OF THE 143rd ANNUAL FANCY FARM PICNIC HERE IN GRAVES COUNTY.

I'M RENEE SHAW.

GOOD DAY TO ALL OF YOU WATCHING ALL ACROSS KENTUCKY AND BEYOND WE HOPE AS WE PROVIDE YOU EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE WALL TO WALL COVERAGE OF THE POLITICAL SPEAKING EVENT THAT WILL BEGIN ON THE STAGE RIGHT BEHIND US AT 2 P.M. CENTRAL TIME.

WE HOPE YOU ARE HAVING A GOOD DAY AND CERTAINLY WE ARE.

AND I'M IN GOOD COMPANY SO FAR I HAVE LINDA BLACKFORD, COLUMNIST AND OPINION WRITER FOR THE LEXINGTON LEADER AND THE POLITICS REPORTER FOR THE "HERALD-LEADER."

GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH.

I WANT TO START WITH YOU, LINDA BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR FIRST FANCY FARM SO WHAT DO YOU THINK SO FAR?

>> IT IS AMAZING.

IT LIVES UP TO EVERY EXPECTATION.

>> Renee: GIVE ME AN ETCH.

>> IT'S MORE FUN THAN I THOUGHT.

IT IS-- I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW BIG THE PICNIC PART OF IT WAS OPPOSED TO THE POLITICAL SPEAKING IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE ARE HAVING FUN.

WE WILL SEE HOW IT IS AFTER THE SPEECHES START.

AND IT'S NOT AS HARD AS WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.

>> Renee: WE GOT SOME RAIN THAT CLEARED OFF IN TIME FOR US TO BE ON THE STAGE ADD.

VERY GLAD ABOUT THAT.

THE BAR WE CUE AND MUTTON IS FLOWING AND THE PIZZA AND VEGETABLES IS ALL HAPPENING BUT AUSTIN, YOU HAD A GOOD BREAKFAST THIS MORNING WHEN YOU WENT TO THE GRAVES COUNTY REPUBLICAN BREAKFAST AND THERE WAS SOMETHING AND SOMEONE ON THE MENU UNEXPECTED TO APPEAR?

>> YEAH, SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL.

HE SHOWED UP AND THAT WAS KIND OF A QUESTION LEADING INTO THIS EVENT GIVEN THAT HE HAD A MUCH PUBLICIZED FREE UP THAT CAUSED HEALTH CONCERNS BUT HE SHOWED UP AND DELIVERED A REALLY, I THINK, STRONG EIGHT-MINUTE LONG SPEECH.

STRUCK A REFLECTIVE TONE BUT SAID WE HAVE TO GET THE JOB DONE.

WE HAVE NEVER HAD A FULL REPUBLICAN CONTROL OVER THE STATEHOUSE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT AND THAT'S BEEN A PROJECT OF MITCH McCONNELL HIS WHOLE CAREER WHEN HE STARTED IN 1984 THE PIECE THAT IS ON THE KENTUCKY.COM WEBSITE THERE WAS A WHO IS TILE ENVIRONMENT FOR REPUBLICANS BACK IN THE DAY.

THE ROCK OF JI GIBRALTAR BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE ANYMORE.

NONE OF THE COUNTIES WENT FOR ANDY BESHEAR AND I WOULD BE SURPRISED TO SEE THEM GO FOR A DEMOCRAT AGAIN.

>> Renee: EVEN THOUGH THE BESHEAR FAMILY HAS ROOTS HERE, FORMER GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR IS FROM AROUND HERE AND DEMOCRATS ON THE STAGE IN RECENT YEARS.

SO TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

>> AND LAST YEAR THEY HAD TO GET ELDRIDGE TO SPEAK BECAUSE THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH ACTUAL CANDIDATES, OR YOU KNOW THE GOTCH AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DIDN'T ACCEPT SPEAKING INHAVE ATATIONS.

IT HAS FELT LIKE A REPUBLICAN EVENT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

THIS IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.

>> Renee: ALL OF THOSE RUNNING FROM THE TOP OF THE BALLOT TO THE BOTTOM CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ARE GOING TO BE HERE, DEMOCRATS INCLUDED.

SO WHAT WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING?

>> THIS IS A PEP RALLY FOR THE FAITH UNTIL AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S MIND IS GOING TO BE CHANGED.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE COMES HERE AND SAYS I'M UNDECIDED... >> MAYBE THEY'RE OUT EATING BARBECUE BUT THEY'RE NOT LISTENING.

AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A GREAT POLITICAL SYMBOL, A SPECTACLE.

IT'S THIS ANNUAL EVENT THAT BRINGS IN THE FAITHFUL.

FOR THAT IT'S GREAT AND EVERYONE NEEDS TO SHOW UP AND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE STRENGTH OF IT WHEN EVERYONE IS HERE.

>> Renee: IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE IN THE CROWD, THE HECKLERS ARE YOUNG AND THEY GET YOUNGER AND YOUNGER EVERY TIME I COME.

BUT THEY REALLY ENERGIZE AND THEY BRING THAT DYNAMISM TO THIS EVENT, OTHERWISE THEY'RE JUST GIVING SPEECHES TO A PAVILION, RIGHT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT T-SHIRTS PEOPLE ARE WEARING, THE JEFFERSON COUNTY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION IS HERE, THE NUMBER ONE PUBLIC ENEMY OF THE REPUBLICANS IN THE LEGISLATURE SO IT'S VERY POINTED.

IT'S VERY SHARP.

THERE IS JUST A LOT OF GOOD HUMORED AN MOSS IF I.

>> Renee: WE ARE JET TO SEE.

AND ADVOCACY GROUPS.

YOU HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE PRO-CHOICE AND PRO-LIFE, PLANNED PARENTHOOD IS HERE AND KENTUCKY RIGHT TO LIFE IS HERE.

>> RIGHT OVER HERE WE HAVE DUALING TENTS EVERYWHERE DUELING TENTS EVERYWHERE.

>> AND ED CHOICE KENTUCKY PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON THE BALLOT FOR NEXT YEAR'S... >> TEACHERS ARE RIGHT TO BE HERE BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE THING NEXT YEAR.

ESPECIALLY IF CAMERON WINS.

>> AND YOU HAD SOME VIDEO YOU POSTED ON TWITTER OF THIS TRUMP LOYALISTS EARLIER TODAY.

THAT'S ALWAYS A COLORFUL EVENT.

>> THEY WERE PALM BEACHING AROUND BEFORE PEOPLE GOT HERE WITH HUGE TRUMP FLAGS AND WOULD CIRCLE THE WHOLE THING.

IT WAS INTENSE.

IT'S INTERESTING.

HE JUST HAD HIS THIRD INDICTMENT AND THE LOYALLESTS, THE PEOPLE WHO COME HERE ARE THE PARTY FAITHFUL AND THAT INCLUDES TRUMP.

R. >> Renee: DO YOU THING THAT THAT WILL BE A TALKING POINT DEFENDING TRUMP ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE?

>> I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HEARD A LO.

DID THEY SAY ANYTHING ABOUT TRUMP AT THE BREAKFAST.

>> WE ASKED DANIEL CAMERON ABOUT TRUMP AND HIS RESPONSE WAS HE STILL SUPPORTS DONALD TRUMP BUT HE WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION.

CONFIDENCE EVEN AMONG REPUBLICANS SLIPPING WITH TRUMP.

BUT HE IS STILL THE CLEAR FAVORITE.

>> I SAW A THIRD OF AMERICANS SOLIDLY BEHIND PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THERE HAVE BEEN POLLS RECENTLY THIS WEEK THAT SHOWED EVEN IF HE WAS CONVICTED IN JAIL THAT THERE WOULD STILL BE A SIZEABLE PORTION OF FOLKS WHO WOULD STILL SUPPORT HIM I WANT TO GET BACK TO STATE POLITICS, NOT THAT IT'S NOT, BUT TO TALK ABOUT A PIECE THAT ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES TALKED ABOUT, SHE HAD ONE THAT WAS POSTED ON FRIDAY OR THURSDAY, WAS ABOUT DANIEL CAMERON TALKING ABOUT RACE WHEN HE WANTS TO.

CAN YOU GIVE US THE NUT GRAPH OF WHAT THAT WAS GOING FOR?

>> IT'S BASICALLY THAT HE WOULD BE THE FIRST REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR IN THE COUNTRY, IS THAT RIGHT-- BLACK REPUBLICAN-- ELECTED BLACK REPUBLICAN AND THAT IS A HUGE DEAL AND HE MAKES A LOT OF THAT, BUT THEN WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT HIS POPULARITY OR WITH OR REPRESENTATION BLACK PEOPLE.

I THINK THAT WAS, WHAT SHE SAID IS WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT.

HOW WILL THAT REALLY BRING OUT THE VOTE IN LOUISVILLE WHENS WHERE PEOPLE CARE ABOUT IT.

IT MAY NOT BE A LOT OF EFFECT.

HE DOES NOT ENGAGE WITH RACE UNLESS HE IS COMPLAINING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.

>> Renee: WE REMEMBER LAST YEAR CHANTS FROM BREONNA TAYLOR.

I WONDER IF THEY'LL USE SOME OF THE SAME PLAYBOOK FROM LAST YEAR.

>> I WOULD NOT BE SUR SURPRISED TO SEE THAT.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT LIKE LOUISVILLE EVEN THOUGH WE LIKE TO LOOK AT A COUNTY MAP AND SEE THE RESULTS OF WHO WON WHAT COUNTY, A LOT OF THE FIGHT IS GOING TO BE IN LOUISVILLE, WHICH IS A BLUE COUNTY BUT IT IS OUR BIGGEST COUNTY.

SO IT'S ABOUT THE MARGINS THAT BESHEAR CAN EXTEND OR CAMERON CAN CUT DOWN.

>> I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT GOVERNOR BESHEAR IS UP THERE WITH MAYFIELD MAYOR KATHY ONAN.

>> Renee: AND SHE IS A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN.

SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH HELL IN HER TIME AS MAYOR, PARTY POLITICS DON'T MEAN A LOT.

>> ONE CORRECTION, I DID TWEET SHE WAS A REPUBLICAN BUT LATER CORRECTED MYSELF.

SHE IS A DEMOCRAT.

GRAVES COUNTY CLERK TOLD ME SHE WAS A REPUBLICAN.

BUT THEN I ASKED AGAIN UPON A TIP.

>> I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,BETWEEN THE FLOODING AND I'M SURE THERE WAS SOME THIS MORNING AFTER THE RAIN STORMS AND THE TORNADOES AND BESHEAR, SHE AND BESHEAR HAVE BECOME CLOSE ALLIES ON THIS TOPIC.

SO-- >> Renee: WE ARE PROBABLY GOING HEAR A LOT FROM THE REPUBLICANS ABOUT HOW THE GOVERNOR OVER DID IT WHEN IT CAME TO COVID RESTRICTIONS AND KEEPING BUSINESSES, CERTAIN BUSINESSES CLOSED WHILE OTHERS WERE OPEN AND SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED WHEN PERHAPS THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AND NOW WE HAVE THIS TREMENDOUS LEARNING LOSS KENTUCKY KIDS ARE OR DEALING WITH.

WE ARE GOING TO HEAR A LOT ABOUT THAT WE ARE CERTAIN, RIGHT?

>> YEAH, AND THE QUESTION IS HOW MUCH DO PEOPLE STILL CARE ABOUT COVID?

