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Galbraith intends to run again for governor
FRANKFORT — Lexington attorney Gatewood Galbraith has filed a letter of intent with the state saying he intends to run for governor in 2011.
Galbraith, a perennial gubernatorial candidate, filed the letter with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance earlier this week. He is the first potential gubernatorial candidate to do so. He lists his party affiliation as an independent.
His running mate, according to the letter, will be Dea Riley, an independent political strategist with an office in Frankfort.
The race would be Galbraith's fifth for governor.
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Expedited mine permitting suspended in Appalachia
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers suspended an expedited process for obtaining surface mining permits across much of the nation's eastern coalfields Thursday.
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USDA Disputes Paul's Subsidy Numbers
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul Wednesday said his position on farm subsidies is “moderate” and claimed the U.S. Department of Agriculture last year paid 234 deceased Florida farmers more than $9 million.
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Louisville senator will challenge David Williams
Republican Sen. Julie Denton, Louisville, said Tuesday she will challenge David Williams, R-Burkesville, for President of the state Senate next January.
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Walter Baker, senator, judge, and Reagan aide, dies at 73
Walter Baker, the Glasgow Republican admired widely by members of both parties who served in the state legislature, as a Justice on the state Supreme Court and in the Reagan administration, died Monday at his home after a lengthy illness. He was 73.
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Day 1 of special session: vows to finish quickly
Lawmakers convened Monday for a special session determined to pass a budget within five days, but there were a couple of surprises and a couple of potential potholes in the road ahead.
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Paul runs away with Republican Senate race
Rand Paul parlayed a rising anti-Washington mood, the TEA Party movement and a ready-made Internet fundraising system into a big Republican primary Senate election win Tuesday night, one which reverberated through the Republican Party of Kentucky and the nation.
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Conway edges Mongiardo for Democratic Senate nomination
Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway appeared to have defeated Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo in a close race for their party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate as results continued to come in around 10 p.m. EDT Tuesday.
Shortly after 10 p.m., the Associated Press declared Conway the winner. He was leading Mongiardo 44 to 43 percent and by about 5,000 votes, 226,000 to 221,000. That included 98 percent of the precincts. -
Conway and Mongiardo close in poll
The two leading Democratic contenders in the U.S. Senate race began airing new television ads Monday while Republican candidate Trey Grayson announced an endorsement by Focus on the Family founder Dr. James Dobson.
- McConnell doesn't like GOP pitch based on fear The Senate's top Republican says he didn't like a recent GOP appeal to party donors that was based on stoking fear and negative feelings toward President Barack Obama and other Democrats.
- Wal-Mart evacuates when man enters with gun A man accused of carrying a gun into a Wal-Mart in eastern Jefferson County, prompting an evacuation, has been arrested.
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