Comments on: The Senate 19th Thunderdome descends over Louisville

By: Get your elections on, Louisville – FatLip

Get your elections on, Louisville – FatLip — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:26:47 +0000

[...] As we wrote two weeks ago, this Democratic primary is probably the biggest and most competitive race in Louisville. Morgan McGarvey is the assumed front-runner — with the biggest endorsements and a big wad of cash to blanket the airwaves with TV ads — but we wouldn’t count out Sarah Lynn Cunningham, who has enough money to blanket the 19th with mailers and big liberal endorsers (Rep. Jim Wayne, KFTC) along for the ride. Amy Shoemaker doesn’t have a lot of campaign funds, but is hoping her Fairness Campaign endorsement and word of mouth can help her pull off the shocker. Meanwhile, Gary Demling hopes that the 19th has an abnormally large demographic of golfers. [...]

By: Cunningham, McGarvey receive big endorsements in Senate 19th race – FatLip

Cunningham, McGarvey receive big endorsements in Senate 19th race – FatLip — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:17:36 +0000

[...] have more endorsements to report from the Thunderdome of Louisville’s Senate 19th Democratic primary, the winner of which will take over Sen. Tim Shaughnessy’s seat for the next four years (or [...]

By: Kentuckians for the Commonwealth releases candidate surveys – FatLip

Kentuckians for the Commonwealth releases candidate surveys – FatLip — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:38:12 +0000

[...] on the races in next week’s issue — including a Q&A with all four candidates in the big state Senate 19th race, which will determine who takes over retiring Sen. Tim Shaughnessy’s seat — as well as [...]

By: Beverly

Beverly — Fri, 11 May 2012 02:00:34 +0000

Amy Shoemaker called out McGarvey for “hoarding out-of-district money — “foreclosure money” but after searching McGarvey’s KREF filing, I don’t see where any “foreclosure money” has been taken. All I see is one PAC connected to the banking industry and even that PAC did not contribute the maximum. I see this more as a campaign publicity stunt that has no basis in fact. On the other hand, I I did notice a lot of out of district donations made to Amy Shoemaker on her KREF filings which included, among others, a donation from an attorney at Steptoe & Johnson in Charleston, WV, who represents energy clients and whose firm represents big banks and other energy developers throughout Appalachia. Hmmmm… wonder what that attorney’s position is on MTR. Anyway, I guess that’s okay, but you know what they say about glass houses…

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 07 May 2012 03:29:06 +0000

All the candidates seem better than the average Republican. But Frankfort needs more females – it is too much of an old boy’s club. And we don’t need more lawyers who are looking for a career living off the public dime. We need some who has a backbone and is willing to standup to the “leadership,” not someone who will be beholden to them.

By: Kenny

Kenny — Sat, 05 May 2012 00:45:25 +0000

Thanks the breakdown. I’ve been going to campaign websites while looking for some info on this race, since I didn’t know much about them (I’m new to the District). McGarvey’s website does have issues info, but it’s tucked into his biography section. It should be it’s own section, but it’s still there.

He also knocked on my door a couple of weeks ago, and I asked him about MTR. He said he thinks banning it outright isn’t possible, but he wants to try and dismantle it piece by piece. You never know with a candidate, but he seemed pretty genuine. Time will tell.