I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK ANDY USED THAT HOPE THAT HE HAD TO KIND OF BUILD THIS REPUTATION OF A Mr. ROGERS LIKE VERY KIND GUY WHO WAS ON TV ALL THE TIME TELLING US IT WOULD BE OKAY.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME REPUBLICANS HAVE THIS LAUNDRY LIST OF ISSUES HOW HE HANDLED IT.

I WOULD LOOK FOR THE CHURCH ISSUE, STATE POLICE TAKING LICENSE PLATES DOWN TO STILL BE A MESSAGING POINT AND THE LEARNING LOSS, LIKE YOU MENTIONED.

I THINK THOSE ARE ONES THAT MAYBE HAVE MORE LASTING POWER THAN GENERALLY OH HE SHUT DOWN BUSINESSES, OTHER STUFF LIKE THAT.

>> AND THE LEARNING LOSS TIES INTO THE UNIONS, THE TEACHER UNIONS BECAUSE IN LEXINGTON AND LOUISVILLE, THEY WERE VERY MUCH A PART OF THAT DECISION AND I THINK THEY WILL USE THAT AND THAT'S REAL.

THE CHURCH THICK IS REAL, BUT HOWMENTSD DID THAT HAPPEN?

WAS IT JUST ONE CHURCH.

>> NOT TIMES.

IT'S JUST A BAD LOOK.

>> Renee: WHEN AUSTIN SAID ANDY, COMING DOWN HERE, EITHER WAY YOU COME.

THERE ARE JUST AS MANY DANIEL CAMERON SIGNS AS ANDY SIGNS BUT THEY SAY ANDY.

JUST ANDY NOT EVEN ANDY FOR GOVERNOR.

>> HE IS THE INCUMBENT.

HE IS NOT JUST STEVE BESHEAR'S SON ANYMORE.

HE IS KNOWN ON HIS OWN AND STEPPING OUT AND I THINK ANDY IS A NICE, CASUAL FRIENDLY NAME SO YOU CAN USE THAT TO BE "I'M YOUR REGULAR GUY WHO HAS KEPT YOU SAFE AND HELPED YOU OUT AND BEEN YOUR BUDDY."

I THINK IT'S START.

>> IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE 2019 SPEECHES WHICH ARE GOOD TO RESEARCHES TO SEE MAYBE WARE GOING TO SEE HERE MAYBE SOME A SECOND, WHEN GOVERNOR BESHEAR WAS SPEAKING, THEY CHANTED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, DADDY'S BOY, DADDY'S BOY.

AND I'M JUST NOT SURE THAT'S A HIT THAT REALLY LANDS ANYMORE IN THE SAME WAY THAT IT DID BECAUSE HE DOES HAVE HIS OWN RECORD AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN EITHER TOUT IT OR TEAR IT DOWN.

>> HOW MANY OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, EVEN KNOW WHO STEVE BESHEAR IS, KNEW WHAT A BIG DEAL HE WAS.

>> Renee: THANK YOU, AUSTIN HORN, LINDA BLACKWELL, IT WAS GREAT HAVING YOU.

WE HAVE MORE TO COME.

WE WANT TO INFORM YOU ABOUT THE HISTORY OF FANCY FARM.

YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS WASN'T ALWAYS A POLITICAL EVENT.

IT WASN'T ALWAYS HELD ON THE FIRST SATURDAY IN AUGUST.

A LOT OF, I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW COMING UP IN THIS PIECE FROM TOBY GILLS.

>> THE STORY BEGINS IN THE 1820s WHEN SETTLERS FROM TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA AND OTHER PARTS OF KENTUCKY FIRST ARRIVED IN PRESENT DAY GRAVES COUNTY.

MANY WERE CATHOLIC.

AND THEY FOUNDED ST. JEROME'S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN 1836, A SERIES OF FAMILY REUNIONS TURNED INTO A REGULAR SERIES OF PICK TICKS PICNICS AND BY 1880, THE PICNIC WAS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE CHURCH BUT WAS NOT POLITICAL AT FIRST.

>> MY GRANDFATHER IS THE ONE WHO POPULARIZED THE POLITICAL ASPECT OF THE FANCY FARM PICNIC, AND THAT WAS IN THE 1930S.

>> 193 IS SPECIFICALLY, THAT'S THE YEAR A.B.

HAPPY CHANDLER SPOKE RUNNING FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

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

WE THINK OF FANCY FARM AS BEING THE FIRST SATURDAY IN AUGUST.

THAT WAS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE N. FACT, FOR MOST OF OF ITS HISTORY, IT WASN'T.

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

WHEN THE PRIMARY MOVED TO MAY, FANCY FARM WAS KICKED OFF AND THE UNOFFICIAL KICKOFF TO THE FALL CAMPAIGN.

BIG NATIONAL NAMES HAVE TURNED UP AT FANCY FARM, 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.

THE PHOTOGRAPHER TOOK A PICTURE AND IT POPPED LIKE A GUN AND GOVERNOR WALLACE FLINCH.

HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

HE WENT ON AND PROCEEDED WITH THE SPEECH.

THE PHOTOGRAPHER RELOADED THE BULB, TOOK ANOTHER STILL SHOT OF HIM AND IT POPPED LIKE A GUN.

GOVERNOR WALLACE FLINCHED AGAIN.

HE SAYS IN ACE ALABAMA ACCENT, YOU HAVE TO EXCUSE ME, BUT I'M STILL JUST A LITTLE BIT GUN SHY UP HERE.

>> SENATOR LLOYD BENTSEN THERE IN 1988 AS CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT BUT COULDN'T SWING KENTUCKY TO THE DUKAKIS-BENT ZEN GOVERNOR.

CLINTON AND GORE CARRIED KENTUCKY THAT NOVEMBER FAMILIAR TURF FOR THEM.

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

THE FOOD HAS ALWAYS 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 RECORDS.

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

THE STORY IS IN THE 18 40S, WHEN THE AREA WANTED ITS OWN POST OFFICE, A VISITING POSTAL INSPECTOR STAYED AT A FARM THAT MADE QUITE AN IMPRESSION ON HIM AND NAMED THE AREA FANCY FARM.

FOR KET, I'M TOBY GIBBS.

>> Renee: THANK YOU, TOBY GIBBS, ALWAYS FOR GIVING US THAT HISTORY LESSON.

AND WE THANK YOU AT HOME FOR BEING WITH US ON WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A REALLY GOOD DAY DOWN HERE IN GRAVES COUNTY.

I'M RENEE SHAW.

WE ARE BRINGING YOU WALL TO WALL COVERAGE EXCLUSIVELY FROM START TO FINISH OF THE POLITICAL SPEAKING EVENT HERE AT FANCY FARM, THE 143rd PICNIC HERE IN GRAVES COUNTY.

AND WE HAVE CHANGED OUT OUR GUESTS AND WE HAVE A DYNAMIC DUO YOU SEE OFTEN ON KET, TRAY GRAYSON, WHO IS A FORMER KENTUCKY SECRETARY OF STATE, THEY'RE GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER AS WE GET CLOSER TO 2:00 AND BOB BOBBAGE, THE SAME, CO- CO-FOUNDER OF-- THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, WE ARE SO GLAD THEY'RE WITH US TODAY AND THEY ARE GETTING RAMBUNCTIOUS.

THEY HAVE BEEN QUIET THE FIRST 15 MINUTES BUT NOW WE ARE GETTING EVER CLOSE TO THE 2:00 CENTRAL TIME BEWITCHING TIME.

>> THE DEMOCRATS STARTED CHANTING AND THE REPUBLICANS CHANTING BACK.

IT'S FUN.

>> Renee: IT IS FUN, BOB, ISN'T IT?

TO BE IN THIS SPACE IS PRETTY ELECTRIC, REGARDLESS OF WHAT ARE POLITICS.

>> I LOVE IT HERE.

I HAVE BEEN COMING SO MANY TIMES.

TREY AND I WERE HERE TOGETHER ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO.

IT HAS BEEN A MARVELOUS EXPERIENCE FOR MANY PEOPLE ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW POLITICS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE HERE AND THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT IS, I GUESS, USING THEM AS THE ONES TO REALLY RATTLE THE CANDIDATES ON THE STAGE.

>> YOU HAVE PEOPLE DRESSING UP.

I SAW SOME PRISONERS ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE.

RHINE QUARLES TOLD A STORY ABOUT DRESSING UP AS A DWARF.

THERE WAS A STORY ABOUT BEN CHANDLER.

I WAS UP ON THE STAGE BUT OUR COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE GOT HIS FANCY FARM DEBUT DRESSED UP LIKE A DWARF AND PARADING AROUND THE STAGE.

>> Renee: I'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS THAT YOU DRESS UP IN COSTUMES.

YOU DON'T SEE THAT AS MUCH.

I MISS THAT, RIGHT?

I MEAN THAT WAS THE THEATER.

THAT'S WHAT MADE IT SUCH POLITICAL THEATER.

SO THIS MORNING, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN BREAKFAST AT GRAVES COUNTY, MITCH McCONNELL APPEARED ON THAT STAGE AND WE HEARD FROM AUSTIN HORN WHO COVERED FROM KENTUCKY.DOM AND THE THE "HERALD-LEADER" HE WAS STRONG AND TALKED FOR EIGHT MINUTES GLOLD HE MADE A COWELL INTERESTING POINT: I THOUGHT HIS CONTENT SEPTEMBER AS A REPUBLICAN, ONE OF HIS PHRASES WAS LET'S FINISH THE JOB, THE GROWTH THE PARTY, GOING BACK TO HIS FIRST TIME AT FANCY FARM AND THERE WAS NOBODY ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE OF THE STAGE.

EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STAGE.

HE TALKED ABOUT MEETING DANIEL CAMERON AS AN 18-YEAR-OLD AND A POIGNANT HUG THEY HAD WHEN IT WAS OVER BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN A FATHER FIGURE.

DANIEL HAS BEEN A PROTEGE.

HE HAS BEEN-- THEY HAVE BEEN CAREFUL NOT TO TALK ABOUT THAT TOO MUCH BUT THEY'RE TOGETHER-- NOT TOGETHER TOO MUCH.

IT WAS THERE.

>> Renee: HE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT AT ALL DURING THE PRIMARY BUT NOW THAT THE PRIMARY IS OVER, HE IS EMBRACING McCONNELL AND TERRY CARMACK IS WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH GENERAL CAMERON, THERE IS MORE EMBRACING OF THE CONNECTION.

>> McCONNELL WAS ON MESSAGE THIS MORNING.

HE IS OBVIOUSLY STILL STRUGGLING TO WALK A LITTLE BIT.

SLOW TO GET UP THE STAGE.

BUT WHEN HE WAS UP THERE SPEAKING, I IT WAS THE McCONNELL WE ARE USED TO WITH POINTED REMARKS AND SOMEBODY WHO CLEARLY LOVES TODAY AND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR KENTUCKY POLITICS.

>> Renee: SO HE IS GOING SPEAK HERE RIGHT?

>> I ASSUME SO, RIGHT BECAUSE HE WAS PENDING.

WE'LL SEE HOW THAT TURNS OUT.

HAVING MITCH McCONNELL HERE IS SIGNIFICANT FOR HOW MANY REASONS?

