Hyden attorney Leonard Brashear has filed with the Secretary of State as a candidate for the Kentucky Supreme Court in the 3rd Supreme Court District. (See those 27 counties after the jump)
From the press release: Brashear has been a successful attorney for more than twenty-five years. Brashear is the managing partner of the […]

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Last evening Louisville’s Metro Democratic Club hosted Rep. Joni Jenkins (D-We Heart Her) and Sen. Perry Clark (D-Beshear Apologist) for its annual legislative update. So let’s cut right to the chase: Joni is still a woman of the people and Perry seems to be toeing the Democratic Party line.
We won’t bore […]

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from our sister site
Everybody knows that Jerry Abramson is far and away the most popular public official in Jefferson County. But quick — who’s number two?
You’d get few arguments against Jefferson County Attorney Irv Maze, who has a significant political organization around here and a world of appealing choices ahead of him.
Maze got a taste […]

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A woman? What?! Who needs progress? Myra Tobin will face Fletcher crony Steve Branscum to become the first female chair of the University of Kentucky’s Board of Trustees. She should be elected if for no other reason than to, you know, flipping diversify the board’s leadership history [H-L]
Lisabeth makes two. […]

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Three individuals have been nominated by a judicial commission to fill Justice McAnulty’s Kentucky Supreme Court seat:

Lisabeth Hughes Abramson, Court of Appeals Judge
Geoffrey P. Morris, Jefferson Circuit Judge
James M. Shake, Jefferson Circuit Judge

The judge Gov. Ernie Fletcher appoints will serve until the November 2008 general election.

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