THE 142nd ANNUAL FANCY FARM PICNIC THE 143nd ANNUAL FANCY FARM PICNIC IN FAR WEST KENTUCKY OFFERED UP A WEEKEND BUFFET OF PORK PIE AS POLITICS.

A FAMILY REUNION OF SORTS AND FUNDRAISER FOR THE ST. JEROME CATHOLIC CHURCH BUT THERE WERE SOME NOTABLE NO SHOWS THIS TIME AROUND GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR IS TENDING TO MATTERS IN FLOOD RAVAGED EASTERN KENTUCKY AND REPUBLICAN U.S.

SENATORS MITCH McCONNELL AND RAND PAUL ARE WORKING IN WASHINGTON D.C. >> WITH THE EASTERN KENTUCKY RECOVERY EFFORTS, THERE WAS SOME THINKING THAT STAGE RHETORIC WOULD BE MUTED BUT SPEAKERS DELIVERED SOME STINGING ONE LINERS AND PUNCH LINES THAT BROUGHT THE CROWD TO THEIR FEET.

WE'VE GOT THE JABS, BARBS AND ZINGERS AS WE RECAP FANCY FARM 142 NOW ON KET.

HELLO EVERYONE, I'M RENEE SHAW ALONG WITH CASEY PARKER-BELL.

FANCY FARM IS A BUCKET LIST ITEM FOR POLITICAL JUNKIES AND HOME COMBING RITUALS FOR RESIDENTS AND THOSE WHO CALL THIS HAMLET HOME.

>> WHETHER IT'S TO REUNITE WITH FAMILY, TAKE IN AS MUCH MUTTON AS YOU CAN STAND OR BE ENTERTAINED BY STEM WINDER SPEECHES THAT EXCITE CHEERS AND JEERS, SATURDAY EATS PICNIC DELIVERED IT ALL BUT THE FANCY FARM PICNIC WAS NOT ALWAYS A POLITICAL AFFAIR.

TOBY GIBBS GIVES US A HISTORY LESSON ON HOW THE PICNIC CAME TO BE, WHEN THE POLITICAL SPEECHES START AS STAPLE EVENT AND HOW THE COMMUNITY EARNED ITS NAME.

THE STORY BEGINS WITH THE 1820s WHEN PEOPLE FROM FIRST ARRIVED IN PRESENT DAY GRAVES COUNTY.

MANY WERE CATHOLIC AND FOUNDED ST. JEROME'S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN 1836.

A SERIES OF FAMILY REUNION IS TURNED IN A REGULAR SERIES OF PICNICS AND BY 1880, THE PICNIC HAD BECOME A FUNDRAISER FOR THE CHURCH, BUT IT WASN'T POLITICAL AT FIRST.

>> MY GRANDFATHER WAS THE ONE WHO REALLY POPULARIZED THE POLITICAL ASPECT OF THE FANCY FARM PICNIC.

THAT WAS IN THE 1930S.

>> 193 IS SPECIFICALLY, THE YEAR A.B.

HAPPY CHANDLER SPOKE WHILE RUNNING FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

HE WENT ON TO WIN THAT RACE AND FANCY FARM BECAME A PLACE FOR OLD SCHOOL POLITICAL SPEECHIFYING.

WE THINK OF FANCY FARM AS BEING THE FIRST SATURDAY IN AUGUST THAT WASN'T ALWAYS THE CASE.

IN FACT FOR MOST OF ITS HISTORY, IT WASN'T.

IT WAS IN JULY UNTIL 1956 WHEN KENTUCKY'S PRIMARY WAS IN AUGUST.

>> HEY, HEY, HO, HO.

>> WHEN THE PRIMARY MOVED TO MAY, FANCY FARM WAS PUSHED BACK AND BECAME THE UNOFFICIAL KICKOFF FOR THE FALL CAMPAIGN GOVERNOR GEORGE WALLACE SPOKE IN 1975, ONE YEAR BEFORE HIS FOURTH AND FINAL CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT AND THREE YEARS AFTER HE WAS PARALYZED BY A WOULD-BE ASSASSIN'S BULLET.

>> HE WAS UP AT THE PODIUM SPEAKING AND THAT'S WHEN THE PHOTOGRAPHERS HAD THE OLD STYLE CAMERAS WITH THE FLASH BULBS ON IT.

THE PHOTOGRAPHER WENT TO TAKE THE PICTURE IT POPPED LIKE A GUN AND GOVERNOR WALLACE FLINCHED HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

SO HE WENT ON AND PROCEEDED WITH THE SPEECH, THE PHOTOGRAPHER RELOADED THE BULB, TOOK ANOTHER STILL SHOT OF HIM AND POPPED LIKE A GUN.

GOVERNOR WALLACE FLINCHED AGAIN AND HE SAID IN HIS ALABAMA ACCENT, Y'ALL HAVE TO EXCUSE ME, I'M STILL A LITTLE BIT GUN SHY UP HERE.

>> SENATOR LLOYD BENTSEN WAS THERE IN 1988 AS A CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT BUT COULDN'T SWING KENTUCKY TO THE DUKAKIS TICKET.

SENATOR AL GORE OF TENNESSEE STOPPED AT FANCY FARM FOUR YEARS LATER.

HE WAS MORE SUCCESSFUL.

CLINTON AND GORE CARRIED KENTUCKY THAT NOVEMBER: SENATOR AND VICE PRESIDENT ALVIN BARALLY SPOKE AT FANCY FARM MULTIPLE TIMES.

IT WAS FAMILIAR TURF FOR HIM.

THE JACKSON PURCHASE'S FAVORITE SON WAS BORN IN GRAVES COUNTY.

THE FOOD HAS ALSO MADE THE HISTORY BOOKS.

WHEN PICNIC GOERS PUT AWAY 15,000 POUNDS OF MUTTON, PORK AND CHICKEN AT THE 1982 PICNIC, IT MADE THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORD.

YOU MIGHT BE ASKING HOW DID THE COMMUNITY GET THAT NAME?

THE STORY IS IN THE 1840s WHEN THE AREA WANTED ITS OWN POST OFFICE, A VISITING POSTAL INSPECTOR STATED A FARM THAT MADE QUITE AN IMPRESSION ON HIM SO HE NAMED THE AREA FANCY FARM.

FOR KET, I'M TOBY GIBBS.

>> THE POLITICAL SPEAKING HEATED UP THE PAVILION HOTTER THAN MOTHER NATURE'S THERMOMETER WITH EMCEE KENTUCKY HOUSE SPEAKER DAVID OSBOURNE.

HIS OPENING COMMENTARY SET THE TONE FOR WHAT WAS TO COME.

>> OF COURSE FANCY FARM IS ALL ABOUT SPEECHES AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT SOMEBODY MIGHT SAY.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, AS THIS YEAR'S EMCEE, I'M HERE TO ANNOUNCE, THAT I AM RUNNING FOR NOTHING ELSE.

[ APPLAUSE ] YET.

[LAUGHTER] I LIKE MY CURRENT JOB.

PROUD TO RESIDE OVER THE HOUSE CHAMBER COMMITTED TO BUILDING A BETTER AND STRONGER KENTUCKY FOR EVERYONE AND BUILDING A BETTER LIFE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

SINCE TAKING THE MAJORITY, WE HAVE DELIVERED ON EVERY CAMPAIGN PROMISE WE'VE MADE, PASSING THE MOST RESPONSIBLE BUDGETS IN HISTORY, PROTECTING THE VALUES WE HOLD DEAR AND WORKING TO GROW ECONOMIES AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS KENTUCKY.

>> TAKING WOMEN'S RIGHTS AWAY.

>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN GENERATIONS, THERE IS A SENSE THAT THE BEST IS YET TO COME.

THAT'S OF COURSE IF WE CAN KEEP THE GOVERNOR FROM GIVING EVERYTHING WE TAKE IN AWAY.

FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE BUDGETS WE HAVE SPENT LESS THAN WE HAVE TAKEN IN, SOMETHING GOVERNMENT SIMPLY DOES NOT DO.

[ APPLAUSE ] BUT WE BELIEVE KENTUCKIANS SHOULD KEEP MORE OF THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY AND AS A RESULT WE CREATED THE LARGEST BUDGET RESERVE IN KENTUCKY'S HISTORY AND WE PASSED LEGISLATION TO ELIMINATE KENTUCKY'S INCOME TAX.

[ APPLAUSE ] AND GUESS WHAT?

THE VOTERS OF KENTUCKY AGREED!

WE HAVE SEEN IN ELECTIONS OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES WE SAW THE STATE FLIP LAST MONTH.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY REGISTERED REPUBLICANS NOW OUTNUMBER DEMOCRATS.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] TO ME IT'S MORE THAN JUST R & D. IT'S ABOUT POLICY.