>> BECAUSE PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN ASKING ALL OF US, SINCE HE HAD A COUPLE HEALTH SETBACKS, HOW IS HE AND THIS IS PROOF POSITIVE THAT HE IS COMING ONE MORE TIME AND SAID THIS MORNING HE WILL COME BACK AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

HE IS SETTING THE STAGE TO HELP CAMERON ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

>> I WOULD SAY IT WAS INSPIRATIONAL SEEING HIM THIS MORNING, KNOWING WHAT HE HAS OVER COME AND BEEN THROUGH.

HE GOT THE LOUDEST RESPONSE FROM THE AUDIENCE WHEN HE JUST WALKED IN.

EVERYONE JUST STARTED CHEERING BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THE PODIUM.

>> Renee: DID ANYBODY EXPECT HIM TO COME?

>> I KNEW HE WOULD BE THERE BECAUSE I SAW CERTAIN STAFF MEMBERS BUT IT WAS NOT A PUBLIC THING.

WHEN HE WALKED IN, EVERYONE CHEERED AND GAVE HIM A REALLY LONG AND SUSTAINED OVATION AT THE BEGINNING, WHEN HE WAS INTRODUCED AND AT THE END.

I REMEMBER BEFORE WENDELL FORD PASSED, HE WOULD COME, HE RETIRED BUT FORD WOULD COME, HE WAS A REMINDER, AN INSPIRATIONAL FIGURE FOR A LOT OF FOLKS.

HE IS WHY THEY GOT INVOLVED.

McCONNELL, A LOT OF US WORKED ON HIS CAMPAIGNS OR WORKED IN HIS OFFICE.

TWO OF HIS FORMER STAFF MEMBERS, AT LEAST TWO ARE ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET, I THINK THREE, ADAMS IS VOLUNTEERING.

SO IT IS HELPFUL FOR TO US HAVE HIM HERE.

I'M SURE THE DEMOCRATS WILL LOVE TO HECKLE HIM THIS YEAR.

>> Renee: THEY HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT RIGHT?

>> I THINK THEY HAVE TO BE RESPECTFUL BUT THE RESPECT IS NOT SHOWING UP... >> ALL RELATIVE.

>> MAYBE FOR THE PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE.

HERE'S THE THING.

THIS IS A SEMINAL MOMENT FOR A BUNCH OF REASONS, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH LEADER McCONNELL HERE, 80 YEARS FOUR REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS, WILLIS AND NUNN, FLETCHER AND BEVIN, WHO COULD BUT DIDN'T BECAUSE THEY LOST TO BESHEAR.

STEVE BESHEAR AND ANDY BESHEAR.

SO THE CONTEST TODAY ON THIS STAGE AND IN THE CROWD IS THE APEX REALLY OF OUR HISTORY IN MANY WAYS.

IT BRINGS TOGETHER THE IMPORTANCE OF THE JACKSON PURCHASE, WHICH ANDY BESHEAR LOST THIS VERY AREA BY 20 POINTS FOUR YEARS AGO.

AFTER ALL THAT'S HAPPENED, AND ALL HE HAS DONE, IS THATY ALESSER NUMBER TODAY.

MANY SEEM TO SAY YES BUT WE'LL FIND OUT IN 90 DAYS AND TALK ABOUT IT TODAY.

>> PART OF HIS PATHWAY OF VICTORY, NARL OWING THE MARGIN OF LOSS AND INCREASING THE MARGIN OF VICTORY IN PLACES LIKE LOUISVILLE.

>> Renee: POINTED OUT WITH AUSTIN AND LINDA ABOUT THE SIGNS, YOU KNOW, ANDY FOR KENTUCKY.

IT'S NOT BEHERE FOR KENTUCKY.

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MAKING IT ABOUT ANDY, COMMON APPROACHABLE, JUST THE GUY AROUND NEXT DOOR AROUND THE CORNER, RIGHT?

THAT'S WHO ANDY BESHEAR IS, RIGHT?

>> TO BE FAIR HE WON THE A.G.'S RACE BECAUSE HIS DAD WAS GOVERNOR AND HE HAD THE LAST NAME.

WON THE NOMINATION IN 2019 PROBABLY BECAUSE HE HAD THE LAST NAME AND HE WAS A.G.

BUT HE HAS ESTABLISHED HIS OWN IDENTITY AND THAT IDENTITY IS ANDY.

AND IT'S ALSO, HE IS NOW IN THE MINORITY PARTY SO THE WAY YOU WIN IN THE MINORITY PARTY, HAVE YOU YOUR OWN BRAND AND HIS BRAND THAT HE IS GOING TO TRY TO RUN ON IS ANDY.

ANDY IS THE THAT HELPED WESTERN AND EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES, HELPED GET US THROUGH COVID.

THE REPUBLICANS ARE LIKE HE IS NOT ANDY, THAT ANDY DOES NOT REPRESENT KENTUCKY VALUES.

COME BACK TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND VOTE THE WAY YOU VOTE FOR STATE REP AND STATE SENATE AND EXECUTIVE AND THE REST OF THE TICKET.

THAT'S WHERE THE BATTLE IS GOING TO FOCUS ON IS THOSE FOLKS WHO, DO THEY SEE ANDY OR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR AND CAMERON IS HOPING IT'S THE LATTER AND THE GOVERNOR IS HOPING IT'S THE FORMER.

>> Renee: WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE ON THE STAGE.

RUSSELL COLEMAN, RUNNING THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL BUT THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE HAS NEVER BEEN ON THE STATE, PAM STEVENSON.

BUDDY WHEATLEY, MICHAEL ADD ADAMS HAS BEEN HERE.

WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE AND BEING IN THIS CONVECTION OVEN WITH THIS INTENSITY FEELS LIKE WHAT TREY GRAYSON.

>> I REMEMBER IN 2002 STANDING BACK HERE HECKLING WITH GOVERNOR PATTON WITH NOW STATE SENATOR JASON HOWELL.

THEERTSDZ ONE OF-- NEITHER OF US KNEW WE WOULD BE SPEAKING.

IT'S HARD, YOU ARE UP THERE.

THE BEST ANALOGY FOR ME WAS I WAS AN ATHLETE.

I PLAYED BASKETBALL.

YOU ARE SHOOTING A FREE THROW.

YOU ARE ON THE LINE AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAVE YOU DO WHEN YOU SHOOT A FREE THROW, DRIBBLE, SHOOT THE FORM, MUSCLE MEMORY BUT THERE IS ALL THIS NOISE AND DISTRACTION AND PEOPLE YELLING AT YOU AND PEOPLE YOU PROBABLY KNOW.

IF YOU RUN STATEWIDE YOU KNOW PEOPLE IN THE OTHER PARTY.

VEINS STICKING OUT OF THEIR NECKS.

REMEMBER LADIES ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, THEY WERE SO ANGRY LOOKING AT ME.

ALL THESE DISTRACTIONS AND NOTHING REALLY CAN COMPARE AND IF YOU MESS UP, I WAS LUCKY, YOUTUBE DID NOT EXIST.

>> Renee: SOCIAL MEDIA IS SO POWERFUL AND TO THINK ABOUT THE RELEVANCE OF OLD TIMEY POLITICAL STUMP SPEAKING WHEN A CANDIDATE CAN GET HIS OR HER MESSAGE OUT ANY TIME, ANY WAY, UNFILTERED, WHY STILL DO THIS.

>> FOR THE NAYSAYERS LIKE OUR FRIEND THE U.K.

PROFESSOR WHO SAID HE WASN'T COMING AND YOU COULD GET THIS ON THE WEB.

SURE YOU CAN.

AND YOU CAN WATCH IT ON KET AND I ENCOURAGE THAT.

BUT IT'S STILL ALL THE TRADITION HERE IT'S A MAGICAL PLACE AND EXPERIENCE.

FOR BESHEAR, THE CONNECTION FROM THE DISASTERS, THE TORNADO ESPECIALLY, THE FLOODING AND HE WILL CITE THE JOB GROWTH IN SPITE OF THOSE THINGS.

MPLET HE HAS AN IDENTITY HERE PART WRAPPED UP IN THE FAITH AND IN THE REFUGEE OBJECT.

IT IS A FACTOR FOR HIM HERE AND OTHER PLACE WHERE HE HAS STEPPED UP IN THAT WAY.

THAT'S WHAT THE POLLING SHOWS.

WESTERN KENTUCKY FEELS LIKE ANDY BESHEAR HAS COME THROUGH FOR THEM.

>> THE CANDIDATES ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT AS WELL.

THE EMCEE DOES AS WELL.

BOB CAN TELL YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MY INTERVIEW WITH DAVID BECK, PRESIDENT OF KENTUCKY VENUES.

AND HE IS GOING TO BE ON THAT STAGE TRYING TO KEEP ALL THIS STUFF TOGETHER, BE THE RING LEADER.

I TALKED TO HIM YESTERDAY ABOUT GETTING THAT CALL, ASKING HIM TO DO IT.

WHAT HIS REACTION WAS AND HOW HE IS APPROACHING THIS.

>> Renee: DAVID BECK, WELCOME, GOOD SEE YOU, SIR.

>> GOOD TO BE HERE TODAY.

>> Renee: FANCY FARM 143, YOU ARE THE EMCEE.

HOW ARE YOU PREPARING OR HOW DID YOU PREPARE FOR THIS ROLE?

>> WELL, MY GOOD FRIEND STEVEN REACHED TOUT ME SEVERAL WEEKS AGO AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND IT TOOK ME ABOUT A WEEK TO GET BACK WITH STEVEN AND I CONSIDER IT AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE.

IT WAS ON MY RADAR.

SOMETHING I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT AND THEN THE CALENDAR STARTED CLICKING AWAY.

LAST SUNDAY AFTER CHURCH, AFTER LUNCH, I STARTED GIVING REAL THOUGHT AND PREPARATION TO IT AND THE PEOPLE I WILL BE INTRODUCING ON STAGE I HAVE KNOWN AND WORKED WITH.

I HAVE TO BE BALANCED AND FAIR AS EMCEE.

PICKING THROUGH ALL THAT IS INTERESTING, THINKING ABOUT WHAT I WANT TO SAY AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT I DON'T SAY, I GUESS.

[LAUGHTER] >> Renee: AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I THINK, AS WE DISCUSSED BEFORE WE STARTED TAPING, YOU ARE THE FIRST LOUISVILLE PAN-- LOUISVILLEAN TO HAVE THIS ROLE.

YOU COME FROM A CORPORATE BACKGROUND AS WELL.

THERE HAVE BEEN APE LOT OF DIFFERENT VOTING RIGHTS OF EMCEES, YOU KNOW, MAT JONES AND POLITICIANS AND JOURNALISTS LIKE AL SMITH, AL CROSS, THERE HAS BEEN A CROSS SECTION OF PEOPLE.

WHEN YOU GOT THE CALL WERE YOU SURPRISED?

>> I WAS.

IT WAS NOT ON MY RADAR.

I ATTENDED FANCY FARM FOR MANY YEARS.

I'M FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY.

I HAVE AN APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

THE SCHOOL, THE CHURCH, THE FUNDRAISING.

THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT AND THEY HAVE A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THAT EXAMPLE AND TRADITION.

THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME.

I RESPECT WHAT THEY DO AND I REALLY CONSIDER IT AN HONOR TO BE INVITED AND TO BE PART OF THAT LONG TIME KENTUCKY HISTORICAL TRADITION.

>> Renee: I WON'T ASK YOU WHO YOUR FAVORITE EMCEE IS FROM ALL THE FANCY FARMS YOU HAVE BEEN TO AND WHO YOU MIGHT EMULATE BUT ARE YOU GOING TO COME WITH A SET OF JOKES?

