Kentucky Politics

Kentucky Republicans came to the state’s premier political event this weekend intent on winning elections in November and beyond, but some candidates aspiring to become governor had a hard time coming to terms with Donald Trump’s defeat in 2020.

If you are a political junky in Kentucky then Graves County is the place to be this weekend as the annual Fancy Farm Picnic at St. Jerome’s Parish ushers in the campaign season with speeches, jabs and sometimes out of bounds attacks. Will that be the case this year given all of the devastation and flood cleanup on the other side of the state? For a preview we turn to Laura Cullen Glasscock, she’s the editor and publisher of the Frankfort-based Kentucky Gazette.

Larry Forgy, a Republican stalwart who ran for governor three times in Kentucky, losing a heartbreakingly close election in 1995, has died. He was 82.

Phyllis George, the former Miss America who became a female sportscasting pioneer on CBS’s “The NFL Today,” has died. She was 70. A family spokeswoman…

Campaign 2018 is just about over, Election 2018 is just hours away. WUKY's Alan Lytle gets a few final thoughts from Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher…

Walter "Dee" Huddleston, a former two-term U.S. senator from Kentucky who lost his re-election bid to Republican Mitch McConnell in 1984, has died. He was…

Just when you thought this Sixth Congressional District Race couldn’t get any nastier between Republican incumbent Andy Barr and Democratic Challenger Amy…

After a summer-long hiatus Capital Chat is back with Laura Cullen Glasscock, editor and publisher of the Kentucky Gazette. She and WUKY's Alan Lytle…

Saying it was never too soon to start, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell formally announced his 2020 re-election bid in his home state Saturday and…

Andy Beshear says he has not decided if he will run for governor in 2019, but his tax returns tell a different story. Kentucky's Democratic attorney…