NOW OBVIOUSLY R & D IS THE SCORE BOARD WORE USE TO KEEP SCORE AND BY GOSH WE ARE RUNNING UP THE SCORE... [ CHEERING ] LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.

I'VE HAD FOLKS ASK ME FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOW...

THIS IS SERIOUS... HOW YOU CAN BE FUNNY WITH SO MANY PEOPLE EXPERIENCING TRAGEDY HERE IN KENTUCKY.

AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO BE FUNNY DURING THESE TIMES.

WE KNOW THAT.

BUT OUR SENSE OF HUMOR HAS HELPED US ENDURE IN TIMES BEFORE AND ONLY SHARPENS OUR RESOLVE TO KEEP THE COMMUNITIES RECOVERING FROM THESE TRAGIC DISASTERS.

OUR HEARTS ARE HEAVY AND THEY'RE WITH THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING IN EASTERN KENTUCKY AS WELL AS THOSE RECOVERING FROM THE TORNADOES HERE IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.

BUT TODAY I WILL HONOR THE TRADITION OF FANCY FARM WITH A GOOD SPIRITED FUN JUST AS THE GENERATIONS BEFORE US DID WHEN THEY FACED THEIR OWN CHALLENGES.

NOW THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN THE ELEPHANT OUT OF THE ROOM, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DONKEY IN THE ROOM.

ACTUALLY IT'S THE DONKEY NOT IN THE ROOM.

AS YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT DOWN HERE TODAY IN FACT, I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.

MY REMARKS HAVE GOTTEN CONSIDERABLY SHORTER SINCE THE GOVERNOR'S CANCELLATION OF THIS TRIP.

>> BEFORE THE FIREWORKS ON THE BIG STAGE, PARTISAN PUNDITS TALKED TO KET ABOUT THE MESSAGE EACH PARTY WOULD MAKE.

>> I DO HAVE TO ASK YOU, COLMON ELDRIDGE, BECAUSE YOUR NAME HAS BEEN TOSSED AROUND FOR OTHER RACES AT OTHER TIMES.

ARE YOU MAKING THIS SPEECH AS A WARMUP ACT FOR POSSIBLY 2023.

>> I'M MAKING THIS SPEECH TO REPRESENT THE KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

>> SO, SEAN?

>> I LOVE COLMON, HE HAS BEEN A GREAT CHAIRMAN FOR THE KENTUCKY DEMOCRAT PARTY.

HE HAS A GREAT RECORD.

HE IS THE GREATEST CHAIRMAN THE REPUBLICANS EVER HAD.

>> Renee: WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT?

>> HE HAS A RECORD THAT ALL OF US REPUBLICANS CAN BE PROUD OF.

CEDING HALF THE STATEHOUSE AND THE STATE SENATE CANDIDATES TO REPUBLICAN HANDS THIS NOVEMBER.

AND FLIPPING VOTER REGISTRATION TO THE REPUBLICAN HANDS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR STATE'S HISTORY N. A MOMENT OF BIPARTISANSHIP, I ENDORSE WHATEVER YOU DECIDE TO DO BUT I NEED YOU TO STAY THERE AT THE K.D.P.

AS CHAIRMAN FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.

>> WHAT I PROMISE YOU IS WHEN Y'ALL ARE DONE COOKING THE BOOKS OVER AT THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE AND WHEN YOU HAVE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO KNOWS HOW TO PRACTICE LAW, YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE REAL KENTUCKY REPUBLICAN PARTY COMING BACK INSTEAD OF THIS MEGA WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU ALL HAVE.

>> YOU ARE GOING GET A LITTLE BIT OF THIS RIGHT UP HERE.

I THINK FANCY FARM IS GOING TO BECOME, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE POLITICS OF THE STATE, YOU KNOW, WE USED TO THINK OF IT AS THE KICKOFF TO THE GENERAL ELECTION, IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, LET'S BE HONEST, GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOW.

I THINK IT'S FINE FOR THEM TO INCLUDE MORE CANDIDATES WHO ARE GOING TO BE ON THE MAY BALLOT AND I SUPPORT WHAT THEY'VE DONE HERE AND, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT MANY SPEAKERS AND THE DEMOCRATS BOYCOTTED IT.

I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE MORE THE MERRIER BECAUSE THIS TRADITION IS IMPORTANT.

I'M GLAD TO SEE THERE ARE SOME DEMOCRATS HERE THIS YEAR.

LOTS OF REPUBLICANS HERE.

THE MORE THAT ARE HERE AND THAT WE INCLUDE, IT'S GREAT FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY AND THEY NEED THE ATTENTION.

>> Renee: SO UP TO SCOTT'S POINT, IT HAS BEEN SINCE 2019 THAT DEMOCRATS WERE ON THE STAGE.

NOW WE'VE GOT COLMON ELDRIDGE WHO JUST LEFT OUR STAGE, WHO IS PREPARING TO GO TO THE BIG STAGE AND YOU HAVE THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT NOMINEE JIMMY AUSBROOKS IS GOING TO SPEAK TODAY AND OF COURSE CHARLES BOOKER.

TALK TO US ABOUT THE SEEMINGLY DIMINISHING DEMOCRATIC PRESENCE ON THAT STAGE.

>> SURE.

I THINK IT'S A GEOGRAPHY ISSUE.

YOU KNOW, IN LOUISVILLE MORGAN MCGARVEY IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT CONGRESSMAN, GREENBERG WILL BE THE NEXT MAYOR.

THEY'LL WAKE PRETTY EASILY.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FANCY FARM TAKE MORE OF A STATEWIDE PRESENCE INSTEAD OF A WESTERN KENTUCKY PRESENCE BUT WE UNDERSTAND THE URBAN-RURAL DIVIDE AND WHERE IT'S HEADED.

I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT CHARLES BOOKER IS GOING TO DO TODAY.

DEMOCRATIC GF ANDY BESHEAR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JACQUELINE COLEMAN, THE STATE'S ONLY TWO DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS SKIPPED THE EVENT AGAIN THIS YEAR.

THE KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR COLMON ELDRIDGE MADE HIS CASE FOR WHY KENTUCKIANS SHOULD SUPPORT DEMOCRATS AND REJECT KENTUCKY'S JUNIOR U.S.

SENATOR INCUMBENT, RAND PAUL.

>> NOW I WANT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HERE AND HE IS NOT USED TO PRACTICING LAW, SO WHEN I SAY BEAT, I DON'T MEAN IN THE PHYSICAL SENSE.

I MEAN HOW STEVE BESHEAR BEAT ERNIE WILLIAMS AND DAVID FLETCHER.

I MEAN BEAT LIKE WHEN ANDY BEAT MAT BLEVIN.

I MEAN BEAT LIKE WHEN ANDY BESHEAR BEATS WHATEVER REPUBLICAN MAKES IT OFF THE GILLIGAN'S ISLAND OF THE G.O.P.

PRIMARY UNLESS KELLY CRAFT GETS OFF HER YACHT TO BUY THE ISLAND FIRST.

THIS REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR GOVERNOR, I TELL YOU, MIKE HARMON IS HERE... SAVANNAH MADDOX IS HERE SPREADING HER MESSAGE OR AS THE REST OF THE COUNTRY KNOWS IT, HOW TO SPREAD COVID I SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL, SAVANNAH RUNS WITH A TOUGH CROWD FROM INSURRECTIONISTS TO WHITE SUPREMACISTS SO JUST IN CASE TEAM MADDOX IS OFFENDED BY WHAT I SAY, PLEASE UNDERSTAND ME WHEN I SAY TRY JESUS BUT DON'T TRY ME.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] DANIEL CAMERON ASKED FOR ZINGERS FOR THIS WEEKEND AND AS WE LEARNED THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER AND ON DISPLAY EARLIER THIS WEEK, WHETHER IT'S SEEKING JUSTICE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR OR PROTECTING VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, DANIEL CAMERON SENDS SOMEONE ELSE TO DO HIS JOB.

JAMIE COMER IS HERE FRESH OFF HIS VOTE AGAINST INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE.

SO HONEY I'M SORRY, FOR OUR VOWS, WE SHOULD HAVE SAID FOR BETTER OR WORSE OR UNTIL JAMIE COMER AND 156 CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS VOTE AGAINST US.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TURN KENTUCKY AROUND BUT WE CANNOT DO IT WITH THESE JOKERS OVER HERE.

THEY BELIEVE THAT KENTUCKY'S BEST DAYS ARE BEHIND US.

I BELIEVE WE WILL WIN THIS NOVEMBER!

TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THESE JOKERS AND GET KENTUCKY BACK ON TRACK!

>> THE 142nd FANCY FARM WAS A REBOUND FROM THE COVID-19 IMPACTED PICNICS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE FIRST PICNIC AFTER THE DECEMBER 2021 STORMS THAT RAVAGED PARTS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY STILL RECOVERING FROM THE TORNADO'S WRATH.