ARE YOU GOING TO BE FUNNY OR STAY DOWN THE MIDDLE AND DO THE INSTRUCTIONS?

WHAT CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE.

>> I HAVE SOME THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS TRADITION.

MY GOAL IS TO BE FAIR AND HAVE A SUCCESSFUL EVENT AND RECOGNIZE WHY WE ARE HERE.

WHAT THIS IS ALL B.

THE FUNDRAISING SIDE IS THE POLITICAL SIDE WHICH IS IMPORTANT.

AS KENTUCKIANS, WE WANT TO MEET OUR CANDIDATES, SHAKE THEIR HAND, LOOK THEM IN THE AYE EVALUATE THEIR VALUES AND VISION AND COMPARE THEM TO OURS AND THIS DAY IN TIME AS MEDIA.

ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO KEEP THIS GOING UNDERSTAND I'M PLEASED WE ARE GOING HAVE GREAT ATTENDANCE FROM PARTICIPANTS ON STAGE, IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD.

>> Renee: WE HEAR FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY THEY FEEL DISCONNECTED FROM FRANKFORT I.

IS A FOUR-YEAR DRIVE.

THIS IS THE TIME FOR POLITICIANS TO ENGAGE WITH A REGION OF THE STATE THAT FEELS ABANDON UNDERSTAND ADD NEGLECTED.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT.

FOR COMMONWEALTH PEOPLE WE TALK ABOUT IT, IT'S A LONG WAY FROM FRANKFORT AND THIS IS THE WAY OF BRINGING FRANKFORT AND WASHINGTON TO YOUR BACKYARD.

PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY.

IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE ENTHUSIASM.

I HAVE SEEN THE BENEFITS OF THAT THROUGHOUT MY CAREER LOOKING WORKING AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND WE WANT THAT TO CONTINUE.

>> Renee: HAVE YOU ATTENDED A LOT OF FANCY FARMS AND MANY PEOPLE SAY IN THIS DIGITAL AREA WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET THEIR MESSAGE OUT AS MUCH AS THEY WANT WITH, IS THERE STILL A RELEVANCE FOR AN OLD FASHIONED GOOD OL' POLITICAL STUMP SPEECHING EVENT LIKE FANCY FARM.

YOUR ANSWER TO THAT?

>> IT IS.

I BELIEVE SO.

NOT JUST FOR THE STAGE BUT THOSE WHO ARRIVE EARLY, WALK THROUGH THE CROWD, SHAKE HANDS WITH THE PEOPLE BY THE BAR BLEE CUE PITTED, PHOTOS BEING MADE.

THE CHILDREN, THE CHILD WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

AND THERE WILL BE A PERSON ON STAGE DURING SATURDAY'S EVENT.

HERE IS A YOUNG PERSON AND NOW ELECTED OFFICIAL AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE YOU MY AINSPIRE SOMEONE OR CAUSE THEM TO SET THEIR GOALS TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND I BELIEVE THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.

WE NEED TRUE LEADERSHIP AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IN OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, EVEN IN OUR CHURCH AND ORGANIZATIONS.

AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE THEIR TURN AT THAT, VOLUNTEER, STEP FORWARD AND CHOOSE TO PUT THEIR NAME ON THE BALLOT.

AND PUT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILY IN FRONT OF THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC.

THAT'S A BIG DECISION TO MAKE.

SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE COURAGE THAT TO CONTINUE.

>> Renee: THAT WAS-- WE ARE ALWAYS GLAD TO HAVE THEM.

THEY ARE ROWDY BEHIND US AND THEY WERE REALLY WOUND UP WHEN U.S. SENATE MINORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL WALKED ON THE STAGE WITH FORMER TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY ELAINE CHOW AND THEY'RE CHANTING ON THE DEMOCRAT SIDE "RETIRE" BUT ON THE REPUBLICANS, IT WAS A VORACIOUS ROBUST APPLAUSE FOR THE REPUBLICAN LEADERS.

TREY GRAYSON?

>> THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF HIS LAST TIMES SPEAKING SO THIS IS A BIG DEAL.

>> Renee: HE SAID AT THE BREAKFAST HE WOULD BE HERE NEXT YEAR.

>> HE LOVES-- NOT ALL OFFICIALS LOVE THIS EVENT.

HE LOVES FANCY FARM.

HE LOVES THE GAMES SEANSHIP AND THE HISTORY.

THIS AREA WAS AN IMPORTANT AREA FOR HIM EARLY IN HIS CAREER WHEN HE WAS STRUGGLING TO WIN STATEWIDE AS A LOUISVILLEIAN.

THIS IS AN AREA HE DID WELL IN.

I'M EXCITED TO SEE HIM HERE.

WE HAVE NATIONAL REPORTERS IN PART BECAUSE HE IS HERE.

>> Renee: JONATHAN MARTIN FROM "THE NEW YORK TIMES" I SAW HIM WITH YOU EARLIER.

>> SO, YEAH, THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHERS THAT I THINK ARE HERE.

>> Renee: THE FACT THAT IT DRAWS NATIONAL ATTENTION, AND WE ARE THE BIG GAME IN TOWN, RIGHT?

THIS ELECTION CYCLE.

>> MISSISSIPPI IS NOT REALLY CONTESTED ALTHOUGH ELVIS PRESLEY'S GRAND NEPHEW IS RUNNING AND LOUISIANA, NO ONE THINKS IS COMPETITIVE SO THIS IS THE BIG RACE THIS YEAR.

PEOPLE WILL TRY TO FIGURE OUT, THERE IS ANYTHING YOU CAN GLEAN FROM OUR RACE FOR NEXT YEAR?

YOU PROBABLY CAN BASED ON WHAT VOTERS DO.

>> Renee: WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, YOU HEARD DAVID BECK TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF FANCY FARM STILL BEING RELEVANT.

WESTERN KENTUCKY FEELING DISCONNECTED FROM FRANKFORT.

I MEAN IT IS A GOOD DRIVE HERE.

BUT THEY FEEL THAT DISTANCE IN TERMS OF HOW THEY ARE, NOT REPRESENTED BUT THE ELEVATION OF THEIR NEED PERHAPS AND CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE IN FRANKFORT.

>> I THINK PEOPLE OF THIS REGION LOVE FANCY FARM BECAUSE IT DRAWS SO MANY VISITORS AND OTHERS WHO SAY IT'S GREAT.

IT'S A TREMENDOUS MEMORY.

I HAVE A BUNCH OF THEM.

AND SO DO YOU.

AND WE'LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER NO MATTER WHAT.

THIS IS AIR BIGGER MOMENT BECAUSE OF THE COMPETITIVE NATURE OF THE RACE, PERCEIVED TO BE CLOSE.

THE DOWN BALLOT TICKET RACES ARE GOOD.

LEADER McCONNELL BEING HERE.

JUST ALL THE DYNAMICS ARE RIGHT FOR MAYBE THE LOUDEST DAY WE'VE EVER HEARD.

>> Renee: THEY ARE LOUD AND WE HAVE ON EAR MUFFS.

I CANNOT IMAGINE IF THEY WERE NOT ON, HOW WE WOULD GET THE DECIBELS.

TREY, TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE WESTERN KENTUCKY AND THIS CONNECTION AND HOW THIS FEELS MORE CONNECTION.

>> WESTERN KENTUCKY, IT IS A MUCH LONGER DRIVE TO CENTRAL KENTUCKY THAN ANY OTHER STATE.

THEY'RE CLOSER TO ST. LOUIS AND NASHVILLE.

FEWER STATEWIDE PEOPLE COUPLE HERE ON A REGULAR BASIS SO THIS HAS BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY TO FEEL RELEVANT, TO GET PEOPLE TO COME DOWN AND LEARN ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THE ISSUES THEY FACE AND THAT'S WHY I HOPE IT CONTINUES.

MY MOM GREW NEWSPAPER PADUCAH.

HAVE I RELATIVES BURIED HERE AT ST. JEROME.

DON'T THINK I DIDN'T MENTION THAT AT MY SPEECHES.

>> Renee: I BET YOU DID.

>> IT'S MORE THAN A QUAINT TRADITION.

IT'S HOW IOWA USED THE PRESIDENTIAL CAUCUS TO GET IOWA ISSUES ON THE MAP, AGRICULTURE, ETHANOL.

AG IS A VERY IMPORTANT INDUSTRY FOR OUR STATE.

YOU MAY NOT ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT.

WHEN YOU COME HERE, YOU CAN'T ESCAPE THAT.

MANY REASONS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THIS HAS BEEN A SWING AREA.

THE GIBRALTAR OF DEMOCRACY, THE REPUBLICANS ARE CHISELING AND THAT'S HOW WE STARTED WINNING STATEWIDE RACES AND WE STARTED WINNING BIGGER WITH BIGGER MARGINS.

NOW GOVERNOR BESHEAR WANTS TO GET BACK THE MARGINS LIKE WE USED TO DO.

SO THIS IS FUN.

LIKE THAT SONG WAS LIKE A GREAT WALK-UP SONG.

>> Renee: I WAS JUST THINKING.

>> IT WAS THE CLOSER FOR THE METS, AND THAT WAS THE BLEN WHEN BULL PEN WHEN HE CLOSED OUT THE GAMES.

>> Renee: THEY'RE GETTING THE TEMPERATURE RISING HERE AND THE YOUTHFUL EXUB RABS DOES NOT HURT EITHER.

TALK ABOUT, BOB, YOU HAVE BEEN AN EMCEE ON THE STAGE.

UNDERSTAND AWE MADE SOME GREAT JOKES.

WE DON'T KNOW.

DAVID BECK SAID HE IS GOING TO REALLY MAYBE TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH, THAT HE MAY NOT BE THAT COMEDIC PERHAPS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

AND TALK ABOUT THE PRESSURE THAT THE EMCEE HAS.

>> IT'S PRESSURE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE VERY, VERY FAIR AS WE ALWAYS DO ON THIS SET, AND IN THIS PROCESS.

BUT YOU CAN'T HELP BUT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FUN WITH YOUR FRIENDS.

THEY MAKE IT PRETTY EASY FOR YOU BECK IS A GREAT PICK FOR THE JOB TODAY.

WE RESPECT HIM TREMENDOUSLY.

HE WILL DO A VERY SERIOUS JOB, BUT HE IS ALSO A FARM GUY AND IDENTIFIES GREATLY WITH THE FARM COMMUNITY.

FARMING IS NOT JUST ABOUT FOOD, BUT I THINK YOU ARE GOING HEAR SOME MENTION TODAY, MAYBE FROM THE AG CANDIDATES, IT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE EXPORT AND MOVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FOOD.

WE PROCESS FOOD THAT GOES ALL OVER THE PLACE.

SO THIS IS A HUB FOR THAT PART OF OUR ECONOMY THAT'S BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

AT A VERY SIGNIFICANT POINTED FOR FANCY FARM BECAUSE THEY GROW SO MUCH, MAKE SO MUCH AND GIVE SO MUCH AND SELL MOST OF.

>> Renee: AT THE BREAKFAST THIS MORNING, TREY, DID YOU GET ANY IDEA WHAT THEY COULD BE MESSAGING TODAY?

ARE THERE COMMON THEMES?

