Kentucky Democrats may be at a disadvantage in this fall's statewide elections because they have no rural candidates, Courier-Journal political writer Joseph Gerth writes in his weekly column this morning.
"If the folks who are supposedly the experts in predicting elections are right, the 2011 races in Kentucky are going to come down to urban vs. rural," Gerth reports. "And anyone who has lived in Kentucky for any length of time can tell you that urban typically loses out."
Democrats' Louisville-Lexington mix and Republicans' rural-urban diversity may help explain why Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear appointed Bowling Green Mayor Elaine Walker, a political unknown outside the Southern Kentucky city of 50,000, secretary of state this month to fill a vacancy. But "the betting money is that the selection of Walker is more about an old political grudge between Beshear and former Democratic Chairman Jerry Lundergan than it is about getting a rural Democrat on the November ballot," Gerth writes.
"If the folks who are supposedly the experts in predicting elections are right, the 2011 races in Kentucky are going to come down to urban vs. rural," Gerth reports. "And anyone who has lived in Kentucky for any length of time can tell you that urban typically loses out."
Democrats' Louisville-Lexington mix and Republicans' rural-urban diversity may help explain why Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear appointed Bowling Green Mayor Elaine Walker, a political unknown outside the Southern Kentucky city of 50,000, secretary of state this month to fill a vacancy. But "the betting money is that the selection of Walker is more about an old political grudge between Beshear and former Democratic Chairman Jerry Lundergan than it is about getting a rural Democrat on the November ballot," Gerth writes.
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