GOP primary race intensifies in Kentucky's 4th congressional district
May 16, 2012
Kentucky: With the primary just a week away, Republican candidates in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District are making a last push. There are seven GOP contenders to replace outgoing representative Geoff Davis.[1]
Frontrunners Gary Moore, Thomas Massie and Alecia Webb-Edgington are gathering endorsements[1] and running ad blasts.[2] Webb-Edgington was endorsed by Rep. Davis, former Senator Jim Bunning,[1] and the Kentucky Professional Firefighters Association.[3] Moore, who has raised the most money in the election,[2] was endorsed in the Republican primary by the Northern Kentucky AFL-CIO Central Labor Council.[4]
Massie is the Tea Party favorite, and has recently been endorsed by U.S. Senator Rand Paul, who appeared in a TV ad for Massie. For the last days leading up to the primary, Texas group Liberty For All has spent over half a million dollars airing ads supporting Massie.
In response, Moore and Webb-Edgington have criticized Massie for his out-of-state funding.[2] Webb Edgington said: "I do think the people of the 4th District and the Republicans of the 4th District are smarter than to allow a group of libertarians to come into the commonwealth of Kentucky and try to buy this election."
Moore joined Webb-Edgington's critique, saying his own funding did not come from political action committees.[1] A Massie spokesperson said Massie's funding base was similar to Moore's,[1] and Massie said he thought he was "being unfairly maligned for this participation on behalf of me by this Texas PAC."[2]
See also
- Kentucky
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- Kentucky's 4th Congressional District elections, 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 WFPL News, "In Kentucky’s Fourth District, Candidates Make Final Push for Votes," May 15, 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kentucky.com, "2 GOP candidates take aim at political group," May 14, 2012
- ↑ Cincinnati.com, "Congressional candidates pick up endorsements" accessed April 13, 2012
- ↑ NYK.com, "Political Notes:The Northern Kentucky AFL-CIO Central Labor Council announces endorsements" accessed March 15, 2012
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