>> SOME OF THE SIGNS I'VE SEEN IN THE AUDIENCE, CAMERON HAS BEEN FOCUSING ON KENTUCKY VALUES AND TRYING TO PORTRAY BESHEAR AS LEFT OF CENTER, OUT OF STEP WITH KENTUCKY VALUES AND SO I THINK WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HEAR THAT MESSAGING TODAY.

THIS IS HISTORICAL A CULTURAL CONSERVATIVE PART OF THE STATE.

SOMETHING THAT RESONATES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.

SO-- BUT I THINK THAT WILL BE THE BIG EMPHASIS.

I THINK WILL YOU PROBABLY HEAR THAT UP AND DOWN AND THERE WILL BE INTERESTING BARBS ABOUT THE BIOGRAPHICAL-- I DON'T WANT TO RUIN ANYTHING BUT I'VE HEARD PREVIEWS, SOME OF THE LITTLE ONE LINERS THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET.

AND I THINK THEY WILL BE FUN.

>> Renee: THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT VERY IMPORTANT, AND WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A PAUSE RIGHT NOW AS THEY RENDER THE PRAYER AND INVOCATION.

GRANT THEM WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR HOLY WILL.

GIVE US THE GRACE TO DISAGREE WITHOUT DISRESPECT AS WE WORK FOR THE WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMONWEALTH AND OUR COUNTRY.

EVEN AS WE ASK FOR THESE GIFTS FROM YOU, LORD, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE CAN BE A STIFF NECK AND HYPOCRITICAL PEOPLE AND EASILY GIVE INTO FEAR, HATRED, BLAME AND DIVISION.

AND WE ASK FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS.

THROUGH YOUR GRACE AND WISDOM, OH GOD, MOLD US INTO PEOPLE WHO ARE KNOWN FOR OUR PRINCIPLES AND OUR IDEALS SO THAT JUT FEN RAITIONS CAN BE PROUD OF THE WAY WE SPEAK AND LEAD AND PARTICIPATE IN THE LIFE OF THIS GREAT NATION.

GRANT ALL OF US INTEGRITY OF PURPOSE SO THAT WITH COURAGE AND COMPASSION, WE CAN AFFIRM AND UPHOLD THE COMMON GOOD AND LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AS WE LOVE OURSELVES.

AND MEN AND WOMEN SERVING IN THE MILITARY, FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND HEALTHCARE, KEEP THEM SAFE FROM HARM AND COMFORT THEIR FAMILIES WHEN THEIR LOVED ONES ARE AWAY FROM HOME, SERVING THE COMMON GOOD.

BLESS THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY AS WE ASK FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF YOUR BLESSINGS FOR THE CIVIL POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES WE ENJOY.

GOD, PRESENT AMONG US WE PRAY IN THE PRESENCE OF ST. FRAN FRANCIS THAT YOU MAKE US INSTRUMENTS OF YOUR PEACE.

MAY WE BE SERVANTS OF YOUR HOLY WILL, EVER REMINDFUL THAT YOU BLESS US THAT WE MIGHT BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS.

MAY IT BE SO, THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD, AMEN.

>> AMEN.

>> Renee: THERE IS MUCH MORE TO COME.

WE ARE GETTING STARTED ON KET.

THE INVOCATION WAS RENDERED AND NOW THE RENDERING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME.

THEN DAVID BECK WILL COME TO THE STAGE AND PREVAIL AS THE EMCEE OF THE 143 POLITICAL SPEAKING EVENT AT FANCY FARM.

STAY WITH US.

WE HAVE A LOT MORE COVERAGE COMING UP.

>> MORE THAN ITS FAIR SHARE OF REPUBLICANS AND KNOW IT WAS SENATOR McCONNELL WHO SPEARHEADED THAT EFFORT.

SENATOR McCONNELL, WELCOME BACK TO FANCY FARM!

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

[ APPLAUSE ] I SAID, TO BE FAIR, ON THE DEMOCRAT SIDE, GOVERNOR BESHEAR HAS BEEN TO GRAVES COUNTY SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS DUE TO THE NATURAL DISASTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I CAN SEE YOU, TOO, SIR, BRING A GOOD CROWD OF SUPPORTERS WITH YOU.

GOVERNOR BESHEAR, WELCOME GABBING TO FANCY FARM!

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU!

(CHEERING AND BOOING) I ALWAYS WANT TO REMIND YOU IS IF A FUNDRAISER FOR OUR LOCAL PARRISH.

BE SURE TO TRY THE GOOD BARBECUE, DRINK A NICE OLD SUN DROP, PLAY BINGO AND TRY FOR A CHANCE FOR THE BRAND NEW JEEP.

WE USE THIS MORNING FOR CHARITY THAT GOES TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AT ST. JEROME.

A COUPLE OF MY SPECIAL GUESTS ARE ON THE STAGE FROM MY AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP CLASS.

JACK, KATIE AND BEN BACK HERE.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING.

[ APPLAUSE ] THIS YEAR SINGING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WILL BE THERESA JEFER.

SHE HAS BEEN PERFORMING IN CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS, CURRENTLY SHE SINGS CAN THERESE AND DAVE.

SHE IS PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATION.

THERESA.

♪ O SAY CAN YOU SEE BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT ♪ ♪ WHAT'S SO PROUDLY WE HAIL'D AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING ♪ WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS ♪ THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT ♪ ♪ O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING ♪ ♪ AND THE ROCKETS RED GLARE THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR ♪ ♪ GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE ♪ ♪ O SAY DOES THAT STAR-SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE ♪ ♪ O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE ♪ [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU, THE NEXT ARTIST IS FROM PADUCAHA THE CHOIR DIRECTOR FOR THE PADUCAH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ASSISTANT CRY DIRECTOR FOR PA DUCK ATILLMAN HIGH SCHOOL AND THE YOUTH SYMPHONY.

SHE ATTENDED CHURCH AT THE ST. FRANCIS WITH HER THREE AMAZING CHILDREN.

PLEASE COME FORWARD AND SING "MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME."

DISMOAT THE SUNSHINES BRIGHT ON MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME.

♪ 'TIS SUMMER THE PEOPLE ARE GAY ♪ THE CORN TOP'S RIPE AND THE MEADOWS IN THE BLOOM ♪ ♪ WHILE THE BIRDS MAKE MUSIC ALL THE DAY ♪ ♪ THE YOUNG FOLKS ROLL ON THE LITTLE CABIN FLOOR ♪ ♪ ALL HAPPY, ALL MERRY AND BRIGHT ♪ ♪ BY AND BY HARD TIMES COME AKNOCKIN' AT THE DOOR ♪ ♪ THEN MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME GOOD NIGHT ♪ ♪ WEEP NO MORE, MY LADY ♪ ♪ ♪ OH WEEP NO MORE TODAY ♪ WE WILL SING ONE SONG FOR MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME ♪ ♪ FOR MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME FAR AWAY ♪ [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL ARTIST.

ALL RIGHT.

I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR TIME KEEPER.

DRAKE WILLIAMS.

HE IS RIGHT DOWN HERE IN FRONT.

HE IS GOING TO HOLD UP THE SIGNS OF ONE MINUTE AND 30 SECONDS AND TIME IS UP.

IF ANYONE GOES OVER, THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL HEAR.

(BANJO MUSIC) OUR STATE IS AT ITS BEST WHEN WE RALLY TOGETHER.

WE RECOGNIZE OUR STRENGTH LIES IN OUR DIVERSITY, AND WE COME TOGETHER TO OVERCOME THE ADVERSITIES THAT LAY BEFORE US.

[ APPLAUSE ] NOW WITH THAT, LET ME INTRODUCE TO YOU THIS YEAR'S EMCEE.

OUR EMCEE THIS YEAR IS NO STRANGER TO FANCY FARM.

HE GREW UP JUST DOWN THE ROAD IN LYON COUNTY.

HE BEGAN HIS TENURE AS PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF KENTUCKY VENUES ON JULY 1, 2018.

Mr. BECK EARNED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN AGRICULTURE FROM MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY.

[ CHEERING ] IN 2016, HE WAS NAMED DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS BY THE MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURE ALUMNI.

IN 2017, THE KENTUCKY COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION PRESENTED DAVID WITH THE OAK AWARD ON BEHALF OF KENTUCKY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

AND PRIOR TO HIS ROLE AT KENTUCKY VENUES, HE WORKED AT THE KENTUCKY FARM BUREAU FOR 41 YEARS.

IN 2001, DAVID WAS HONORED AS THE DISTINGUISHED RURAL KENTUCKIAN AT KENTUCKY COOPERATIVES 75th ANNUAL MEETING.

THE AWARD IS THE HIGHEST HONOR BESTOWED BY KENTUCKY'S ELECTRIC COOPERATES.

FOR 40 PLUS YEARS HE HAS ENJOYED A FRONT ROW SEAT ON EVERY MAJOR ISSUE AFFECTING AGRICULTURE IN RURAL KENTUCKY.

HE CONTINUES HIS INTEREST IN PUBLIC POLICY TO ENHANCE RURAL URBAN UNDERSTANDING FOR AN ENCHANCED COMMONWEALTH.

AT THIS TIME WOULD THE EMCEE OF OUR 143rd ANNUAL ST. JEROME FANCY FARM PICNIC COME AND GET YOUR LOVE, Mr. DAVID BECK.

♪ HEY, HEY, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOUR... ♪ >> THANK YOU, STEVEN.

GOOD AFTERNOON FANCY FARM!

[ CHEERING ] WELCOME EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

GREAT TO SEE THIS CROWD TODAY AND SEE THIS TRADITION CONTINUE ON.

THIS IS THE 143rd FANCY FARM PICNIC.

AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, WHEN STEVEN CALLED ME BACK IN EARLY SPRING AND ASKED ME IF I WOULD CONSIDER BEING THE EMCEE, IT WASN'T ON MY RADAR.

I WAS TOTALLY SURPRISED BY THE CALL.

IT TOOK ME A FEW DAYS TO THINK ABOUT IT, TO GET BACK WITH HIM.

I WANTED TO GET BACK WITH HIM AND TELL HIM THAT GROWING UP IN WESTERN KENTUCKY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND MANY FANCY FARM PICNICS.

I'VE NOT MISSED MANY.

I CONSIDER IT A GREAT HONOR TO BE PART OF THIS HISTORICAL POLITICAL EVENT.

IN FACT, BEING HERE SO MANY TIMES, I DIDN'T NEED A GPS OR MAP TO SHOW ME HOW TO GET HERE N. FACT MY BRIDE OF 46 YEARS, WE CAME TO THIS WHEN WE WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE ACTUALLY SANG ON THE STAGE DURING THE OPENING CEREMONIES.

SEE WE HAVE HAD A LONG HISTORY OF MAKING THE TRIP TO FANCY FARM AND IT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO US TO BE HERE TODAY.

I WANT TO THANK STEVEN AND MARK WILSON AND ALL THE GROUP THAT HAS BEEN INVOLVED FLEW THE YEARS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS A REALLY SPECIAL EVENT.

I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU FROM MY STANDPOINT.

I RECOGNIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.

IT'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY.

YOU LOOK AT THIS COMMUNITY WITH ABOUT 450 PEOPLE BY THE CENSUS COMING TOGETHER EVERY YEAR FOR THIS MANY YEARS, VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME TO WORK TOGETHER, TO RAISE YOUR MONEY TO SUPPORT YOUR CHURCH AND YOUR SCHOOL.