POLITICAL SPEAKING CHAIRMAN STEVE ELDER SPOKE WITH ME A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE EVENT BUT IMPORTANCE OF THE PICNIC AND RESTORING NORMALCY TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TO TOWN THAT WILL PROBABLY SEE THE TORNADO AND BLANK SLATES WITHOUT BUILDINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME.

>> STEVEN ELDER WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE IN DOWNTOWN MAYFIELD AFTER THE TORNADO DECIMATED THE TOWN.

>> THAT'S UNRILE.

THAT'S UNREAL.

>> AND HE WAS ON THE GROUND DURING RECOVERY EFFORTS.

AND NOW AS EASTERN KENTUCKY BEGINS RECOVERY FROM RECENT FLOODS, HE HAS ADVICE FOR THE PEOPLE THERE.

>> IT'S DEVASTATING TO SEE WHAT THE TORNADO CAME THROUGH AND IT LEFT, RIGHT?

THERE IS STILL A LOT OF WATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADS, THAT PEOPLE CAN'T PASS OVER, SO IT'S DIFFERENT IN THAT SENSE.

BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE OVERWHELMED WITH SUPPORT OVERWHELMED WITH SUPPORT, WHICH IS A FANTASTIC THING.

>> ELDER SAYS EASTERN KENTUCKY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR AN INFLUX OF KINDNESS AND GIVING AND HOW TO HANDLE THE LOAD.

BUT FOR THE GRAVES COUNTY COMMUNITY, THIS WEEKEND'S FANCY FARM PICNIC OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO GATHER AND HEEL FROM DECEMBER'S WOUNDS.

>> THIS IS GOING TO BE AN EMOTIONAL HOMECOMING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEFT GRAVES COUNTY.

BUT IT WILL BE A GOOD ONE BECAUSE WE WILL ALL BE BACK TOGETHER.

>> FOR MANY, THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PICNIC IS THE POLITICAL SPEAKING EVENT.

AND THIS YEAR THE SPEAKING ROSTER IS BROADER THAN USUAL.

TYPICALLY SPEAKERS INCLUDE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CANDIDATES FOR THE CURRENT YEAR'S ELECTION.

THIS YEAR, SPEAKERS INCLUDE THE USUAL CAST AND REPUBLICAN SAVANNAH MADDOX AND COLMON ELRIDGE DEMOCRATIC CHAIR.

>> YOU INCLUDED SAVANNAH MADDOX TO THE SPEAKING ROSTER BECAUSE SHE IS A GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOU MADE THAT DECISION?

>> YEAH, SO, IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS THAT NORMALLY SPEAK, YOU HAVE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE STATE AUDITOR, AND THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE ALL RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR, AND I CAN'T CONTROL WHAT ANYBODY SAYS THERE ON THE STAGE.

BUT MY GUESS WOULD BE IS THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING GIVE A POLITICAL SPEECH IN TERMS OF WANTING TO BE THE GOVERNOR OR, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST AN EXECUTIVE STYLE SPEECH.

AND SO I WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD BE ONLY FAIR TO ADD SAVANNAH MADDOX TO THE ROSTER BECAUSE SHE HAS BROAD SUPPORT FROM ACROSS THE STATE.

YOU CAN TELL THAT THROUGH HER FUNDRAISING EFFORTS.

BUT WE WANT TO HAVE A GOOD MIX OF DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS AND IDEAS AND SPEECHES ON STAGE.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES FANCY FARM SO UNIQUE IS THAT THAT'S THE TIME THAT PEOPLE FROM BOTH PARTIES CAN KIND OF COME TOGETHER, HAVE A LOT OF FUN, BUT HAVE SOME JABS BACK AND FORTH.

>> FOR KET, I'M CASEY PARKER-BELL.

>> Renee: THE MARQUIS EVENT IS NOT JUST TO SHOWCASE THOSE SEEKING STATEWIDE OFFICE OR TRYING TO HOLD ON TO ONE BUT OFTEN JUST AS INTERESTING TO SEE WHO IS PRESSING THE FLESH IN THE CROWDS TO GENERATE SUPPORT FOR THEIR CURRENT OR FUTURE POLITICAL VENTURES.

SO TELL ME YOUR FANCY FARM EXPERIENCE SO FAR?

WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU?

>> I AM VERY EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF THE MOST TIME HONORED POLITICAL TRADITIONS IN OUR COMMONWEALTH.

I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME LAST YEAR, BUT THIS YEAR I WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND SHARE MY VISION FOR THE COMMONWALTH OF KENTUCKY.

>> Renee: SO IT'S UNUSUAL THAT WE ARE NOT EVEN IN THE 23 CYCLE YET BUT WE ARE HAVING CANDIDATES SPEAK.

CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THAT CONVERSATION WENT ABOUT YOU GETTING ON THAT STAGE TODAY?

>> I WAS OVERWHELMED BY THE NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO WERE DEMANDING THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.

AND I REALLY AM APPRECIATIVE THAT WE ARE ALL GOING TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO SHARE OUR IDEAS AND HAVE THIS GREATER DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE REPLACE ANDY BESHEAR.

>> Renee: YOU HAVE A CROWDED FIELD SO FAR AND MAYBE MORE TO GET IN.

WHAT WILL DISTINGUISH YOU OR WHAT WILL BE THE MESSAGE TO DISTINGUISH YOU AND YOUR ALMOST OTHER COLLEAGUES IN SOME CASE?

>> I'M THE ONLY GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE WHO HAS STOOD UP TO ANDY BESHEAR WITH HIS MANDATES AND LOCK DOWNS FROM DAY ONE AND I'M CONTRASTING MYSELF AS AN REPUBLICAN WITH A PROVEN TRACK RECORD FOR STANDING UP FOR CONSERVATIVE VALUES.

>> WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR TO BE AT FANCY FARM CANDIDATE PICNIC AS A CANDIDATE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

>> THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE ABOUT 15 YARDS FROM WHERE WE STAND NOW, I HAD SERVED AS THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, ASKED ABOUT BY PRESIDENT TRUMP TO FOCUS MAKING KENTUCKY SAFE AGAIN BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THIS OPPORTUNITY WOULD PRESENT ITSELF.

I'VE THROWN MY HAT IN THE RING TO SERVICE KENTUCKY'S NEXT ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THAT IS FOR ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, TO GET BACK TO FOCUSING ON PROTECTING KENTUCKY FAMILIES.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT BECAUSE MY FAMILY IS FROM MAYFIELD.

MY GRANDMOTHER SPENT THAT FRIGHTENING EVENING IN DECEMBER PRAYING IN HER CLOSET IN MAYFIELD.

I'VE SEEN THE COURTHOUSE.

I STUDIED FOR THE BAR EXAM IN THAT COURTHOUSE.

WHEN YOU GO TO DOWNTOWN MAYFIELD AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE IN THE COMMONWEALTH TO COME HERE, LOOK AT DOWNTOWN MAYFIELD.

IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT I SUPPOSE EASTERN UKRAINE RESEMBLES.

THIS COMMUNITY IS STILL HURTING.

THAT SAID, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE AND CELEBRATE THE ABILITY TO WITH STAND ADVERSITY THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS DEMONSTRATED.

PEOPLE HERE ARE NOT CRAWLING IN A FETAL POSITION.

THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD.

THEY'RE SUPPORTING EACH OTHER.

THEY'RE BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS.

IT'S AN EXTREMELY SPECIAL TIME.

I'M HONORED TO BE HERE THIS YEAR.

>> WITH THOSE OF US WITH FAMILY FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY, WE ARE GLAD TO SEE EVERYBODY GETTING TOGETHER HAVING A HOMECOMING MOMENT FOR SURE.

THE BIG QUESTION.

WHY SHOULD SOMEONE VOTE FOR YOU FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL?

>> FOR THE REASON THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP ASKED ME TO SERVE AS THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY.

MY FOLK MY FOCUS IS TO MAKE KENTUCKY SAFE AGAIN.

WE LOOK AT OUR OVERDOSE RATE IN 2021.

WE ARE UP 49%.

VIOLENT CRIME IN LOUISVILLE, THE TWO HIGHEST YEARS OF HOMICIDE IN OUR HISTORY, AND YOU LOOK AT RURAL KENTUCKY.

RURAL KENTUCKY VIOLENT CRIME IS UP 68%.

NOW CASEY I WENT TO LAW SCHOOL TO AVOID MATH BUT THAT'S A STATISTIC.

68% INCREASE IN MURDERS IN RURAL KENTUCKY.

MY BACKGROUND IS LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I WAS AN FBI SPECIAL AGENT.

