Kentucky Governor's Race 
Chris Cillizza and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum have a piece in the Washington Post today on the 2007 race for Governor of Kentucky. The announcement this week by Congressman Ben Chandler that he will not seek to become the Democratic nominee against troubled GOP incumbent Ernie Fletcher opens the field to a number of possible Democratic candidates.
One of the wealthy Democratic aspirants, Charlie Owen, ran several unsuccessful campaigns, including a 1994 bid for the House, a 1998 run for the Senate and a 2003 campaign for lieutenant governor. Bruce Lunsford, a Louisville businessman, spent more than $8 million of his own money in the 2003 gubernatorial primary campaign only to drop out just days before the voting. In the general election, he backed Fletcher over Chandler, a decision sure to be cited by his rivals if Lunsford decides to run for governor again.
KEYWORDS: kentucky, governor, 2007
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