WHAT AN EXAMPLE OF BEING A VOLUNTEER AND CONTRIBUTING TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

[ APPLAUSE ] THAT IS HELPED BUILD AMERICA IN WHAT IT IS TODAY, PEOPLE GIVING THEIR TIME AND SERVICE TO HELP THEIR NEIGHBORS IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

AND WHAT A TREMENDOUS EXAMPLE IT IS FOR THE POLITICAL PROCESS.

AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS ON CITIZENSHIP.

YES, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH TODAY BUT IT ALSO SENDS THE MESSAGE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE: HOW IMPORTANT OUR POLITICAL PROCESS IS.

HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE ENGAGED IN THE ELECTION PROCESS.

IN FACT, THERE IS A MEMBER ON THIS STAGE TODAY AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO FIRST SAT IN THIS AUDIENCE AS A YOUNG MAN VISITING THIS PICNIC WITH HIS DAD.

YOU NEVER KNOW THE IMPACT IT COULD HAVE ON A YOUNG PERSON TO TAKE THEIR TURN AT PUBLIC SERVICE SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO PAUSE AND REFLECT BACK ON THE PRAYER A WHILE AGO.

BEING FROM THIS PART OF THE STATE, AS OTHERS, I RECOGNIZE WHAT GRAVES COUNTY HAS BEEN THROUGH THE LAST 24 MONTHS.

CAN YOU IMAGINE!

I APPRECIATE THE MEDIA WHAT THEY DID WITH THE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS AND NEWS COVERAGE HELPING TELL THE STORY TO THE REST OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, THE DEVASTATION YOU WENT THROUGH WITH THE TORNADO IN MAYFIELD AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES.

IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE.

WHEN I FIRST VISITED A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT TORNADO, I ACTUALLY CALLED MY WIFE NANCY TO SAY, NANCY, I KNOW WE HAVE SEEN THE COVERAGE.

I KNOW OUR CHURCH IS SENDING MONEY AND WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY, BUT THE VIDEO, THE PHOTOS DON'T DO IT JUSTICE.

HAVE YOU TO STAND THERE ON THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE AND SEE WHAT USED TO BE THERE.

AND SEE THAT DEVASTATION.

AND AS I RODE AROUND YESTERDAY, SEEING THE CONTINUED RECOVERY, IT'S AMAZING WHAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS DONE.

I SAY THAT TO TELL YOU... [ APPLAUSE ] TO SEE THE COMMONWEALTH COME TOGETHER AND TO SEE YOU AS NEIGHBORS AND LOVED ONES, THE STATE TO COME TOGETHER DO WHAT YOU CAN TO RECOVER SENDS A GREAT EXAMPLE AND WILL YOU CONTINUE TO BE IN OUR PRAYERS AND YOU WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT AS WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

AND THEN FLOODS.

MY GOODNESS, I KNOW IN KENTUCKY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A FLOOD OR DROUGHT SOMEWHERE IN THE STATE EVERY YEAR.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE AND HOW DEVASTATING IT'S GOING TO BE.

AND YOU HAVE HAD YOUR SHARE OF RAIN.

WE NEEDED RAIN WHEN YOU GOT THE BIG ONE.

JUST DIDN'T NEED THAT MUCH.

THEN WHAT WE WENT THROUGH LAST NIGHT.

I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF OUR FRIENDS HERE TODAY.

ONE OF THE FAMILIES CLOSE BY HERE HAD JUST FINISHED THEIR NEW HOME.

AND THAT STORM DURING THE NIGHT THAT THOSE OF YOU WHO CAME DOWN EARLY MAYBE EXPERIENCED, LIGHTNING STRUCK THE NEW HOME AND BURNED IT TO THE GROUND BEFORE THEY HAD A CHANCE TO MOVE IN.

JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE.

WE NEVER KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON SOME SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY, WE THINK A LOT OF YOU.

WE WANT TO HELP YOU.

WE WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE.

THIS PICNIC MEN MUM 10,000 PEOPLE.

SOME ESTIMATE AS HIGH AS 15,000 RECOGNIZED BY THE WORLDWIDE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS AS BEING THE LARGEST ONE-DAY PICNIC IN NORTH AMERICA.

THAT'S A LOT TO TAKE CREDIT FOR.

[ APPLAUSE ] WHEN YOU TAKE ABOUT 20,000 POUNDS OF BARBECUE, 1400 POUNDS OF CHICKEN AND HOT DOGS AND HAMBURGERS, 400 POUNDS OF POTATO SALAD, AND THEN ALL THE DESSERTS-- ALL THOSE PIES AND CAKES ARE HOMEMADE BY VOLUNTEERS HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

A COMMUNITY OF 450 PEOPLE GIVING BACK.

[ APPLAUSE ] IT'S AMAZING.

STEVEN MADE REFERENCE I OWN KENTUCKY VENUES, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW KENTUCKY VENUES, THE MARKETING WE USE WITH THE STATE FAIR BOARD.

WE MANAGE TWO PROPERTIES.

DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE WILL HOST ABOUT 140 EVENTS A YEAR AT KENTUCKY EXPOSITION CENTER, THE FAIRGROUNDS HOSTS ABOUT 200.

TAKE A MINUTE TO BRAG ON OUR STAFF.

WE RECOVERED LAST YEAR 106% OF WHERE WE WERE PRE-COVID.

AND IN 2 IS, 73% OF WHERE WE WERE PRE-COVID.

WHEN YOU HAVE ALMOST 4 MILLION PEOPLE COMING THROUGH YOUR DOORS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND FILLING UP 79% OF THE HOTELS IN OUR REGION, WE KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO FEED 10,000 PEOPLE.

WHAT THAT GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS DO HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL, THE CHURCH AND OTHER CAUSES IS SHORT OF AMAZING.

LET'S SHOW THESE VOLUNTEERS AGAIN OUR APPRECIATION FOR ALL THAT THEY DO.

[ APPLAUSE ] IT IS A TRUE EXAMPLE OF LEADERSHIP AND VOLUNTEER ITCH.

AND IN TODAY'S SOCIETY, WE NEED TO CULTIVATE THAT.

WE FEED TRUE LEADERSHIP IN OUR HOMES.

WE NEED THEM IN OUR CHURCH AND ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.

WE NEED IT IN ORGANIZATIONS AND WE NEED IT IN OUR COMMUNITIES SO IT'S A TREMENDOUS EXAMPLE THAT ALL OF US CAN LOOK TO FOR INFORMATION AND INSPIRATION AS WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.

MY GOAL TODAY IS BEING THE EMCEE, IS TO BE FAIR AND BE FRIENDLY WITH EVERYBODY, BUT BE FORMAL ON THE RULES AND MAINTAIN ORDER THE BEST THAT ANY ONE HUMAN BEING CAN DO WITH A CROWD LIKE THIS THAT'S SO PASSIONATE IN WHAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN.

YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SEE THIS TRADITION CONTINUE ON.

I REALLY DO.

NOT JUST THE PICNIC, BUT THE POLITICAL SIDE OF IT, TOO.

AS KENTUCKIANS, WE LIKE TO MEET THOSE THAT WANT TO REPRESENT US IN FRANKFORT AND WASHINGTON.

WE WANT TO LOOK THEM IN THE EYE.

WE WANT TO SHAKE THEIR HAND.

WE WANT TO EVALUATE THEIR PRIORITIES, THEIR VISION, THEIR PRIORITIES OF WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

WE WANT TO EVALUATE ALL OF THAT AND COMPARE IT TO OURS SO WE CAN MAKE A GOOD DECISION COMING TOGETHER TODAY ALLOWS THAT TO CONTINUE ON AND I REALIZE WITH ALL THE MEDIA, WE ARE IN A DAY AND TIME WHERE MEDIA DRIVES THE FORCE AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL THAT IS IMPORTANT, AND IT IS, BUT IN KENTUCKY WE LIKE TO MEET THEM AND SHAKE THEIR HANDS AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.

WE RECOGNIZED A WHILE AGO, BUT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM AGAIN, AND THAT'S THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE.

[ CHEERING ] [ APPLAUSE ] WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THAT THIN GRAY LINE BUT THESE MEN AND WOMEN, THEY WORK DAY AND NIGHT TO KEEP ALL OF US SAFE THE BEST THEY CAN IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.

BELIEVE WE SEE THAT FIRSTHAND.

AND THEY'RE CELEBRATING THEIR 75th ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR.

[ APPLAUSE ] AND OUR CAPITOL POLICE ARE HERE OUT OF FRANKFORT AND LOCAL SHERIFFS OFFICES AND LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

IT'S IMPORTANT.

EVERY DAY WHEN THESE MEN AND WOMEN PUT THAT BADGE ON, THEY PUT THAT UNIFORM ON, WHETHER IT BE DAY OR NIGHT, AND THEY TAKE THEIR SHIFT.

THEY'RE PUTTING A LOT AT RISK.

AND ALSO WE WANT TO THANK THEIR FAMILIES FOR THAT SACRIFICE.

[ APPLAUSE ] YOU KNOW, THIS IS A CHURCH PICNIC, A FUNDRAISER.

AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TODAY TO GET YOUR BILL FOLDS OUT AND WALLETS OUT.

BY PLENTY OF BARBECUE AND BEVERAGES WHILE YOU ARE HERE TODAY BUT BUY SOME EXTRA TO TAKE HOME WITH YOU.

STOP OVER HERE AND BUY A T-SHIRT OR SOUVENIRS, PLAY SOME BINGO AND DON'T FORGET TO PURCHASE A CHANCE FOR THAT VEHICLE.

I UNDERSTAND IT'S A JEEP AGAIN THIS YEAR.

MY GOOD FRIEND RAY NEWTON CAME TO HIS FIRST FANCY FARM IN 2018, GOT HERE ON THE PROPERTY, BOUGHT A $5 TICKET.

GUESS WHAT HAPPENED?

HE DROVE HOME A BRAND NEW JEEP.

AND YOU CAN, TOO.

BUT YOU GOT TO BUY A TICKET.

YOU GOT TO DO IT.

SO LET'S SUPPORT THIS GROUP AND KEEP IT GOING.

EVERY SINCE STEVEN INVITED ME TO BE THE EMCEE TODAY, I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME ARE YOU GOING TO TELL ANY JOKES IN IS AND I TELL A LOT OF PEOPLE A LOT I WOULD LOVE TO TELL BUT THERE IS A MAN I REALLY RESPECT SAY MANY TIMES.

I NEVER GOT IN TROUBLE FOR SOMETHING I DIDN'T SAY.

AND I HAVE TRIED TO NAVIGATE THAT AS I WORK WITH ELECTED LEADERS ALL ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.

YOU KNOW,THEY ASK ME DO YOU KNOW ANY POLITICAL JOKES?

WELL, I'VE MET A FEW ALONG THE WAY.

[LAUGHTER] BUT YOU KNOW THE POLITICAL JOKES?

IF WE AS VOTERS ARE INFORMED, SOMETIMES THEY GET ELECT HIVE IF WE ARE NOT INFORMED, SOMETIMES THEY GET ELECTED.

WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.

THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION NOW ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

A.I.

I MADE A PRESENTATION A FEW WEEKS AGO TO THE LEADERSHIP GROUP AND DURING THE Q&A THEY ASKED ME WHAT IMPACT HAS A.I.

HAD ON AGRICULTURE AND TOURISM.

