Kentucky Politics Blog

Want to hear more from our candidates for Governor?  WKYX in paducah hosted a debate between the candidates. 
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ADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - Republican Governor Ernie Fletcher and Democratic challenger Steve Beshear sparred over casino gambling, health care and pardoning powers in a lively radio debate this morning.

Listen to the debate here from the WKYX website
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POLL: Preston-Osborne Kentucky Gubernatorial
A new Preston-Osborne statewide survey
of 600 registered voters, “selected at random from a list of those who
have voted in at least three of the past five general elections” in Kentucky
(conducted 7/25 through 8/2 for The Lane Report) finds Steve Beshear
leading incumbent Gov. Ernie Fletcher (49% to 31%) in a statewide
gubernatorial general election […]

Fletcher is still getting beat up in the polls.  Could this be a sign of the final few months.
FRANKFORT –
All summer, SurveyUSA — an automated polling service — has shown Democratic candidate for governor Steve Beshear with more than a 20-point lead over Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher.
Some of Fletcher’s supporters have dismissed that poll as […]