A one-on-one primary could stir energy in KY’s Democratic Party

By: Al Cross

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: July 27, 2026

Words: 823

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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This column first appeared in the Northern Kentucky Tribune, which makes it available to other publications with appropriate credit.

FRANKFORT – The Kentucky Democratic Party is having a one-on-one primary election for governor, its first in more than 50 years. Those primaries were usually contests between two factions, one moderately liberal, the other more conservative. This one may turn out that way, but now the candidates’ differences are less ideological or issue-based than their styles, …

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