THAT'S WHY I WENT TO LAW SCHOOL.

I'VE SERVED AS A STATE PROSECUTOR LATER IN LIFE AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE CHIEF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOR HALF OF OUR STATE.

DOING WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP ASKED ME TO DO TO FOCUS ON MAKING KENTUCKY SAFE AGAIN.

THAT WILL BE MY LASER BEAM FOCUS IF PRIVILEGED TO SERVE AS OUR NEXT ATTORNEY GENERAL.

>> KENTUCKY'S U.S.

SENATORS MITCH McCONNELL AND RAND PAUL SENT THEIR REGRETS ON THE HEELS OF THE PICNIC BECAUSE OF ACTION ON HEALTHCARE, CLIMATE AND DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE IN WASHINGTON.

THAT AIRED DURING KET'S PRE-SPEECH EVENT.

>> HELLO FANCY FARM.

I'M SORRY I CAN'T BE HERE IN PERSON.

FANCY FARM IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TRADITIONS.

BUT MY DAY JOB IS FIGHTING FOR KENTUCKIANS HERE ON CAPITOL HILL.

AND WITH DEMOCRATS THREATENING TO HIKE TAXES IN THE MIDDLE OF A RECESSION, I SIMPLY HAD TO BE THERE TO VOTE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK A MOMENT ABOUT THE DEVASTATING FLOODS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.

I MANY OF YOU EXPERIENCED THIS KIND OF TRAGEDY NOT TOO LONG AGO WHEN DEVASTATING TORNADOES HIT WESTERN KENTUCKY JUST LAST DECEMBER.

IT'S HEART WARMING TO HEAR THAT THE MAYFIELD FIRE DEPARTMENT SEPTEMBER AN AMBULANCE FULL OF EMERGENCY SUPPLIES TO EASTERN KENTUCKY AS SOON AS THE FLOODING STARTED.

KENTUCKIANS WILL ALWAYS HELP KENTUCKIANS IN A CRISIS.

BEYOND NATURAL DISASTERS, THE COMMONWEALTH HAS FACED SOME DIFFICULT CHALLENGES THIS YEAR.

INFLATION IS UP, VIOLENT CRIME IS UP, ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS UP WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS CREATED THESE PROBLEMS AND NOW THEY'RE DOUBLING DOWN ON THEIR FAILED AGENDA.

THAT'S WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO TAKE THE CAR KEYS AWAY FROM NANCY PELOSI AND CHUCK SCHUMER AND GET THE GROWNUPS IN CHARGE.

I KNOW I CAN COUNT ON YOUR HELP TO RE-ELECT RAND PAUL, JAMIE COMER AND THE REST OF OUR REPUBLICAN TICKET.

LET'S BRING KENTUCKY VALUES BACK TO WASHINGTON.

SO HAVE A GREAT DAY AND I'LL SEE YOU SOON.

SIZZLINGS STAGE RHETORIC FROM THE CANDIDATES IN THE TOP RACE ON THE BALLOT.

U.S. SENATE RACE BETWEEN INCUMBENT RAND PAUL AND DEMOCRAT CHARLES BOOKER LIT UP THE CROWD.

>> Renee: BOOKER LOBBED SOME BALLS AT THE SENATOR AND KELLY HAD SEARING REMARKS ON BEHALF OF HER HUSBAND.

>> LOOK, FEEL FREE TO BOO ALL THROUGHOUT.

EVEN THOUGH YOU BOO, I'LL FIGHT FOR QUALITY HEALTHCARE.

FASMLY WE HAVE BEEN SO MUCH.

WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A FOLKS, IT IS AN HON HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY.

IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK.

THIS IS OFTEN FRAMED AS DEMOCRATS VERSE REPUBLICANS BUT FAMILY, WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH.

WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A DEVASTATING TORNADO, A PANDEMIC WHERE WE LOST SO MANY.

I LOST MY CHILDHOOD PASTOR AND SEVERAL IN MY FAMILY.

I'M SURE YOU HAVE, TOO.

AND THE THOUSAND YEAR FLOOD OUR LOVED ONES ARE FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL RIGHT NOW.

THESE HAVE BEEN TOUGH TIMES.

AND JUST TO BE HERE AT THIS HISTORIC EVENT REMINDS ME WHAT IT MEANS TO COME TOGETHER AS FAMILY.

SO DEMOCRAT, INDEPENDENT, REPUBLICANS, AS A KENTUCKIAN I LOVE YOU.

AND I'M PROUD TO BE HERE WITH YOU.

I NEED TO YOU KNOW SOMETHING.

KENTUCKIANS STAND TOGETHER.

WHEN THE STORMS HIT, WE LOCK ARMS.

WHEN THAT TORNADO HIT, WE GOT TOGETHER, IT WASN'T ABOUT WHAT YOUR PARTY IS, IT'S ABOUT HOW CAN YOU HELP.

WHEN THAT FLOOD HIT, THE FIRST THING I SAID WAS WE GOT TO GET TO WORK.

OUR FAMILY NEEDS US AND WHEN I WAS ON THE GROUND VOLUNTEERING, SEVERAL FOLKS ON THE STAGE WERE THERE, TOO.

IT WASN'T ABOUT PARTY.

IT WAS ABOUT HUMANITY.

KENTUCKIANS SHOW UP.

SO THAT'S WHY IT SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE TO ANYBODY THAT RAND PAUL IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND SO HOLD ON I KNOW RAND PAUL SENT HIS BETTER HALF BUT THAT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THIS IS HIS JOB I'M GOING TO TAKE.

RAND PAUL HAS TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU BECAUSE HE CAN'T BE HERE TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH HE WANTS TO SCREW KENTUCKY.

IN FACT HE'S IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW TRYING TO SCREW YOU AS WE SPEAK.

BUT FOLKS THAT'S NOT THE ONLY REASON HE IS NOT HERE THAT'S NOTES THE ONLY REASON HE'S NOT HERE.

RAND PAUL HAD A MAJOR APPOINTMENT TODAY HE COULDN'T MISS.

TODAY WAS HIS MONTHLY HAIR APPOINTMENT.

THAT PERM WASN'T GOING TO FIX ITSELF.

HE HAD TO BE THERE, I KNOW YOU WANT TO SEE HIM.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW THIS BUT THIS WEEK IS INTERNATIONAL CLOWN WEEK.

DID YOU KNOW THAT?

SO RAND IS BUSY RIGHT NOW WORKING ON HIS ROUTINE, DOING EVERYTHING HE CAN TO EMBARRASS KENTUCKY AND MAKE KIDS CRY.

FOLKS, LOOK, HE IS A TERRIBLE SENATOR.

THIS MAN HAS INTRODUCED ZERO BILLS THAT HAVE PASSED IN HIS TWO TERMS.

HE SAID HE WOULD ONLY SERVE TWO TERMS.

HE IS LYING.

HE IS INTRODUCED ZERO BILLS.

AS TERRIBLE AS HE IS AS A SENATOR, HE IS THE BEST CLOWN THERE IS SO HE IS BUSY TODAY.

LOOK.

IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER THAT HE IS NOT HERE.

THERE ARE ROCKS AROUND HERE, A ROCK IN THE U.S. SENATE WOULD DO MORE FOR KENTUCKY THAN RAND PAUL.

NOW THE FACT OF THE MATTER AND AS SPEAKER OSBOURNE AND SEVERAL OTHERS TALKED ABOUT, RAND PAUL IS AFRAID TO DEBATE ME.

HE IS AFRAID TO FACE ME.

HE IS AFRAID TO FACE YOU BECAUSE HE KNOWS WE ARE GOING TO CALL OUT HIS B.S.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, RAND PAUL DOES NOT CARE ABOUT KENTUCKY.

RAND PAUL PROBABLY COULDN'T FIND KENTUCKY ON A MAP AND THE ONLY REASON HE MOVED TO KENTUCKY, HE WAS ON HIS WAY FROM TEXAS TO RUSSIA AND RAN OUT OF GAS.

AND THIS MAN HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET TO RUSSIA EVER SINCE.

HOLD ON.

HOLD ON A SECOND.

WHAT IS WITH THIS MAN'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH VLADAMIR PUTIN.

HE IS BETRAYING OUR ALLIES, DISRESPECTING OUR VETERANS, THROWING DEMOCRACY OFF THE CLIFF ALL SO HE CAN TOUCH THE HEM OF VLADAMIR PUTIN'S GARMENT.

LOOK, LET'S BE CLEAR.

THAT LETTER HE HAND DELIVERED TO PUTIN, HEY, RAND, BE HONEST.

THAT WAS A LOVE BETTER LETTER, WASN'T IT.

I KNOW IT WHAT LIPSTICK KISSES ON IT AND HEARTS DRAWN IN CRAYON.

