As the sixth district congressional race draws more attention, Republican nominee Ralph Alvarado stopped in Frankfort today to accept a major endorsement.

And he talked about his support for President Donald Trump, which has been questioned in the last week.

Our Emily Prince explains.

I am proud to say that I have earned the endorsement of the Kentucky Fraternal Order of Police.

That endorsement means something because these aren't people who simply read about law enforcement.

They live.

It.

Doctor Ralph Alvarado, the Republican nominee in the sixth Congressional District, stood beside Attorney General Russell Coleman and law enforcement officers as he accepted the Fraternal Order of Police's endorsement.

We need a congressman who wants.

To see our officers well equipped, well trained and well supported, not just happy talk from the podium, but real advocacy for the men and women of Kentucky law enforcement.

Alvarado, who formerly served as a state senator and commissioner of Tennessee's Department of Health, is up against Democrat Zach Timbo.

Last week, Timbo unveiled his anti-corruption plan seeking to ban corporate PAC donations and stock trading for members of Congress.

The Democratic nominee and former federal prosecutor called Alvarado a career politician and accused him of corruption during his time as a state lawmaker, specifically with a 2017 bill Alvarado sponsored to reform a medical malpractice claims.

Alvarado responded during today's announcement.

When you're a legislator, you don't have overwhelming power.

You have to talk to other members of the of your delegation and people that are in the state Senate and members of the state House to pass laws.

And I didn't commit any corruption.

I tried to get laws passed that helped improve things for our state.

I've got an opponent who's been a lifelong bureaucrat who hasn't lived in Kentucky for very long.

He's been here for about seven years as an adult.

President Donald Trump endorsed Alvarado ahead of the primary election.

The Republican candidate touted his support for the president on his campaign website, but some questioned if he's walking back that support.

As NBC news reported last week that Alvarado changed his website, removing his photo with Trump from the main page and changing his message from America First fighter to independent leadership.

Alvarado called the headlines phony news.

The president has endorsed me.

I'm proud of that endorsement.

His photo is still on my website, so if people don't see it, they haven't looked.

It's always been there all along.

So I think this is a phony story.

And again, it's a sign of a bit of another campaign is looking for attention.

And somebody who really is trying to draw attention nationally for it.

There was another law enforcement officer at today's announcement who shared his experience with Dem Bo Derek Leavitt, a Whitley County native, was a Kentucky State police officer.

He was federally indicted for using excessive force while making an arrest in 2020, and was later found not guilty.

Leavitt said Timbo was the assistant prosecutor on the case and refused to hear his side of the story.

He wanted to do what I call the hug the thug movement.

He wanted to believe the convicted criminal who had been convicted of trafficking methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, receiving stolen property of vehicles.

That's how he wanted to believe.

He didn't want to believe the officers in the troopers that were sworn under oath.

I think it's important for someone to have a voice for law enforcement because I didn't have a voice, and Mr.

Timbo wouldn't let me speak up for myself during that time.

Alvarado said he believes many voters may still be undecided in the race.

The general election takes place on November 3rd in Frankfort for Kentucky edition.

I'm Emily Prince.

Well, we reached out to Dumbo's campaign for comment on this story.

His campaign manager sent us a statement about the case involving state troopers.

It reads in part in this case, a grand jury found that a man was beaten aggressively to the point of having his face broken in.

A judge agreed there was sufficient evidence to take this to court, and Zach does not think anyone is above the law.