It’s that time again. Who has the least craptastic campaign website?
Let’s take a look:
John Yarmuth’s site is way more simple than we remember it being in 2006. Basically devoid of information beyond an outdated welcome and a standardized sign-up form. There are only four months left in this campaign cycle. Time for somebody to get a move on.

Anne Northup’s campaign site, on the other hand, is flashy and full of information. Despite its generic gray background of despair, Northup provides multimedia content and a mass of information from news clips, her stance on issues, a biography and campaign blog. She’d be well-served to include more personable photographs of herself and maybe more images of Louisville, of which she’s traditionally been known to take advantage.

Peep the rest after the jump…
Michael Kelley’s website has been online and filled with information much longer than the rest of the folks running for office in Kentucky. While not super-flashy, it’s a great source of information, photographs and media and leaves visitors with no doubt in their mind that Kelley is a physician.

Geoff Davis, Kelley’s opponent, on the other hand only has a campaign blog and not much else. For a guy running in such a wealthy district as Kentucky’s 4th, Davis sure has avoided reaching out to his constituency via the internet. The 4th is filled with web-savvy folks and it’d do Davis well to recognize that. People in Northern Kentucky have all kinds of money and all kinds of internets. They know how to use the tubes.

Brett Guthrie has a surprisingly nice website with a ton of easily accessible information. Issues, a blog, multimedia. His site even includes PDFs of actual campaign material and mail pieces which may be a first for a Republican candidate in Kentucky. Nice to be able to see electronic versions of hard-copy material because not every voter is on a mailing list and not every voter traditionally has the opportunity to examine everything distributed by a campaign..

David Boswell’s site is pretty simple. It’s all about pulling in contributions via ActBlue and the solicitation of endorsements. That’s all fine and dandy, but it’d be nice to have a little more information about David, his positions and the like and a little less “blah blah blah endorsed David” - ya know?



Sonny Landham’s site is kind of an extension of the Libertarian Party’s website. But it does provide a ton of information– from his personal tax forms, a “resume,” information about his platform, an energy “plan,” and photos of his family. There’s also information about petitioning to get Sonny on the ballot this November.

Bruce Lunsford certainly doesn’t skip when it comes to the internets. He has an entire team dedicated to the web and the ready flow of campaign information. And it shows. His website is filled with material. Issues, facts, multimedia, a campaign blog, store to get Bruce goodies, all kinds of information about his opponent. Hopefully others take notice of his team’s skill and hire them all up post-November.

Mitch McConnell totally ‘gets’ the web. Strange for a Republican of his stature, really. Once you get over his misuse of the state flag and the fancy iPod that brings to mind a little scandal from a year or so ago, his website is great. There’s a blog his campaign staff uses to spread misinformation, some great video, news releases and all the usual social networking tools that Democrats are known for using. Gotta give his folks credit because they do an absolutely great job.
So, thoughts? We’re glad it’s a slow news day.






























1 response so far ↓
1 Scarecrow // Jul 2, 2008 at 3:50 pm
I must say I do like McConnell’s website. The spacing on Guthrie’s is a little messed up. Davis’ website is linked from his blog, it’s under the blog roll. I find it nice that Davis actually keeps his updated, what appears to be daily.
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