WHILE HE IS TRYING TO MAKE UP TO VLADIMIR, WE HAVE ISSUES HERE.

LET ME BE PLAIN WITH THE TIME HAVE I LEFT.

I'M SPEAKING TO YOU BECAUSE I LOVE YOU.

NO, I DO NOT LIKE RAND PAUL BUT I PRAY GOD WORKS ON HIM.

WE JUST DON'T NEED HIM IN THE U.S. SENATE.

WE DON'T NEED HIM IN THE SENATE BECAUSE HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT OUR LIVES.

RAND PAUL IS A JOKE.

HE IS A CLOWN, AN EMBARRASSMENT, CRISIS ACTOR, CONSPIRACY THEORIST AND A LIAR AND THAT'S JUST WHAT DONALD TRUMP WOULD SAY ABOUT HIM.

[ CHEERING ] AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON WHAT MITCH McCONNELL THINKS ABOUT RAND PAUL.

HE IS NOT EVEN A LIBERTARIAN.

HE DOESN'T WANT THE GOVERNMENT OUT OF YOUR WAY.

HE JUST WANTS IT IN HIS POCKET.

THIS MAN HAS THE BEST HEALTHCARE YOUR TAX DOLLARS CAN BUY AND STILL WENT TO CANADA TO GET THE SOCIALIZED MEDICINE.

THE MAN IS A FRAUD AND IF YOU WONDER WHY SOMEONE WOULD DISRESPECT YOU SO MUCH, RAND PAUL IS VOTING AGAINST INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT KENTUCKY.

HE IS NOT GOING TO INVEST IN OUR HEALTHCARE BECAUSE HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT KENTUCKY.

HE WANTS BIG GOVERNMENT TO MAKE WOMEN STATE PROPERTY BECAUSE HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT KENTUCKY.

HE SAID HE WOULD WOULD OPPOSE THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT BECAUSE HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT KENTUCKY, BUT I DO AND I BELIEVE THAT TOGETHER WE CAN WIN OUR FUTURE.

I'M FIGHTING FOR A KENTUCKY NEW DEAL THAT'S LIFE, FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU.

EVEN IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH EVERYTHING I STAND FOR, YOU KNOW I'M STANDING FOR YOU AND IN THIS MOMENT OF DIVISION, LET'S COME TOGETHER AS FAMILY, Y'ALL.

LET'S FIGHT TO WIN OUR FUTURE.

LET'S END POVERTY!

LET'S STAND UP FOR OUR VETERANS.

LET'S STAND UP FOR OUR TROOPS!

SEND A WARRIOR TO WASHINGTON AND I'LL MAKE YOU PROUD EVERY DAY.

LET'S GET RAND PAUL OUT OF OFFICE AND BACK TO TEXAS.

I WOULD BE HONORED TO EARN YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LET'S LEGALIZE CANNABIS, COLD GREEN IS IN THE ROOM.

LET'S FIGHT TOGETHER Y'ALL.

>> WE ALL KNOW DEMOCRAT POLICIES ARE KILLING THE MIDDLE-CLASS THE RECORD INFLATION, SOARING GAS PRICES EMPTY SHELVES.

THE ECONOMY IS TANKING AND EVERY AMERICAN KNOWS IT.

WHAT'S THE DEMOCRAT'S SOLUTION, RAISE TAXES AND DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE I.R.S.

BIDEN SAYS DON'T WORRY WE'RE NOT IN A RECESSION.

WELL, I WOULDN'T EXPECT A DEMOCRAT TO KNOW WHAT A RECESSION IS.

THEY CAN'T EVEN DEFINE WHAT A WOMAN IS.

[ CHEERING ] SPEAKING OF WOMEN, RAND AND I STAND WITH GREAT FEMALE ATHLETES LIKE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY SWIMMER RILEY GAINS.

MEANWHILE, THE DEMOCRATS ARE CHEERING FOR THE MEN WHO ARE STEALING WOMEN'S RIGHTFUL ATHLETIC VICTORIES.

WE SAY NO MORE MEN IN WOMEN'S SPORTS!

I AM WORRIED THOUGH.

I'M WORRIED ABOUT KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS.

THEY USED TO BE EVERYWHERE AND NOW YOU CAN BARELY FIND ONE.

MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS WENT FROM PROMISING A CHICKEN IN EVERY POT TO A DRAG QUEEN IN EVERY SCHOOL.

NOW THINK ABOUT IT.

THINK ABOUT THIS.

CHINESE KIDS ARE LEARNING CALCULOUS IN THE THIRD GRADE.

WHAT ARE THE DEMOCRATS TEACHING OUR KIDS?

THAT MEN CAN HAVE BABIES.

WELL, COME NOVEMBER WE ARE GOING SAY BYE BYE TO THE DEMOCRATS AND THEIR DRAG QUEENS.

[ CHEERING ] NOW SOME PEOPLE ASK ME WHY IS RAND SO HARD ON POOR Dr. FAUCI?

WELL, IT'S SIMPLE.

BECAUSE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE THE TRUTH!

[ CHEERING ] WE DESERVE THE TRUTH ABOUT TAXPAYER FUNDING OF DANGEROUS FUNCTION RESEARCH IN A CHINESE LAB.

WE DESERVE THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF A VIRUS THAT KILLED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.

[ CHEERING ] RAND PAUL SPOKE OUT WHEN EVERYONE ELSE WAS AFRAID TO, DESPITE FAUCI LYING ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF COVID, RAND CONVINCED EVERY SENATOR, REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT, TO VOTE FOR HIS AMENDMENT TO IMMEDIATELY STOP FUNDING WITH THE EXPERIMENTS IN CHINA.

[ CHEERING ] NOW I PROMISE YOU THIS.

COME NOVEMBER WHEN WE WIN, RAND PAUL WILL SUBPOENA EVERY LAST DOCUMENT OF Dr. FAUCI.

VIOLENCE IS ON THE RISE ACROSS KENTUCKY AND ACROSS AMERICA.

NOW CHARLES HAS A SOLUTION.

HE WANTS TO DEFUND THE POLICE.

WHEN HIS BEST FRIEND QUINTON BROWN TRIED TO ASSASSINATE A LOUISVILLE POLITICIAN, CHARLES WAS UNUSUALLY QUIET: WHEN BLACK LIVES MATTER BAILED THE ASSASSIN OUT OF JAIL AFTER JUST TWO DAYS, NOT A PEEP FROM HIS GOOD FRIEND CHARLES.

BUT WHEN ASKED ON TELEVISION WHETHER HE FAVORED DEFUNDING OUR POLICE, CHARLES WAS LOUD AND CLEAR.

NOW IS THE TIME HE SAID.

LOUISVILLE NOW HAS MORE MURDERS PER CAPITA THAN CHICAGO.

IN THE WEST END, KIDS ARE NOT SAFE AT THE BUS STOP.

BUT WHAT DOES CHARLES WANT TO DO?

DEFUND THE POLICE.

OVER 20 CHILDREN MURDERED IN LOUISVILLE THIS YEAR AND CHARLES' RESPONSE?

DEFUND THE POLICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

HAVE Y'ALL SEEN CHARLES NEW TV AD?

IT REMINDS ME OF SOMEBODY.

IT LOOKS LIKE HE WAS INSPIRED BY JESSE SMALLETT.

NOW I'M NOT SURE WHO SHOULD BE MORE EMBARRASSED?

JESSE OR CHARLES.

NOW THEY SAY CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME.

I GUESS CHARLES TAKES THAT LITERALLY SINCE HE PAYS HIMSELF $150,000 A YEAR FROM HIS SO CALLED CHARITY.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I HAVE A GOOD IDEA FOR HIM.

MAYBE HE SHOULD RENAME IT FROM THE HOOD TO THE DOLLAR!

KENTUCKIANS WILL REJECT CHARLES AND HIS DEMOCRAT PLATFORM BECAUSE IT IS DIVIDING AMERICANS.

IT IS NOT UNITING US: DEMOCRATS SAY AMERICA IS A HATEFUL NATION, A RACIST NATION.

REPUBLICANS, WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY.

WE BELIEVE EVERY LIFE HAS VALUE.

YES!

THAT IS WHY RAND PAUL WILL CONTINUE TO BE KENTUCKY'S GREAT DEFENDER OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION!

WHICH ENSURES THE RIGHT OF EVERY AMERICAN AND IF THEY COME FROM OUR CREATOR, NOT FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

RAND NEVER FORGETS THAT HE FIGHTS FOR YOU AND FOR OUR COUNTRY, WHICH IS THE SYMBOL OF HOPE, FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY AROUND THE WORLD.

(BANJO MUSIC PLAYING) >> Renee: ELEVATING HIS VOLUME TO DROWN OUT THE CHANTS OF BREONNA TAYLOR BY DEMOCRATIC SYMPATHIZERS, ATTORNEY GENERAL DANIEL CAMERON TRIED TO BEST THEIR DECIMAL LEVELS BY CONDEMNING THE POLICIES OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR.

