Sep 15 Local News P’Pool Ad Claims Obama, Conway Destroying America Using blood spattered lettering mixed with images of an infant, Republican attorney general candidate Todd P’Pool launched the first attack ad in the race for Kentucky’s top law enforcement office. The 30-second television spot entitled “Report for Duty” claims President Obama is “destroying the country,” and that Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway has failed to […] By WFPL News Sep 15 Local News P’Pool Ad Claims Obama, Conway Destroying America WFPL News
Sep 7 Local News Conway Bypasses P’Pool to Rip Walker Visit In a message to supporters, Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway slammed Republicans for inviting Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to campaign in Kentucky later this month. Walker is scheduled to headline two rallies and a fundraiser for Republican gubernatorial candidate David Williams, who has praised the Wisconsin governor’s brief tenure in radio interviews. Conway is running […] By WFPL News Sep 7 Local News Conway Bypasses P’Pool to Rip Walker Visit WFPL News
Aug 31 Local News P’Pool Focuses on Police Endorsement, Political Corruption in New Ad Republican attorney general candidate Todd P’Pool focused on fighting crime and political corruption in his second television ad released Wednesday. The 30-second commercial will run over Labor Day weekend and bypasses any swipes at Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway, even though the two have traded barbs through the media as of late. Instead, the advertisement […] By WFPL News Aug 31 Local News P’Pool Focuses on Police Endorsement, Political Corruption in New Ad WFPL News
Aug 29 Local News Special Prosecutor Investigating Sullivan University Over Campaign Contributions The office of Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway has named a special prosecutor to investigate Sullivan University for potential violations of Kentucky campaign finance laws after school executives encouraged employees to support his opponent in the general election. Earlier this month, a former admissions officer at Spencerian College in Louisville, which is run by Sullivan […] By WFPL News Aug 29 Local News Special Prosecutor Investigating Sullivan University Over Campaign Contributions WFPL News
Aug 24 Local News Conway Campaign Slams P’Pool Backer Telling supporters it’s “time to fight back” the campaign for Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway criticized the “outrageous agenda” and prominent backers of his general election opponent. Conway’s campaign is trying to raise $10,000 online by September 15 and are highlighting the big name conservatives who are headed to Kentucky to campaign for Republican challenger […] By WFPL News Aug 24 Local News Conway Campaign Slams P’Pool Backer WFPL News
Aug 24 Environment P’Pool Says Mine Unions, Inspections ‘Go Too Far’ In an interview with cn|2 Pure Politics, Republican attorney general candidate Todd P’Pool said he thought government inspection and regulation of coal mines in Kentucky has “gone too far.” P’Pool grew up in western Kentucky and is the son of a coal miner and the grandson of a federal mine inspector. The Hopkins County Attorney […] By Erica Peterson Aug 24 Environment P’Pool Says Mine Unions, Inspections ‘Go Too Far’ Erica Peterson
Aug 23 Local News Huckabee to Campaign for P’Pool Raising more eyebrows in Kentucky’s race for attorney general, Republican candidate Todd P’Pool announced Tuesday that former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee will headline a campaign fundraiser in October. A former presidential candidate and current Fox News host, Huckabee is another big name conservative coming to the commonwealth to campaign for P’Pool. Last week, the campaign […] By WFPL News Aug 23 Local News Huckabee to Campaign for P’Pool WFPL News
Aug 18 Local News P’Pool Touts Two Supporters While Conway Asks for Cash Republican attorney general candidate Todd P’Pool announced Thursday that former Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson and former University of Kentucky basketball player Travis Ford will headline a fundraiser for him in October. Grayson served as Kentucky Secretary of State from 2003 to 2011, before taking a position in January as the Director of the […] By WFPL News Aug 18 Local News P’Pool Touts Two Supporters While Conway Asks for Cash WFPL News
Aug 17 Local News Virginia Attorney General to Campaign for P’Pool Helping a Republican ticket across state lines, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli will be campaigning for Kentucky attorney general candidate Todd P’Pool in late September. The trip will be highlighted by a fundraiser in Elizabethtown, which will further highlight GOP nominee’s attempts to nationalize the race against Demcoratic Attorney General Jack Conway as a referendum […] By WFPL News Aug 17 Local News Virginia Attorney General to Campaign for P’Pool WFPL News
Aug 16 Local News P’Pool Addresses Questionable Contributions Republican candidate for attorney general Todd P’Pool won’t return contributions from a for-profit university being investigated by the Kentucky attorney general’s office and lashed out at Democratic incumbent Jack Conway for calling on him to do so. Last week, a former admissions officer at Spencerian College in Louisville, which is run by Sullivan University, accused […] By WFPL News Aug 16 Local News P’Pool Addresses Questionable Contributions WFPL News
Aug 15 Local News P’Pool Launches First TV Ad Hoping to gain traction in his bid to unseat Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway this fall, Republican attorney general candidate Todd P’Pool will begin airing his first campaign television advertisement Tuesday. The 30-second spot made its YouTube debut Monday and stresses the GOP nominee’s faith, support of the coal industry and his work as a […] By WFPL News Aug 15 Local News P’Pool Launches First TV Ad WFPL News
Aug 12 Local News Conway Campaign Slaps Back Against P’Pool, RPK Ad Responding to an attack ad released by the Republican Party of Kentucky on Friday, the campaign to re-elect Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway is scolding Republican challenger Todd P’Pool for taking money from universities that are under investigation. The GOP released the YouTube video to mark 100 days of criticizing Conway for helping his brother, […] By WFPL News Aug 12 Local News Conway Campaign Slaps Back Against P’Pool, RPK Ad WFPL News
Aug 12 Local News RPK Marks 100 Days of Conway Criticism With Attack Ad After hammering the point for 100 days, the Republican Party of Kentucky has released an online video attacking Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway that continues to question if he had any involvement in a drug investigation that focused on his younger brother. In April, Conway’s brother, Matt, stepped down as an assistant prosecutor in the […] By WFPL News Aug 12 Local News RPK Marks 100 Days of Conway Criticism With Attack Ad WFPL News
Aug 11 Local News School Facing AG Probe Urges Support for Conway’s Opponent A former admissions officer at the for-profit Spencerian College in Louisville told the Lexington Herald-Leader Thursday that executives being investigated by Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway have urged employees to support his opponent in the fall election. Campaign finance records show the chancellor of Sullivan University, which owns Spencerian, and his executives contributed $12,000 to […] By WFPL News Aug 11 Local News School Facing AG Probe Urges Support for Conway’s Opponent WFPL News
Aug 6 Environment Fancy Farm Speakers Line Up in Support of Coal Much of the speaking at this weekend’s Fancy Farm picnic trended towards national issues. Candidates praised the military, worried about public debt and criticized what is—or isn’t—getting done in Washington. But coal and federal environmental regulations were also a target in several speeches. Coal crossed party lines at Fancy Farm, as both Democrats and Republicans […] By Erica Peterson Aug 6 Environment Fancy Farm Speakers Line Up in Support of Coal Erica Peterson