Former Campbell County Sheriff and Campbell Country Republican Party Chairman, Jeff Kidwell, died Friday of a heart attack. He was 53. Kidwell became the county’s first Republican sheriff in at least 40 years when he won the November 2012 special election to replace John Dunn, who retired after 26 years in office. In 1993, he […]
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Campbell County Republicans Shuffle Their Leadership
Download this episode (right click and save) The Campbell County Republican Party met on Saturday, March 11, 2017 to reorganize the party leadership. The Campbell County Republican Party met on Saturday, March 11 at Northern Kentucky University to select their next leadership executive board. There has been a rift growing between two different groups within […]
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Campbell County Reorganization To Shape County For Next Four Years
Steve Pendery and Jeff Kidwell. On Saturday in Northern Kentucky University’s Ballroom, the Campbell County Republican Party will elect five new members to help steer the direction of the party. That will end a nine-year run for current Chairman and former Sheriff Jeff Kidwell, who has chaired the county Republicans since 2008. He is not […]
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Campbell Co. GOP Announces KY Governor’s Race Endorsement
James Comer and Taylor Mill’s Chris McDaniel (pictured, left) have received the Campbell County GOP’s nomination for this year’s race for KY Governor./LRC In a meeting Tuesday evening of the Campbell County Republican Executive Committee it was announced that the party had made the decision to formally endorse the Comer/McDaniel ticket for Governor/Lt. Governor in […]
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Campbell Co. Race Dubbed “Nicest” in Northern Kentucky
Scott Hildebrand (left) and Mike Jansen (right) are opponents for Campbell County Sheriff, but the civility their race is getting national attention./Photos provided Usually when a county-level race for office gets national attention, it’s often for its fierce competitiveness or the surfacing of some scandalous or otherwise incriminating information. But that’s not the case for […]
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Republican Party of Kentucky Rejects “Campbell County Conservatives” Planned Ouster
As first reported to FortThomasMatters on August 12 by sources close to the situation, the Republican Party of Kentucky officially rejected the “Campbell County Conservatives” group attempt to take over the county’s party leadership. The group’s main contention was that the “malfeasance, nonfeasance and misfeasance.” The decision handed down by the executive committee, headed by Chairman […]
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SPECIAL EDITION: Complete Guide to Campbell County Primary Elections
Campbell County voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to decide which candidates facing primary elections will advance to the General Election in November. In Campbell County, 13 county-level primary elections will take place. See below for a full list of candidates. FTM has worked hard to bring you more Campbell County campaign news […]
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Campbell County Sheriff Candidates Face Off Leading Up to Primaries
COLD SPRING, Ky. — Candidates for Campbell County Sheriff met at a public forum last week to discuss, among other issues, the role of the Sheriff’s office, cutting government expenditures, and the Northern Kentucky heroin epidemic.
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Kidwell Endorsed By Northern Kentucky Right to Life
Source: Press Release Cold Spring – Northern Kentucky Right to Life has announced that they have chosen to give their full endorsement to Sheriff Jeff Kidwell for his re-election as Campbell County’s Sheriff. Fred H. Summe of NKRTL, stated in the letter of endorsement that Sheriff Kidwell was chosen “based on Sheriff Kidwell’s responses in […]
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Scott Hildebrand (D) Files for Campbell County Sheriff
Scott Hildebrand will face Michael O’Day in the Democrat Primary for Sheriff in May. Photo source: press release Lifelong Campbell County resident, Scott Hildebrand, has announced his candidacy for Campbell County Sheriff in the 2014 election. Scott currently resides in Alexandria with his wife, Michelle and 3 daughters.