CAMERON IS GUNNING FOR BESHEAR'S JOB ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHERS CRAMMED ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE OF THAT STAGE SATURDAY.

TERM LIMITED AG COMMISSIONER ERR RYAN QUARLES AND MIKE HARMON ARE SEEKING THE NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR IN 2022.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE SAVANNAH MADDOX HAS HER SIGHTS SET ON THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION.

HERE ARE EXCERPTS FROM EACH OF THEM.

JUST LIKE MOST OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, WHEN I STAND ON THIS STAGE AND PROMISE KENTUCKY TWO TERMS IN OFFICE, I MEANT IT.

NOW KENTUCKY I HAVE SOME GREAT NEWS FOR YOU.

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN OVER 150 YEARS, KENTUCKY IS NOW A MAJORITY REPUBLICAN STATE.

[ CHEERING ] AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU MITCH McCONNELL BEING THERE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE YEARS HELPING GROW OUR PARTY: NOW SPEAKS IT'S TIME FOR A NEW GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND I HOPE TO EARN YOUR VOTE.

LET'S NOT FORGET THAT ANDY BESHEAR WAS THE SHUT DOWN GOVERNOR.

HE SHUT DOWN OUR ECONOMY.

HE SHUT DOWN OUR MOM AND POP STORES, KILLED COUNTLESS JOBS AND KEPT THE BIG BOX STORES OPEN AND WORST OF ALL, HE SENT POLICE TO OUR CHURCHES ON EASTER SUNDAY TO HARASS CHRISTIANS.

JUST BECAUSE WE LIVED THROUGH A GLOBAL PANDEMIC MEAN THAT OUR RIGHTS, FREE DOMES AND LIBERTIES ARE TOSSED OUT THE WINDOW.

I'M CHRISTIAN, PRO-LIFE, PROGUN.

FOLKS, WE NEED TO FUND OUR POLICE AND NOT DEFUND OUR POLICE.

AND AS WE LEARNED IN VIRGINIA, AND AS WE LEARNED IN VIRGINIA, PARENTS SHOULD HAVE A SAY SO IN WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT IN THEIR SCHOOLS.

AND I BELIEVE THAT IT IS WRONG TO LET BIOLOGICAL BOYS COMPETE WITH GIRLS IN WOMEN'S SPORTS AND IT'S TIME TO STOP PAYING PEOPLE TO SIT HOME AND WATCH NETFLIX AND NOT WORK.

LET'S GET THEM BACK INTO THE JOB MARKET.

GOOD PEOPLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR SHOULD NOT BE ABOUT WHO HAS THE BIGGEST INSULTS BUT WHO HAS THE BIGGEST IDEAS.

I LED THE EFFORT TO HELP REOPEN OUR STATE.

I BEAT ANDY BESHEAR IN COURT TO PROTECT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND WITH YOUR HELP, I'LL BEAT HIM AT THE BALLOT BOX NEXT YEAR.

>> NOW YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE HEARD I WAS ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP!

NOW PEOPLE HAVE SPECULATED HOW I GOT THAT ENDORSEMENT.

TODAY I'M GOING TO SPILL THE BEANS.

IT WAS EASY.

NICK STORM, LISTEN UP, BUDDY.

ALL I HAD TO DO WAS ASSURE TRUMP THAT MITCH McCONNELL IS NOT MACKENZIE'S GRANDFATHER.

BUT WHETHER IT'S TRUMP, WHETHER IT'S SUSAN B. ANTHONY PRO-LIFE AMERICA OR THE OVER 50 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS THAT HAVE BACKED THIS CAMPAIGN THEY ALL KNOW ONE THING THAT I AM THE BEST CANDIDATE AND THE ONLY CANDIDATE THAT CAN BEAT ANDY BESHEAR NEXT FALL.

I MEAN IT'S NO WONDER WHY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ATTACKS ME SO OFTEN THEY HAVE SEEN THE POLLS AND THEY KNOW THE TRUTH.

WHEN I'M THE NOMINEE, WE WILL FINALLY RETIRE THE BESHEARS FROM OFFICE IN 2023!

[ CHEERING ] LOOK, REPUBLICANS NEED A NOMINEE WHO HAS BEEN IN THE ARENA.

AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I HAVE BEEN IN THE ARENA.

NOW THERE IS ONLY ONE CANDIDATE WHO CAN SAY THERE IS ONLY ONE CANDIDATE WHO CAN SAY THAT HE HAS ENDED ABORTIONS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY!

THERE IS ONLY ONE CANDIDATE WHO CAN SAY THAT HE HAS FOUGHT FOR YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ALL THE WAY TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.

AND THERE IS ONLY ONE CANDIDATE WHO HAS GONE TOE TO TOE WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND HAS WON.

YALL KNOW MY TRACK RECORD AND YOU KNOW MY VALUE.

>> I WAS THE VERY FIRST REPUBLICAN TO ANNOUNCE A RUN FOR GOVERNOR, BUT BE HONEST WITH YOU, THE FIELD IS GETTING KIND OF CROWDED JUST LIKE PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT BESHEAR BIDEN INFLATION, EVERYONE IS DOING IT.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT FANCY FARM IS JOKE TELLING ARE ENCOURAGED EVEN IF THEY'RE DAD JOKES OR IN MY CASE, GRANDAD JOKES.

THE THEME OF THIS YEAR IS YOU MIGHT BE A BESHEAR BIDEN DEMOCRAT.

>> IF I TELL EVERYBODY THE ECONOMY IS ON FIRE BUT FAIL TO SAY IT'S A DUMPSTER FIRE, UP MIGHT BE A BESHEAR-BIDEN DEMOCRAT.

IF YOU BELIEVE THAT MANDATES ARE GREAT BUT YOU JUST WISH THEY WOULD BE CALLED PERSON DATE, YOU MIGHT BE A BESHEAR-BIDEN DEMOCRAT.

IF YOU THINK CONCERNED PARENTS SHOULD BE PROSECUTED AS DOMESTIC TERRORISTS BUT SHOPLIFTERS AND LOOTERS, WELL, THEY SHOULD BE PRAISED AS SAVVY SHOPPERS, YOU MIGHT BE A BESHEAR-BIDEN DEMOCRAT.

IF YOU ARE RELEASING OIL FROM THE STRATEGIC RESERVES TO LOWER GAS PRICES IN CHINA, YOU MIGHT BE A BEHERE-BIDEN DEMOCRAT.

IF YOU HAVE EVER RESPONDED TO A JEOPARDY QUESTION OF WAYS TO IMPROVE SAFETY WITH WHAT IS DEFUND THE POLICE, YOU MIGHT BE A BESHEAR-BIDEN DEMOCRAT AND LASTLY, IF YOU ARE A GOVERNOR WHO REFUSES TO SHOW UP TO THE SUPER BOWL OF KENTUCKY POLITICS TWO YEARS IN A ROW, YOU MIGHT BE A BESHEAR GOING HOME IN 2023.

>> LOOKING AT THIS STAGE, IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT ONE OF THESE THINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHER NO, NO, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT I'M THE ONLY MOM UP HERE RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR WHO UNDERSTANDS WHAT KENTUCKY'S FAMILIES ARE GOING THROUGH LOOK AT THESE GUYS.

DOS EQUIS BEER GUY, THE LEAST INTERESTING MEN IN POLITICS.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE DANIEL CAMERON.

NO, REALLY.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE DANIEL AFTER NOT SEEING HIM ANYWHERE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE WAS IN HIDE OUT MODE DURING ANDY BESHEAR'S LOCKDOWNS.

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER I SUPPOSE, EVEN IF IT DID TAKE HIM NINE MONTHS TO FILE HIS VERY OWN LAWSUIT AGAINST THE GOVERNOR WITHOUT GLOMMING ON TO THE EFFORTS OF PRIVATE SECTOR ATTORNEYS.

AND Dr. RYAN QUARLES, WELL, HE MAKES HIS ROUNDS, BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED, WHAT EXACT LIP DOES HE GROW ON HIS FARM AND HOW DOES HE KEEP HIS BOOTS SO SHINY?

SERIOUSLY, I'VE NEVER SEEN A FARMER WITH CLEANER BOOTS.

AND NEVER ANY MUD ON HIS TRUCK.

THEN AGAIN, HE DID TWEET THAT HE GAVE BESHEAR THE IDEA OF DOLING OUT BACK TO WORK BONUSES AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE SO MAYBE HE GROWS MONEY TREES ON HIS FARM.

