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Jack Conway

Democrat Jack Conway has been Kentucky's attorney general since 2008. He ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2002.

Senate

KENTUCKY

Democrat

Rand Paul

Republican Rand Paul is an ophthalmologist who has never run for office before. He is the son of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) and is a tea party favorite.

Senate

KENTUCKY

Republican

Latest Kentucky Senate Race News

Tea Party Hero Rand Paul Favors Compromise But on His Terms

By Tom Diemer

Freshman Sen. Rand Paul, an advocate for the conservative tea party movement, waxed eloquent in his maiden Senate speech about the perilous nature of compromise, the national debt and the historic ...

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The Democratic Debacle -- and What It Means

By Walter Shapiro

America has seen tidal wave off-year elections before (three, in fact, in the past 16 years). But what was epic about the glub-glub election of 2010 is that even with months of warning most imperiled ...

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Rand Paul Wins in Kentucky and Gives the Tea Party Its First Senator

By Walter Shapiro

Little more than an hour after the polls closed in Kentucky, Republican Rand Paul became the first candidate to arise out of the anti-big government tea party movement to be elected to the Senate. ...

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Countdown to Election Day: Senate Races to Watch

By Andrea Stone

Republicans will edge close toward control of the Senate Tuesday but are unlikely to be able to seal the deal. While the GOP is widely favored to win back the House, it faces a narrower path to ...

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Campaign Ads 2010: The Good, the Bad and the Funny

By Carl M. Cannon and Andrea Stone

More than $4 billion will be spent on the 2010 midterm elections -- the lion's share of it on advertising on television, radio, and even a bit on the Internet. But what are we getting for all that ...

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May 27, 2012

Democrats vow aggressive campaign for Fourth District

Source: The Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati OH

The large sums of money spent on the Republican primary and the large tea party presence in Northern Kentucky donât faze the Democratic nominee for Kentuckyâs Fourth Congressional District.

May 27, 2012

Think Congress is sophomoric? A study says you're right (Los Angeles Times)

Source: Mountain Home News - Elmore County ID

If it sounds like the debates in Congress have devolved into those of teenagers, it's because they have.

May 25, 2012

Republican Senate primary in Texas

Source: The Weekly Standard - Washington DC

As lieutenant governor, Dewhurst is also president of the state senate, and his reputation in Austin is that of an able operator and, for a very conservative party in a very conservative state, a moderating influence.

May 25, 2012

Cissna running to unseat Representative Young

Source: Wrangell Sentinel - Wrangell AL

A member of the Alaska Legislature who is vying for the Democratic nomination to face off against Republican incumbent Representative Don Young in November was in Wrangell last week to meet citizens and discuss topics important to residents in Southeast Alaska.

May 24, 2012

Armed Bureaucrats May Be A Sign That The Federal Government Is Simply Too Large

Source: Say Anything

"I think we have bigger problems in our country than sending armed FDA agents into peaceful farmers' land and telling them they can't sell milk directly from the cow," said Senator Rand Paul during a speech on the floor of the Senate questioning why so many federal bureaucracies have armed agents.