I WAS GIVEN A LITTLE IDEA HOW IT HAS AFFECTED OUR INDUSTRIES AND ONE OF THE FOLLOWUP QUESTIONS WAS HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN AROUND?

BEFORE COULD I STOP MYSELF, I SAID SINCE WE'VE HAD ELECTIONS.

WE HAD A REGULATION UP STE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING IN THE HALLWAY, A MEMBER CAME UP TO ME AND SAID HAVE YOU HEARD WHAT MY OPPONENT IS SAYING ABOUT ME?

QUITE FRANKLY I HADN'T AND HE WAS SERIOUS AND I THOUGHT HE WAS TEASING.

I SAID NO, I'VE NOT HEARD.

HE SAID THIS.

HE SAID HE DOESN'T QUIT LYING ON ME, I'M GOING-- I'M GOING TO TELL THE TRUTH ON HIM.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO OFFEND HIM BUT I LAUGHED.

I WAS OVER IN OWENSBORO, AND HAVE I HAD A CHANCE TO WORK WITH MANY PEOPLE IN DAVIS COUNTY DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.

I WAS AT THE MOONLIGHT HAVING DINNER AND A GENTLEMAN WALKED OVER AND HE WAS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

WE EXCHANGED GREETINGED.

I SAID DO YOU HAVE ANY OPPOSITION THIS YEAR?

HE STOPPED AND SAID DAVID, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND.

I'M AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, I ALWAYS HAVE OPPOSITION.

BUT THIS YEAR I DON'T HAVE AN OPPONENT AND THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THAT AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE BEHIND ME TODAY FOR BEING HERE.

TO HELP IN THIS TRADITION CONTINUE ON.

IT'S IMPORTANT.

AND I APPRECIATE THEM BEING HERE TODAY AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS ANNUAL PROCESS.

I WANT TO ASK THOSE BEHIND ME IF THEY'RE SEEKING OFFICE, IF THEY'RE ON THE BALLOT IN THIS YEAR, IF THEY WOULD STAND AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO JOIN ME IN SHOWING OUR APPRECIATION FOR THOSE HERE TODAY.

[ APPLAUSE ] (CHANTING ANDY) YOU CAN BE SEATED NOW.

I HOPE YOU GOT A GOOD LOOK AT THEM.

IN A FEW MINUTES WHEN YOUR OPPONENT GETS DONE, YOU MAY NOT RECOGNIZE ANY OF THEM.

I DO NECESSARILY APPRECIATE THEM BEING HERE.

WHEN YOU DECIDE TO PUT YOUR NAME ON THE BALLOT, AND YOU PUT YOURSELF AND MANY TIMES YOUR FAMILY IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC AND MEDIA FOR SCRUTINY, THAT'S A BIG DECISION TO MAKE AND WE APPRECIATE THOSE PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS, PROVIDING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO MAKE DECISIONS OR HAVE A CHOICE ON ELECTION DAY MY JOB IS TO SERVE AS EMCEE AND INTRODUCE OUR SPEAKER -- I COULDN'T GET THE 80.

TO BE ABLE TO FLIP THE COIN, I BROUGHT THE 81.

THAT'S THE TRADITION OF THIS EVENT.

WE HAVE GOT A TIME KEEPER DOWN FRONT, THEY'LL GIVE US A ONE MINUTE WARNING AND THEY'LL GIVE A 30 SECOND WARNING TO SIGNIFY THE TIME IS UP.

YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD THE MUSIC.

YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT LAST 30 SECONDS.

EACH OF THE SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN A TIME LIMIT.

SOME HAVE TWO MINUTES, THREE MINUTES, FOUR, SOME HAVE SIX MINUTES AND THAT WAS PREDETERMINED BY THE COMMITTEE AND THE CANDIDATES HAVE HAD THAT COMMUNICATED TO THEM TODAY SO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT.

REMEMBER THIS IS A CHURCH PICNIC IN CUSSING IS TOLERATED.

NO NOISE MAKERS WILL BE PERMITTED IN THE AUDIENCE.

AND WE IS ASK THE AUDIENCE TO BE RESPECTFUL SO WE CAN HEAR WHAT EACH CANDIDATE HAS TO SAY.

IT'S NOT GUARANTEED BUT THE FREEDOM TO SPEAK ALSO ALLOWS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WITH THAT, WE'LL GET STARTED WITH SOME INTRODUCTIONS TO SOME PEOPLE.

AND WE ARE GOING TO START WITH SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT I WANT TO INTRODUCE FIRST FOR SOME COMMENTS.

FIRST SPEAKER REPRESENTING THE SECOND HOUSE STRICT RICHARD HEATH, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE.

HE ALSO SERVED ON SEVERAL OTHER COMMITTEES IN FRANKFORT.

DEGREE FROM MSU, FARMER AND SMALL BUSINESS OPERATOR.

WE STARTED AN SSA TOGETHER.

PLEASE JOIN ME WELCOME RICHARD HEATH TO THE PODIUM.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> HELLO AND WELL DOLL TO GRAVES COMMUNITY.

IT IS AN HONOR TO WELCOME YOU TO FANCY FARM PICNIC.

I WANT TO THANK THE FANCY FARM PICNIC COMMITTEE, ST. JEROME PARRIS RELINQUISH, I THINK HAVE YOU OUTDONE YOURSELF AGAIN.

I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY COLLEAGUES HERE THAT HAVE MADE THEIR WAY TO WESTERN KENTUCKY, MOST OF THEM ARE SITTING OVER HERE.

THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY HAS BEEN IN CHARGE SINCE 2017 AND... CHEEERS AND BOOS AND THE RESULT HAVE PUT OUR STATE ON THE TRAJECTORY THAT IT'S ON TODAY.

WE HAVE MADE HISTORIC PROCESS IN SAINGT OF HUMAN RIGHTS.

PREVENTING BIOLOGICAL MALES FROM COMPETING IN GIRLS SPORTS SORRY BOYS, PACK YOUR BAGS AND LEAVE THE FIELD.

WE HAVE INVESTED $320 MILLION IN BROADBAND, $500 MILLION IN UPGRADING AGING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALMOST 20 BILLION IN OUR PUBLIC PENSIONS.

AS A RESULT OF WORKING KENTUCKIANS WILL KEEP AN ESTIMATED $625 MILLION IN THEIR MONEY-- OF THEIR MONEY JUST THIS YEAR ALONE.

OUR CREDIT RATING HAS INCREASED.

WE ARE BETTER PREPARED FOR WHATEVER COMES OUR WAY AND OPPORTUNITY IS BEGINNING TO SPREAD ACROSS THE STATE.

OF COURSE THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE, AND WE NEED TO ELECT A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS HERE AND SEND TO FRANKFORT THAT WE WILL WORK WITH EVERYONE TO GET THAT JOB DONE.

GOD BLESS YOU.

GOD BLESS KENTUCKY AND GOD BLESS THE USA.

>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER, OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE SENATOR JASON HOWELL.

HE REPRESENTS THE FIRST SENATORIAL DISTRICT 7 COUNTIES IN THIS EXTREME WESTERN PART OF THE STATE INCLUDING MY HOME COUNTY OF LYON.

HE IS AN ATTORNEY.

I HAVE KNOWN THE SENATOR AND HIS FAMILY FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

HE CHAIRS A SENATE AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE IN FRANKFORT WITH ME.

PLEASE WELCOME SENATOR TOWL FOR HIS REMARKS.

>> THANK YOU, I'M JASON HOWELL.

NOW THAT RICHARD HAS GOTTEN YOUR ATTENTION, I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE HEART OF MY FIRST SENATE STRICTER FOR THE 143rd FANCY FARM PICNIC.

TO THE REPUBLICANS OUT HERE, GOOD TO SEE YOU, WELCOME BACK.

TO THE DEMOCRATS OUT HERE, WELCOME TO WEST KENTUCKY.

I THINK MOST OF Y'ALL ARE FROM OUT OF STATE.

I WANT TO HELP YOU OUT A LITTLE BIT.

I KNOW YOU GUYS GET SQUEAMISH WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT EATING MEAT.

I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE TO YOU TRY THE MUTTON.

IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

TO THE REPUBLICANS UP HERE ON STAGE, WELCOME BACK.

GREAT TO HAVE Y'ALL DOWN IN MY DISTRICT.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TELL IT'S AN ELECTION YEAR WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THIS SIDE OF THE STAGE.

I WANT TO TELL YOU, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE Y'ALL BACK IN FOUR YEARS.

IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE EVERYBODY DOWN HERE.

I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT GRAVES COUNTY AND THE FIRST SENATE SENATE DISTRICT.

I APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO SHOW THE GREATEST PART OF OUR GREAT COMMONWEALTH.

I HOPE EVERYBODY HERE HAS FUN LISTENING TO THE SPEECHES.

PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL.

RESPECTFUL AS POSSIBLE AND REMEMBER A LOT OF US HAVE OUR KIDS OUT HERE WITH US.

LET'S ENJOY THE GREATEST TRADITION IN KENTUCKY POLITICS, LET'S BRING ON THE SPEECHES.

THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> FOR THOSE THAT DROVE DOWN AND MAY NOT BE THAT FAMILIAR WITH FARM COUNTRY, GOT SAY THIS WHILE THESE TWO GENTLEMEN JUST SPOKE.

IT'S NOT BY ACCIDENT THOSE REPRESENTING GRAVES COUNTY ARE CHAIR OF THE SENATE AG COMMITTEES.

6% OF OUR AGRICULTURAL SALES IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY COME FROM GRAVES COUNTY KENTUCKY.

OVER 1100 FARMS AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT HUGE IMPACT IN OUR ECONOMY AND AGRI-BUSINESS AND THEY WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CHAMBERS AND RURAL FOLKS AND URBAN FOLKS COMING TOGETHER.

WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS SPEAKING FROM THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY HERE.

I SEE SENATORS AND HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS.

-- HOUSE MEMBERS.

WILL YOU CHAND AND BE RECOGNIZED.

VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.

CHEEERS AND BOOS.

I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THE KENTUCKY STATE FAIR BOARD AND RESOURCES MADE AVAILABLE FOR TO US MAKE IMPROVEMENTS CONTINUE TO GROW AND SERVE THE COMMONWEALTH.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID IN PROVIDING THAT TYPE OF SUPPORT AND APPROPRIATIONS FOR US TO YOU THE UT LOO IZ THAT.

WE ARE READY TO HEAR FROM THE CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.

I ASK GOVERNOR BESHEAR AND DANIEL CAMERON TO COME FORWARD AND WE'LL DO THE COIN FLIP.

( CHEEERS AND BOOS ).

(CHANTING) WHEN WOE FLIP THE COIP, THE WINNER WILL DECIDE IF THEY GO FIRST OR LAST.

IT WILL BE THEIR CHOICE.

[ CHEERING ] >> HEADS, YOUR CHOICE.

(CROWD CHANTING DANIEL) >> LET'S GET STARTED.

YOU SIT DOWN, WE'LL GET STARTED.

SIT DOWN, WE'LL GET STARTED.

ATTORNEY GENERAL CAMERON WON THE COIN TOSS AND HE CHOSE TO GO FIRST.

SERVING AS OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL, GREW UP IN HARDIN COUNTY, GOT HIS UNDERGRADUATE LAW DEGREE PLAYING FOOTBALL.

