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Poll: McConnell no lock for re-election in Kentucky

Howard Wilkinson — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:25:49 +0000

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is going to have his hands full running for re-election in Kentucky next year, according to a poll released Tuesday.

And the same poll showed the junior senator from Kentucky, Rand Paul, is far more popular among Kentucky voters than McConnell, the leader of Senate Republicans.

Poll: Rand Paul in the mix for 2016 GOP nomination

Howard Wilkinson — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:14:56 +0000

Kentucky's junior senator, Rand Paul, finished third among a group of eight potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates, according to a poll released this week.

The Quinnipiac University poll showed among 712 voters who described themselves as Republicans Paul had 15 percent support for the GOP nomination, bested only by Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida (19 percent) and the 2012 vice presidential nominee, Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan (17 percent).

Rand Paul wins conservative straw poll

Howard Wilkinson — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:25:41 +0000

Kentucky's junior senator, Rand Paul, was the narrow favorite for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination in a straw poll this weekend of over 3,000 conservative activists from around the country.

CPAC (the Conservative Political Action Committee) held a three-day gathering in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C.; and participants voted online for who they would like to see carry the presidential banner for the GOP in 2016.

Rand Paul to headline Hamilton County GOP event

Howard Wilkinson — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:54:28 +0000

Sen. Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican who has hinted at a possible run for the presidency in 2016, will be the featured speaker next month at the Northeast Hamilton County Republican Club's annual pancake breakfast.

Paul - the son of former Libertarian and GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul - has been dropping broad hints about 2016, but that year is also the year when his U.S. Senate seat is up for re-election. And, under Kentucky election law, Paul would have to choose one or the other.

Paul Ryan brings his message to a Carthage steel company

Ann Thompson — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:28:59 +0000

Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan literally rolled right into a Cincinnati steel company. His campaign bus drove into the warehouse.

Byer Steel is a small Carthage company with a big stake in U.S. trade policies. It reached out to the Romney/Ryan campaign with concerns and Tuesday the Republican vice presidential nominee came to listen. During a town hall meeting inside a steel warehouse, Ryan called this fourth generation family business the embodiment of the American idea.