Forward Kentucky: Dem candidate recruitment: Tough, Targeted ... or just Terrible
Berry Craig
By BRUCE MAPLES
When I tell people I ran for Metro Council in 2014 and lost, I jokingly say “it wasn’t a good night for the Blue team.”
But when we look at this year’s candidate filings for the General Assembly, it’s clear it’s going to be a bad year for the Blue team – and it’s no joke.
Between the districts where no one filed at all, and the ones where the single candidate ultimately withdrew, the Dems left 9 of the 19 races for state Senate uncontested. And in the House, they left 40 of 100 races with no Dem candidate at all.