BUT LET'S NOT FORGET WHAT WE ARE REALLY HERE TO FIGHT FOR: A CHANCE TO DETHRONE ANDY BESHEAR, THE GUY WHO SHUT DOWN OUR STATE, CLOSED SCHOOLS AND HARASSED CHURCH GOERS ON EASTER SUNDAE DAY.

I WAS STANDING UP TO FROM DAY ONE LONG BEFORE IT WAS POPULAR OR EXPEDIENT TO DO SO.

KENTUCKY TREASURER WAS THE YOUNGEST STATEWIDE OFFICE HOLDER IN THE COUNTRY WHEN SHE WAS FIRST ELECTED IN 2015.

AFTER SERVING TWO TERMS IN HER CURRENT POSITION, SHE IS LOOKING TO CONTINUE HER TIME IF STATEWIDE OFFICE AS THE NEW STATE AUDITOR.

LIKE ALL THE OTHER REPUBLICANS TO STEAK THE PODIUM, HE SPOKE SHE HIT OUT AT CURRENT GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR SPECIFICALLY FOR HIS PROPOSAL EFFORTS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE COVID PANDEMIC.

>> I'M A WORKING MOM AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WORKING MOMS WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF TO KEEP TRACK OF.

ALL THE TIME.

IT IS TOUGH.

WE HAVE TO HOLD A LOT OF THINGS IN OUR HEAD.

WE HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF THINGS.

IT'S TOUGH TO DO ALL OF THAT.

I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER MY HUSBAND' PHONE NUMBER ANYMORE BECAUSE IT'S IN MY CELL.

I DON'T HAVE TO REMEMBER IT.

CAN I LOOK AT IT.

IT'S ALWAYS THERE.

I DON'T KNOW MY LICENSE PLATE NUMBER EEFORTSDZ.

IF ONLY THERE WAS A LIST OF LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS.

OH WAIT, THE GOVERNOR'S GOT THAT.

HE GOT THAT WHEN HE SENT STATE POLICE ON EAST EVERY SUNDAY TO DRIVE ALL OF OUR LICENSE NUMBERS, DO YOU REMEMBER THAT?

AND I FOUND COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE COMMUNITY.

IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU ALL OF YOU FACE TO FACE AND I WANT TO KNOW MORE PEOPLE LIKE ME SO I THOUGHT I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE CHRISTIANS, PEOPLE LIKE ME IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

IF ONLY THERE WAS A LIST FOR THAT.

OH WAIT, THE GOVERNOR'S GOT THAT LIST, TOO.

A LIST OF CHRISTIANS AND PEOPLE OF FAITH.

REMEMBER WHEN HE GOT THAT WHEN HE SENT POLICE OFFICERS TO MONITOR AND STOP PEOPLE FROM ATTENDING CHURCH FROM EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO FREELY WORSHIP.

AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS AMERICA, RIGHT?

WELL, HEY, GOVERNOR, WHEREVER YOU ARE, IF YOU ARE LISTENING, WE HAVE A LIST ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, TOO AND OUR LIST IS MADE UP OF DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE SWITCHED TO REPUBLICAN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS MAKING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THE LARGEST PARTY IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.

>> Renee: SECRETARY OF STATE MY MICHAEL ADAMS MADE NEWS EARLIER IN THE WEEK WHEN HE ANNOUNCED HE WILL RUN FOR REELECTION IN HIS CURRENT POSITION.

HE HAD SAID HE WAS LOOKING AT RUNNING FOR OTHER OFFICES; NAMELY ATTORNEY GENERAL, UNTIL THE DECISION WAS NOUNSED ON FRIDAY.

ADAMS TOUTED HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS SECRETARY OF STATE SAYING HE HAS RUN THE OFFICE IN A BIPARTISAN FASHION AND THAT HE WOULD CONTINUE TO DO SO IF RE-ELECTED.

>> STUDIES SHOW THAT NEARLY HALF OF KENTUCKIANS DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THERE ARE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT THAT'S CONCERNING.

EVEN MORE CONCERNING, ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS OUR GOVERNOR.

I'M SORRY NOT TO SEE GOVERNOR BESHEAR OR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR COLEMAN HERE TODAY.

THEY SEE A GATHERING THAT IS BIPARTISAN BUT LEANS REPUBLICAN AND THINK WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

CONVERSING WITH THE TV CAMERAS INSTEAD OF THE PUBLIC DIRECTLY.

FANCY FARM, NOW YOU KNOW HOW THE LEGISLATURE FEELS.

AS WE SAW WITH HIS CURIOUSLY TIMED ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST, THE GOVERNOR WOULD RATHER BE 6,000 MILES AWAY ON ANOTHER CONTINENT THAN TO BE WITH ANY OF US IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.

KENTUCKY'S FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT HAS BEEN REPRESENTED BY JAMES COMER SINCE 2016.

HE USED HIS TIME ON STAGE TO RAIL DEMOCRATS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND PITCH VOTERS ON HELPING REPUBLICANS TAKE BACK CONGRESS IN THIS YEAR'S MID TERM ELECTION.

HE IS UP FOR REELECTION AGAINST DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE JIMMY AUSBROOKS.

AUSBROOKS IS THE FIRST OPENLY LGBTQ+ PERSON NO NOMINATED FOR A FEDERAL RACE IN KENTUCKY AND TOLD THE CROWD THAT ELECTING HIM WOULD HELP WOMEN REGAIN THE RIGHT TO ABORTION AFTER THE FALL OF ROE V. WADE.

BUT MY FRIENDS, IF YOU REMEMBER ONE THING FROM MY SPEECH TODAY, REMEMBER THIS, THE DAYS OF THE BIDEN FAMILY INFLUENCE WITH OUR ADVERSARIES IS ABOUT TO COME TO AN END.

AND NOT LIKE ADAM CHIP, I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

STAY TUNED TO FOX NEWS FOR MORE MY FRIENDS, THERE IS A SOLUTION TO THE DISASTROUS POLICIES OF DEMOCRATS IN WASHINGTON.

THIS NOVEMBER, AMERICA CAN VOTE REPUBLICAN.

A VOTE FOR REPUBLICANS THIS FALL WILL BE A VOTE FOR FOUR MAJOR THINGS: AND ECONOMY THAT'S STRONG AND A NATION THAT'S SAFE, A FUTURE THAT'S FREE AND A GOVERNMENT THAT'S ACCOUNTABLE.

REPUBLICANS WILL ONCE AGAIN MAKE AMERICA ENERGY INDEPENDENT.

REPUBLICANS WILL FIGHT CRIME BY FUNDING THE POLICE AND SECURING THE BORDER.

REPUBLICANS WILL ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD CAN SUCCEED AND HAVE INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND REPUBLICANS WILL HOLD THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE.

IF I'M RE-ELECTED IN NOVEMBER, I WILL BECOME CHAIRMAN OF THE POWERFUL HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND I WILL LEAD THE FIGHT TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OFF THE BACKS OF PRIVATE BUSINESS, WORK TO REDUCE WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE, INVESTIGATE THE ORIGINS OF COVID AND YES, IT WAS THE WUHAN VIRUS ALL ALONG.

AND FINALLY HOLD THIS BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE.

I WILL CONTINUE TO BE A LEADER IN AGRICULTURE BY VIRTUE OF BEING ONE OF THE ONLY FARMER IN CONGRESS AND I WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ACTIVE ENERGETIC CONGRESSMAN FOR ALL OF WESTERN KENTUCKY AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FRIENDSHIP OVER THE YEARS AND LET'S GO VOTE REPUBLICAN THIS FALL.

THANK YOU ALL!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> WHEN I GO TO D.C., I'M GOING TO REPRESENT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU I WILL REPRESENT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE BIAS AGAINST ME, I STILL BELIEVE IN YOU.

YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEONE WHO WILL LISTEN TO YOU.

BECAUSE WHEN I WALK INTO THE CAPITOL, MY PARTY GETS SET TO THE SIDE BECAUSE I AM HERE TO REPRESENT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND IN THE NATION.

SO YOU CAN SIT HERE AND YOU CAN LAUGH AT ME, YOU CAN MAKE JOKES AT ME.

I DON'T CARE.

BUT I DO CARE ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS AND EVERY WOMAN IN THIS AUDIENCE NEEDS TO VOTE FOR ME BECAUSE I WILL GIVE YOUR RIGHT BACK TO GOVERN YOUR OWN BODIES.

BECAUSE THEY TOOK IT AWAY.

YOU HAVE A CHOICE.

YOU DESERVE TO HAVE YOUR CHOICE AND I NEED TO HAVE MY PROTECTIONS.

I LIVE IN A COMMUNITY WHERE I CANNOT BE WHO I WANT TO BE IF I'M OPENLY GAY.

HOUSING IS DENIED, EMPLOYMENT IS DENIED THAT'S WHY I OPENED UP MY OWN BUSINESS OPENED UP MY OWN PRACTICE AND I SERVE THE LGBTQ ACROSS THE STATE I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF KENTUCKY COUNSELING ASSOCIATION.

