Kentucky New Voter Registration Exceeds Goal

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Beshear wins the Democratic primary for Kentucky governor

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Andy Beshear rode his record as attorney general and family name to win the closely watched Democratic primary for Kentucky governor, which sets up what could be a deeply personal contest against Republican incumbent Matt Bevin this fall. The Associated Press called the race for Beshear at 8:40 p.m. Tuesday with him leading the race with 38% of the vote with about 90% of precincts reporting. House Minority Rocky Adkins, of Sandy Hook, came in second by clearing up in the eastern half of the state. He was trailing Beshear with 28% of the vote. ...

Democrat French Henry faces Republican Michael Adams in Secretary of State race

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A former commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs easily bested three other candidates to win the Democratic primary for Kentucky Secretary of State on Tuesday. Heather French Henry, a former Miss America, will face Republican Michael Adams in the November general election. Unofficial results show Henry received 73 percent of the vote Tuesday in a landslide victory over opponents Jason S. Belcher, a writer, Jason Griffith, a band director at Letcher County High School, and Geoff Sebesta, a comic book artist. ...

GOP voters pick Daniel Cameron to face Greg Stumbo in attorney general’s race

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Kentucky Republicans on Tuesday chose lawyer/lobbyist Daniel Cameron over state Sen. Wil Schroder to face Democrat Greg Stumbo in the Nov. 12 election for state attorney general. Cameron, 33, was legal counsel for Kentucky’s Republican godfather, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, from 2015 to 2017. Then he left Washington to become a corporate lawyer and lobbyist back home in Louisville at the firm of Frost Brown Todd. ...

Beshear wins Democratic primary for governor; Bevin wins closer-than-expected race

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Attorney General Andy Beshear won a competitive Democratic primary race for governor Tuesday night, earning his party’s nomination to take on incumbent Republican Gov. Matt Bevin this fall — and adding another chapter in the heated rivalry between the two politicians. Bevin also won his party’s nomination in the Republican primary Tuesday night, though he […] ...

Families must face internal forces impacting youth

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As parents, we are always looking outwards, trying to protect our children from the endless list of exterior influences that strike fear in our hearts. Drugs. Bullies. Stranger danger. Food allergies. Health concerns. School safety. And even just an uncertain future. But, we all may be missing the big picture. Some of the scariest threats our youth can face come from inside. ...

Officers’ memorial show of high respect

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We should always remember all law enforcement officers who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty with the highest respect. Those who have fallen in the line of duty were brave officers who put their lives in harm’s way on a daily basis to protect the citizens of this city and county. Sadly, many of them were taken from their families way too young at the hands of cold-blooded killers. This is very sad indeed. ...

Kentucky has moved other Confederate statues. Why is Jefferson Davis still in the Capitol?

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His secretary of war and one of his generals were taken down from the courthouse lawn in Lexington and shunted off to a nearby cemetery. The same fate awaits one of his colonels in Louisville. A mural at the University of Kentucky depicting African Americans as slaves has been covered, and Louisville's memorial to "our Confederate dead" has been given to another city that has no problems embracing the racist monument. So why is it that the statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis still stands tall in the Kentucky State Capitol — taller, in fact, than the statue of Abraham Lincoln? ...

Democratic candidates for governor head down the homestretch through Louisville

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The three main contenders in the Democratic primary for governor on Tuesday swung through Louisville this weekend for their last joint appearance at a political event, delivering their standard stump speeches in a county that will play a major factor in determining the party’s nominee this fall. Rocky Adkins, Andy Beshear and Adam Edelen spoke […] ...

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