Sign a guestbook for Velma Childers
By Dori Hjalmarson - dhjalmarson@herald-leader.com
PIKEVILLE -- Mrs. Velma J. Childers, a prominent Pikeville civic leader and long-time mainstay of the Kentucky Republican Party, died at Pikeville Medical Center after a car crash Wednesday afternoon, Pike County Coroner Russell Roberts [...] With the end of the next campaign finance reporting period three weeks away, no doubt the fight for the title of "GOP Nominee" between Trey Grayson and Rand Paul will soon be entering round 5 of a 10 round championship bout.
So how would the judges score the fight so far?
First, [...]
By Jack Brammer - jbrammer@herald-leader.com
FRANKFORT — Central Kentucky voters rejected an attempt by Gov. Steve Beshear to erode Republican control of the state Senate Tuesday, choosing the GOP’s Jimmy Higdon over Democrat Jodie Haydon in a special Senate election.
The election — one [...] 
By Halimah Abdullah - habdullah@mcclatchydc.com
WASHINGTON — For weeks, Democratic leaders gritted their teeth whenever Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell airily dismissed suggestions that Republicans would work to slow the health care debate.
The Democrats felt they knew better. Under McConnell’s leadership during [...] 
By Janet Patton - jpatton1@herald-leader.com
Major Republican donors with ties to horse racing are crossing party lines to support a Democrat running for the state Senate who promises he’ll back casino-style gambling at racetracks.
If that trend continues beyond the Dec. 8 special election, it could have [...] Rand Paul was a featured guest at a fundraising event for GOP candidate Jimmy Higdon in Bardstown last night. This photo of him being introduced by Senate Floor leader Robert Stivers, flanked by Senator Dan Seum and Congressman Brett Guthrie says alot.
First, his status as a featured guest shows that [...]
Topics in today's show:
-- GOP leading in generic ballot polls
-- Senate increases unemployment benefits
-- Gov. Perry: America headed towards socialism
-- Fidel Castro approves of Obama
-- Obama as Frankenstein
-- Layoffs at Al Gore's 'Current TV'
-- Sammy Sosa [...]
Attorney General Jack Conway failed to report on a state Executive Branch Ethics Commission form an investment in a Texas energy company, his chief [...]
Joe Arnold is reporting that McConnell favorite and wealthy GOP fund raiser Cathy Bailey is thinking harder now about entering the race for the United States Senate. Her comments about Grayson, though understated, are searing nonetheless:
Asked by WHAS11's Joe Arnold if she is now considering entering the U.S. Senate race, the [...]
In an article this weekend, Jack Brammer wrote about the GOP primary in the 85th House district. Most of the article focused on a bad decision of the challenger:
Terry D. Gilreath of Pulaski County was fired in October 2004 by then-Corrections Commissioner John Rees, who accused Gilreath of committing [...]
From the Courier-Journal
In an interview with WHAS-TV earlier this week, …Rand Paul declined to say if he would support McConnell for another term as Senate GOP leader if he is challenged by Sen. Jim DeMint, R-South Carolina
“I like both of them…(Rand Paul said in the interview), but I think [...]
Rand Paul will host a fund raising event for GOP state senate candidate Jimmy Higdon in Bardstown on November 30th. Higdon is the party's chosen candidate designated to run in the special election to replace Dan Kelly in the 14th Senate district. Kelly resigned his seat and was [...]
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