U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, adding that the two will speak in further depth on Wednesday... Read more
Louisville Metro councilman concedes in 38th House District Race
05/17/2016 06:57 PM
Campaign officials with Dan Johnson’s campaign told Pure Politics just before 7pm that Johnson has called McKenzie Cantrell to concede. The campaign released this statement: “I have spoken with mckenzie and congratulated her. I told her I will be there to help however I can in the fall. Now we must all get behind mckenzie to defeat party-switcher Butler in November,” Dan Johnson. Cantrell is a Louisville Lawyer with the Kentucky Equal Justice Center. She will now face Rep. Denny Butler, a... Read more
Sen. Rand Paul telegraphs nationalized U.S. Senate general election race
05/17/2016 01:10 PM
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is gearing up to defend his seat this fall and says whoever emerges as his opponent on Tuesday will have to answer for Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton. The Bowling Green Republican and one term U.S. Senator faces token opposition in Tuesday’s primary election and is preparing his supporters for a nationalized presidential year re-election contest in the bluegrass. “If you like your state, if you like the jobs in your state, why in the world... Read more
Handful of complaints filed with election fraud hotline
05/17/2016 11:01 AM
UPDATE: The Attorney General’s Election Fraud hotline is reporting 32 new calls since this morning with questions including: legal questions; voter assistance, voting machines, election officials, electioneering and vote buying, according to a press release. The breakdown of complaints is as follows: • Anderson County: Procedural question • Barren County: Procedural question • Boyd County: Voting machine • Boyle County: Procedural question • Breathitt County: (five calls) four vote buying/selling, and one procedural question • Campbell County: Procedural question • Daviess County: Voter assistance • Fayette County: (five calls) Two procedural questions and one... Read more
The Gray Street Farmers Market returns Thursday for its eighth year. It’s part of an effort to provide fresh produce to employees of the University of Louisville Health Sciences campuses, as well the surrounding communities of Phoenix Hill, Smoketown and Shelby Park. The market is coordinated by the U of L School of Public Health and Information Sciences and the Metro Department of Health and Wellness. “We definitely think that conditions need to be created in communities for people to be healthy,” says Melissa Schreck, director of external affairs and strategic planning with SPHIS. “And here, because we are a food desert, it [...]
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Despite delivering the news on NPR’s “Morning Edition” most weekdays, Steve Inskeep isn’t always a serious man. In conversation, the journalist and author is witty, playful and willing to engage. He’s in Louisville on Monday, May 23, to talk about “Jacksonland,” his book that traces the story of President Andrew Jackson and Cherokee Chief John Ross, who fought against Jackson’s seizure of millions of acres of Native American land in the South. Inskeep will be here as part of the Filson Historical Society’s Gertrude Polk Brown Lecture Series. I talked with him about his inspiration for writing the book and the time he spent in Kentucky, where [...]
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Louisville Metro Council incumbents went unbeaten in Tuesday’s primary election. And in a razor-close race, attorney S. Brandon Coan bested entrepreneur Stephen Reily by only 125 votes in the Highlands’ District 8. David James, a Democrat representing District 6, and Barbara Shanklin, a Democratic representative in District 2, each fended off challengers to hang onto their seats. With no Republicans in either race, it is likely they’ll both retain their seats in November. James won with a little more than 57 percent of the vote against business owner Carol Clark. District 6 includes Old Louisville and parts of Park Hill and California. Shanklin took nearly 48 percent [...]
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