Two Republican megadonors once again were the highest bidders at Kentucky Farm Bureau’s Country Ham Breakfast charity auction. Kelly Craft, a former United Nations ambassador and 2023 Republican gubernatorial candidate, and her husband, coal executive Joe Craft, bid a record $10.5 million Thursday morning for the country ham that was crowned champion of the 2024 […]
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Deters announces legal challenge to Massie’s 2024 bid
Former Kentucky gubernatorial candidate and current 4th district congressional candidate Eric C. Deters announced Wednesday he will file a lawsuit to disqualify U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie from his 2024 reelection run. In the complaint provided to LINK nky, Deters – one of two candidates challenging Massie in the 2024 Republican primary – claims the six-term […]
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Kelly and Joe Craft give the max to Trump’s rivals in GOP field for president
Written by Tom Loftus for the Kentucky Lantern Kelly Craft, who failed to secure Donald Trump’s endorsement in last May’s Republican primary for Kentucky governor, has donated to six Republican candidates for president in recent months. None of the six is Donald Trump. Reports filed with the Federal Election Commission show that since June 26 […]
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The Sunday Story Podcast: KY governor race heats up with record spending, attack ads
This week on the Sunday Story Podcast, LINK nky Government and Politics Reporter Mark Payne dives in to election financing in the Kentucky Governors race. Enjoy this story two ways – listen below or read the full story here. — On a cool spring Kentucky Monday in April, an Axiom Strategies staffer stood outside Mokka Sunset […]
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Op-ed: Craft doesn’t hear the echoes
Written by Bruce Maples, publisher at Forward Kentucky Eliminationism is the belief that one’s political opponents are, in the words of OklahomaCity University School of Law professor Phyllis E. Bernard, “a cancer on the body politicthat must be excised — either by separation from the public at large, through censorship or by outright extermination — […]
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‘We will not have transgenders in our school system:’ Comment on transgender issue roils Ky. governor race
Written by Bruce Schreiner for WCPO A prominent GOP candidate roiled the hotly contested primary race for Kentucky governor with a comment that if elected, “we will not have transgenders in our school system,” angering LGBTQ advocates in a state that has enacted laws limiting the rights of transgender youth. Former U.N. Ambassador Kelly Craft […]
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Judge resolves Kelly Craft residency challenge
The residency challenge filed by GOP gubernatorial candidate Eric Deters against fellow candidate Kelly Craft has been resolved, per an order issued in Fayette County Circuit Court. “It is hereby ordered and adjudged that, based upon the materials Kelly Craft has produced and attested to and Plaintiff’s review of them, Plaintiff agrees that under the […]
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Kelly Craft calls on Washington ally Ted Cruz to help campaign
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) will appear with Kentucky Republican gubernatorial candidate Kelly Craft in two get-out-the-vote rallies on May 13. Craft, who trails frontrunner Attorney General Daniel Cameron by six points in the polls, is looking to bolster her campaign ahead of the May 16 primary. Craft gained significant ground on Cameron after she gave […]
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Craft, Cameron finally face off in a heated debate
For the first time in the Republican gubernatorial campaign, the top two candidates appeared on stage together, allowing Kentucky voters to hear from both in the same setting outside of their respective campaign events. Former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft and Attorney General Daniel Cameron — polling at 24% and 30%, respectively — took the […]
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NKY gubernatorial candidate Eric Deters says he’ll challenge Kelly Craft’s residency status
Northern Kentucky Republican gubernatorial candidate and former attorney Eric Deters said he plans to file a residency challenge against fellow GOP candidate Kelly Craft. Deters announced his plans in a video released Monday and said he’s waiting on additional information showing issues with Craft’s Kentucky residency. Craft’s campaign said in a statement that she’d been […]