Turning now to politics, five candidates running to be the Republican nominee for governor spoke in Bowling Green Friday night.

They were guests of the Warren County GOP who hosted its Lincoln Day dinner at the National Corvette Museum.

Our Laura Rogers was there and brings us this report.

It was an evening to mix and mingle and campaign as five candidates for Kentucky governor made their case to a room of Republican supporters.

Most of them offering criticism of current governor, Democrat Andy Beshear.

We've seen what Democrat leadership looks like over these last three years.

It's meant lockdowns and shutdowns.

It's meant vaccine mandates being threatened.

He kept our kids out of the classroom longer than what was necessary.

And now we wonder why our test scores have gone down.

He focused on fear over freedom.

When he shut down our churches.

Try to tell us how we can worship our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Attorney General Daniel Cameron emphasizing how he took legal action to reverse those pandemic era measures.

When Governor Bashir wanted to shut down churches after nine days, I went into federal court and got churches reopened in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Cameron also mentioned his endorsement from President Donald Trump and his strong pro-life stance.

Since last August because of the work of our office.

The abortion facilities have been closed in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Kelly Craft, stressing her roots in neighboring Marion County and highlighting her time as ambassador to Canada and the United Nations during the Trump administration.

He also knew that I would stand up to the Chinese Communist Party, so much so that I am now sanctioned for the rest of my.

Life, Krapp says.

If elected, she will dismantle the Kentucky Department of Education.

I'm going to take it apart and put it back.

Together because there are great people in the Kentucky Department of Education.

They've just been silenced.

Craft also with strong words for drug offenders.

And if you are a drug trafficker interview are in the cartel, or you are someone who gives our children, our grandchildren drugs and it costs their life.

In my book, that's the death penalty.

State auditor Mike Harmon says he has the most experience of anyone in the race serving 13 years in the state House before his two terms as auditor.

I encourage you to go and look at my voting record.

Those 13 years, I was always rated as either the most conservative of or close to the most conservative of everyone in there, very supportive of what our legislators are doing in eliminating the state income tax.

And I'm also very much about parental empowerment, including school choice.

I want my kids and my grandkids, and someday, if I'm blessed, my great grandkids, to live in a state in a nation where they can accomplish anything.

Somerset Mayor Alan Keck sharing his city's economic success under his leadership.

Somerset, like Kentucky, was stale and stagnant.

It was struggling in so many ways.

But I'm proud to stand before you tonight and say that in four short years, two of which were embattled with Coburn.

We had record revenue, record job creation, record private business investment, record female entrepreneurs in our downtown without raising a single tax.

Connoting obstacle that's currently facing our state and nation.

And as proud conservatives, we have to start asking ourselves, not just in Kentucky, but as a country, what are we conserving?

Are we more free?

Are we more safe?

Are we more prosperous than the generation that came before us?

And if the answer is no, then perhaps we need to do something a little different.

Agriculture Commissioner Ryan KORRELL saying he wants to help children in Kentucky's foster care system.

I want to be the governor that warrants that our General Assembly about leading a reform for the broken adoption and foster care system in Kentucky.

We have too many kids, 8000 kids looking for a forever home.

He also expressed support for law enforcement and lowering unemployment.

I will be a governor that stands up, supports and finds our men and women in law enforcement.

We've got to support the police.

We need to put drug dealers behind bars and give those suffering from addiction a second chance as well.

And we need to stop paying people to sit at home and watch Netflix.

We got to get them back into the work force.

The former governor of Arkansas and current presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson, delivered the evening's keynote address.

You prevent war and you preserve peace by being strong and not showing weakness.

Regardless of who wins the nomination, the evening's emcee, Representative Michael Meredith, urging the party to come together to elect the Republican candidate.

We have every one.

Of the statewide offices in Kentucky with the exception of governor and lieutenant governor.

And we have the opportunity to redeem ourselves on that this November.

For Kentucky edition, I'm Laura Rogers.

The Thank you, Laura and the 2019 election.

Governor Andy Beshear won Warren County by a little more than 1000 votes.

The May primary is four weeks fr