I CARE ABOUT KENTUCKY.

TWO FORMER SECRETARY OF STATES BROKE DOWN THE PUNCH LINES AND STAGE PERFORMANCE.

I'LL TALK TO YOU FIRST, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE SPEECHES OF THE CROWD, THE WHOLE DYNAMIC?

>> IT WAS FUN TO HAVE A NORMAL FANCY FARM.

THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF THE PANDEMIC, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN 2020, 2021 THERE WERE NO DEMOCRATS HERE AND EVEN THE GOVERNOR WAS NOT HERE, THE DEMOCRATS DID A NICE JOB WITH THEIR CROWD AND INTERACTION.

THE WEATHER COOPERATED.

IT'S NOT CRAZY HOT.

SO IT WAS A FUN, SPIRITED, BIFURCATED WITH AN EYE TO NEXT YEAR.

>> SEEMS LIKE WE WERE FOCUSED ON NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THE MINORITY LEADER DIDN'T HAVE RAND PAUL BUT HOW KELLY PAUL DID TODAY.

>> SHE WAS OUTSTANDING.

SHE IS PROBABLY BUILT FOR THIS ENVIRONMENT THAN SENATOR PAUL.

I MEAN SHE IS A GREAT PUBLIC SPEAKER.

SHE HAS BEEN A SURROGATE FOR HIM.

SHE GOT INTO IT.

SHE WAS PROBABLY THE STAR OF THE SHOW TODAY.

>> THERE WERE THINGS WE HEARD ABOUT THE TRANSAGENDER RIGHT.

PROBABLY A RESONATING THEME THAN THOUGHT WOULD COME FROM THE REPUBLICANS TODAY.

>> WE SAW A LOT OF THAT DURING THE PRIMARIES WHERE SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, COMPETITIVE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY RACES WERE ARGUING WHO WAS THE BEST DEFENDER OF THAT ISSUE SO IT RESONATED YOU ARE RIGHT.

TWO THINGS FROM THE STANDPOINT WAS THAT ISSUE AND THE INCOME TAX GRADUAL REDUCTION.

THOSE ARE WILL POLICIES AND ANYTHING ANTI-BIDEN.

THOSE TWO BIG RESPONSES FROM THE AUDIENCE.

>> SURPRISED WE DIDN'T HEAR MORE ABOUT ABORTION.

WE HAVE EXTRA NUMBER 2 ON THE WE HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NUMBER 2 ON THE BALLOT.

IT IS STILL PROCEEDING TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT.

I'M SURPRISED THAT DIDN'T GET MENTIONED.

>> THIS MORNING AT THE REPUBLICAN BREAKFAST, THE HEAD OF THE KENTUCKY RIGHT TO LIFE WAS A SPEAKER.

SO THERE WAS THAT.

THAT WAS PART OF THIS MORNING.

IT WASN'T AS BIG OF A DEAL THERE.

WERE LOTS OF SIGNS IN THE AUDIENCE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL THAT CAME ACROSS FOR VIEWERS BUT A LOT OF SIGNS FOR ABORTION BOTH PRO AND >> IN THE GRAVEYARD, WHO MUST HAVE USED TO VOTE AND CAN'T NOW BECAUSE SECRETARY OF STATE ADAMS THERE WERE SEVERAL GOOD LEANS.

IN THE GRAVEYARD.

WHO USED TO VOTE AND CAN'T NOW BECAUSE SECRETARY OF STATE ADAMS HAS TAKEN THEM OFF THE ROLLS.

THAT WAS A GOOD ONE.

THE DONKEY IN THE ROOM OPPOSED TO THE DONKEY NOT IN THE ROOM.

OF COURSE REFERRING TO THE GOVERNOR.

SO THE REPUBLICANS WHO HAD THE DOMINANT AMOUNT OF TIME AT THE MIC USED SOME PRETTY GOOD JOKES.

>> OSBOURNE WAS FUNNY.

THE A.G.

FIRING GOVERNOR WAS THE A.G. ASPIRING GOVERNOR WAS PRETTY GOOD.

AND COAL MON GOING THROUGH THE BEAT, WINNING THESE ELECTIONS, THAT WAS A GOOD KIND OF FANCY FARMESQUE WHERE HAVE YOU THIS REPETITION AND THE AUDIENCE GOT INTO IT.

AND THEN MADDOX, WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT HER.

SHE WAS UNIQUE AMONG THE POTENTIAL REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES BECAUSE SHE WENT AFTER HER COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WHO WERE, YOU KNOW IN THE RACE.

THE OTHERS WERE TALKING MORE ABOUT THEMSELVES, WENT AFTER BIDEN AND BESHEAR.

AND SHE WENT AFTER RYAN AND DANIEL IN THAT RACE.

THAT WAS KIND OF AN INTERESTING STRATEGY.

I THINK IT WENT OVER FINE.

I DON'T THINK IT OFFENDED ANYONE.

>> GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS REPRESENT GRAVES COUNTY LED OFF THE POLITICAL SPEECHES ON STAGE.

STATE SENATOR JASON HOWELL IS IN HIS FIRST TERM.

RICHARD HEATH IS IN HIS FIFTH ANNOUNCED HE WILL RUN FOR AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER.

BOTH TOOK A MOMENT AND DISCUSSED THE IMPACT OF THE DECEMBER TORNADOES AND WHAT GETTING TOGETHER AT FANCY FARM MEANS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S NATURAL TO BE PROUD OF WHERE YOU'RE FROM.

ALL OF US STAY SAY IT.

MOST OF US MEAN IT.

THE PRIDE IN OUR HOME IS PART OF WHO WE ARE.

WE KNOW IT WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT THE WHY.

SOMETIMES IN LIFE SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT TRANSITIONS US FROM KNOWING TO UNDERSTANDING.

ON DECEMBER 10 LAST YEAR, WE CAME TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE PROUD TO BE FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY.

WITH THAT, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY ARE GOING THROUGH AS WELL.

KNOW THIS: WE LOVE YOU.

WE SUPPORT YOU.

AND WE STAND WITH YOU AS YOU ARE GOING THROUGH THIS HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE.

[ APPLAUSE ] THE COUNTLESS WAYS OUR COMMUNITIES RALLIED AROUND OURSELVES BOTH HUMBLED ME AND MADE ME PROUD TO LIVE HERE AND REPRESENT OUR DISTRICT.

>> I'M SO PROUD OF MY COMMUNITY AND THE COMEBACK THAT WE'RE MAKING.

I KNOW AS MANY OF YOU DROVE THROUGH TODAY, YOU SAID YOU WENT THROUGH AND LOOKED AT THE TORNADO DAMAGE AND I KNOW IT LOOKS DIFFERENT TO YOU AS A VISITOR FROM OUT OF TOWN BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE FOLKS HERE ARE STILL DRIVEN BY LOVE OF FAITH AND FAMILY AND COUNTRY.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY HERE.

I RAN FOR THE HOUSE IN 2012 BECAUSE I FELT LIKE MY EXPERIENCE IN FARMING AND AGRI-BUSINESS AND SMALL BUSINESS COULD BE OF USE TO THE STATE THAT I LOVE.

WE ARE MAKING BUSINESS HERE IN KENTUCKY-- WE ARE MAKING BUSINESS FRIENDLY DECISIONS AND REAPING THE BENEFITS OF THOSE WITH A RECORD NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES LOCATING HERE IN KENTUCKY.

>> THAT'S ALL FOR KET'S CLONCH OF THE 142nd ANNUAL FANCY FARM PICNIC IN GRAVES COUNTY F. YOU WANT TO SEE THEIR SPEECHES IN THEIR ENTIRETY, STREAM OUR COVERAGE ONLINE AT KET.ORG.

>> AND STAY IN THE KNOW ON YOUR GOVERNMENT AND KENTUCKY POLITICS BY WATCHING KENTUCKY EDITION 6:30 EASTERN 5:30 CENTRAL RIGHT HERE ON KET.

UNTIL WE SEE YOU AGAIN, TAKE REAL GOOD CARE.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>> I HAVE BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE.

SIX YEARS OLD, EVERY YEAR BACK HERE DOING THE SAME THING.

>> WE LOVE THE FOOD, THE EXCITEMENT.

>> I'M 80 YEARS OLD AND THE FIRST TIME I WAS HERE, I WAS SIX YEARS OLD.

>> MY IN-LAWS... >> WE STAYED BECAUSE THE FOOD IS SO FANTASTIC.

>> ME, MY BROTHER, SISTER, NIECES, NEPHEWS, WE ARE ALL HERE SAME DAYTIME SAME TIME EVERY YEAR MAKING SANDWICHES.