Something the Kentucky Democratic Republican Party doesn’t want you to think about: how November brought the election of a Republican as Elliott County Judge-Executive.
Carl Fannin is, based on what we can tell, the first Republican elected to county office there in more than 70 years.
You may remember his opponent, Georgia Ison. She’d previously been indicted while County Court Clerk. Steve Beshear appointed her to replace the former Judge-Executive, who also was indicted while in office.
Fannin was the only Republican to win in Elliott County. No other local or statewide candidate was able to do so.
The amazing thing? Less than four percent of Elliott County is registered Republican.
It’s a testament to how disjointed and broken Steve Beshear has allowed his party to become. In the land of Rocky Adkins, Walter Blevins, Jr. and John Will Stacy, no less. It’s a preview of what’s to come in 2012.
3 responses so far ↓
1 BS // Jan 26, 2012 at 12:37 pm
I’m calling BS on this palm reading by Jake. Rowan/Elliot voted for Obama in 2008 and they will again in November. Would you have voted for an indicted lady just because she was registered to your party?
2 jake // Jan 26, 2012 at 12:43 pm
You just proved my point.
Miss Indicted Lady was a product of KDP. She’s a perfect example of how little KDP was capable of. If the party was in good shape, it would have resolved that problem with ease.
3 Conservative Kentuckian // Jan 26, 2012 at 1:21 pm
What about Knott County? Fletcher appointed a Republican (surprised he could find one in Knott County), Crit went after him in an audit, he got convicted of vote buying, and he still won re-election in a heavily-D county while staying in office during the appeal of his conviction.
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