HE PRACTICES LAW AND HAS BEEN SERVING IN THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

HE AND HIS WIFE MACKENZIE HAVE ONE SON, WELCOME TO THE PODIUM, ATTORNEY GENERAL DANIEL CAMERON.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> HELLO WEST KENTUCKY!

MACKENZIE AND I ARE SO GLAD TO BE BACK IN FANCY FARM, AND HOW ABOUT MY RUNNING MATE, ROBBIE MILLS!

THIS MAN IS AN ABSOLUTE WARRIOR FOR KENTUCKY VALUES!

GOVERNOR, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE.

BUT I KNOW YOU FEEL KIND OF OUT OF PLACE HERE AT A CATHOLIC PICNIC.

I KNOW YOU FEEL MORE AT HOME SPENDING TIME WITH THE SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE.

THIS GOVERNOR MEETS WITH ANTI-CHRISTIAN HATE GROUPS MORE THAN HE MEETS WITH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

AM I RIGHT, JASON?

THEY SAY A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS AND THERE IT IS!

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THAT PHOTO, THREE WORDS WILL DO THE JOB.

ANDY, YOU'RE FIRED!

[ CHEERING ] NOW ONE THING I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT ANDY BESHEAR, THERE IS A TV ANDY AND THEN THERE IS A FRANKFORT ANDY.

TV AND ELIS ABOUT HIS RECORD ON JOBS, CRIME AND TEACHERS.

TV ANDY WANTS TO YOU BELIEVE HE HAS NEVER HEARD OF JOE BIDEN.

BUT WHEN THE CAMERAS ARE NOT ROLLING AND HE THINKS YOU ARE NOT WATCHING, THAT'S WHEN FRANKFORT, THE REAL ANDY BESHEAR REARS HIS HEAD.

HE VETOES TAX CUTS, HE FIGHTS FOR THE BIDEN AGENDA.

HE DEMANDS THAT BOYS PLAY IN GIRLS SPORTS.

HE PROTECTS TRANSPARENCY SURGERIES FOR KIDS I HAVE BEEN WATCHING FRANKFORT ANDY UP CLOSE FOR NEARLY FOUR YEARS.

AND I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION.

GOVERNOR, ARE YOU AUDITIONING FOR A JOB WITH BUD LIGHT'S MARKETING TEAM?

THIS GOVERNOR LIES MORE THAN A HUNTER--- A HUNTER BIDEN TAX RETURN.

BUT HERE IS THE TRUTH.

HIS RECORD IS ONE OF FAILURE AND FLIES IN THE FACE OF TRUE KENTUCKY VALUES.

ANDY BESHEAR LOCKED THE SCHOOLS AND THREW OPEN THE JAILS.

SENT THE STATE POLICE AFTER CHRISTIANS ON EASTER SUNDAY.

HE CLOSED DOWN MAIN STREET AND BENT OVER BACKWARDS FOR WALL STREET.

THERE ARE FEWER PEOPLE WORKING TODAY THAN WHEN ANDY BESHEAR TOOK OFFICE AND THAT'S A FACT.

BUT, FOLKS, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY.

WE CAN RECOVER FOR OUR CHILDREN WHAT ANDY BESHEAR TOOK FROM THEM.

WE CAN RESTORE LAW AND ORDER.

WE CAN BUILD A FUTURE THAT'S BASED ON TRUE KENTUCKY VALUES INSTEAD OF THE BESHEAR-BIDEN RADICAL IDEOLOGY.

GOVERNOR, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE OBSESSED WITH PRONOUNCES THESE DAYS, BUT COME NOVEMBER, YOURS ARE GOING TO BE HAS AND BEEN.

ANDY BESHEAR AND JOE BIDEN ARE LIBERALS THAT HAVE RULES FOR YOU BUT NOT FOR THEMSELVES.

THE GOVERNOR HAS THE AUDACITY TO LECTURE RURAL KENTUCKIANS ON RIGHT AND WRONG WHEN HE AND JOE BIDEN CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.

THEY MOCK OUR FAITH, OUR FAMILIES AND OUR VALUES AND THEY TRY TO CANCEL ANYONE WHO DISAGREES.

WELL, THE FOLKS OF FANCY FARM HAVE ONE RESPONSE, GOVERNOR.

TRY THAT IN A SMALL TOWN.

WE NEED A GOVERNOR WHO WILL STAND UP TO THE WOKE MOM, NOT CHEER THEM.

WHEN THE MOB CAME TO MY FRONT LAWN TO THREATEN ME, I REFUSED TO BACK DOWN.

LY PROTECT OUR CHILDREN FROM GENDER IDEOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM AND KEEP BOYS OUT OF GIRLS SPORTS.

I WILL SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED.

I WILL MAKE SURE OUR SCHOOLS ARE ABOUT READING, WRITING AND MATH AND THEY ARE INCUBATORS FOR LIBERAL AND PROGRESSIVE IDEAS.

LY BACK THE BLUE AND I WILL HOLD JOE BIDEN ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS WAR ON KENTUCKY COAL.

THIS GOVERNOR, HE HAS FAILED TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS AND AS ATTORNEY GENERAL, I HAVE TAKEN HIM TO COURT AND WON.

BUT THE ULTIMATE JUDGMENT WILL COME FROM WE, THE PEOPLE, WE THE PEOPLE SAY THE EVIDENCE IS OVERWHELMING AND THE VERDICT MUST BE GUILTY AS CHARGED!

MY FRIENDS, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, WE ARE ON THE PRECIPICE OF HISTORY.

BUT WE MUST CAST ASIDE THE POLITICIANS OF THE PAST WHO SCRAMBLE TO APIECE THE WOKE RADICALS OF THE PRESENT.

LET'S COMMIT OURSELVES ONCE AGAIN TO UPHOLDING THE DIGNITY OF WORK, TO THE FAMILY AS THE FOUNDATION OF SOCIETY, TO RESPECTING THE RULE OF LAW AND THE PRINCIPLES OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS, AND TO ONCE AGAIN BE GUIDED BY THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE.

WITH HUMILITY AND ABUNDANT GRATITUDE, I ASK YOU TO JOIN US THIS NOVEMBER AS WE MAKE HISTORY.

THANK YOU AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS KENTUCKY!

THANK YOU ALL!

>> OKAY, NOW WE ARE READY TO HEAR FROM THE GOVERNOR.

GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR.

( CHEEERS AND BOOS ).

>> Y'ALL SIT DOWN WE'LL GET STARTED.

YOU SIT DOWN, WE'LL GET STARTED.

GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR WAS ELECTED GOVERNOR.

HE IS THE 63rd GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY FOLLOWING SERVING AS ATTORNEY GENERAL.

GOT HIS UNDERGRADUATE AT VANDERBILT AND LAW DEGREE AT VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW.

HE AND HIS WIFE HAVE TWO CHILDREN.

GOVERNOR, THE PODIUM IS YOURS.

>> I'M READY.

[ CHEERING ] WHEESH.

( CHEEERS AND BOOS ).

THANK YOU ST. JEROME AND THANK YOU FANCY FARM.

IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK IN WESTERN KENTUCKY WHERE MY FAMILY IS FROM.

WHERE JAMIE COMER PRETENDS TO LIVE AND WHERE DANIEL CAMERON WILL SHOW UP FOR A POLITICAL RALLY BUT NOT FOR TORNADO SURVIVORS.

CAMERON IS HERE THOUGH, WHICH IS KIND OF SURPRISING.

HE RECENTLY TOLD ERIC DEERTS HE WOULD GO TO HIS BIG RALLY AND THEN BACKED OUT.

HE REALLY WANTED TO COME HE SAID.

HE REALLY DID BUT HE HAD OTHER THINGS TO DO.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT RYAN QUARLES TOLD DANIEL CAMERON.

BUT, HEY, HE HAS ROBBIE MILLS.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU TOOK ALL THE PEOPLE ON DANIEL'S L.G.

LISA AVERAGE DANIEL MILLS ROBBIE MILLS AND PUT THEM TOGETHER, YOU WOULD HAVE THE BIGGEST CROWD OF THE CAMERON CAMPAIGN.

ROBBIE CERTAINLY IS AN INTERESTING CHOICE.

WHEN I WENT TO COURT AND SAVED THE PENSIONS OF EVERY TEACHER AND POLICE OFFICER, ROBBIE WAS MAD.

ROBBIE WAS BIG MAD.

ROBBIE SAID IT WAS THE MOST FRUSTRATED HE HAD EVER BEEN, WHICH IS EXACTLY HOW DANIEL FELT WHEN THE BEST HE GOT WAS ROBBIE MILLS.

AND LISTEN.

I KNOW YOU JUST HEARD FROM DANIEL CAMERON.

IT'S NOT TRUE.

IT'S ALL LIES, BUT IF YOU ARE WILLING TO LIE ABOUT A GRAND JURY, HE IS WILLING TO LIE TO YOU.

LISTEN, LISTEN.

WE ALL HAVE FUN AT FANCY FARM.

WE THROW OUT SOME SINGERS BUT WE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT WE ARE AT A CHURCH PICNIC AND A PLACE HIT HARD BY TORNADOES AND RECENTLY FLOODING.

THIS AREA HAS SHOWN US HOW TO BE OUR BEST.

NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DO IN KENTUCKY.

WE TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.

PEOPLE HAULED OUT DEBRIS, VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME AND DONATED EVEN WHEN BUDGETS WERE TIGHT.

MY FAITH TEACHES ME THAT WHILE WEEPING MAY LINGER IN THE EVENING, JOY COMES IN THE MORNING.

THAT JOY IS RECORD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RIGHT HERE IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INVESTED IN THIS AREA, GOOD PAYING JOBS AT OSMONDSON, MAYFIELD, MADISONVILLE, ASCEND, HOPKINSVILLE, HALIBUS IN MURRAY, PRECISION ZONER IN BENTON, PAYER IN HENDERSON AND SO MUCH MORE.

THESE ARE THE JOBS THAT ARE CHANGING THE TRAJECTORIES OF FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.

WE HAVE HAD MORE THAN $26 BILLION OF NEW PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT IN KENTUCKY.

WE HAVE OUR LOWEST ANNUAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN HISTORY AND MORE JOBS THAN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

WE HAVE ALSO BROUGHT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO WESTERN KENTUCKY TO REBUILD.

WE ARE REBUILDING HOUSES FOR FAMILIES, SUPPORTING FARMERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES AND, FATHER, WE PAID FOR THE FUNERAL OF ALL 81 PEOPLE WE LOST BECAUSE WE GRIEVE TOGETHER.

TODAY, TODAY AT ST. JEROME'S, LET'S REMEMBER WE ARE TOLD NOT JUST TO TALK ABOUT OUR FAITH, BUT TO ACTUALLY LIVE IT OUT.

I'M REMINDED OF THE GOLDEN RULE, WHICH IS THAT WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR AS OURSELVES.

AND THE PARABLE OF GOOD SAMARITAN SAID EVERYONE IS OUR NEIGHBOR.

HERE YOU SEE A CONTRAST.

THIS RACE IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VISION AND DIVISION.

THEY'RE TRYING TO PIT US AGAINST EACH OTHER.

CALLING EVERYBODY NAMES WHO DISAGREE WITH THEM, TELLING YOU IT'S OKAY TO YELL AT AND HATE YOUR FELLOW KENTUCKIANS.

I'M READY TO PROVE THAT'S A LOSING STRATEGY IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.

SEE, PEOPLE HERE KNOW THERE IS NO DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN BRIDGES.

THAT A GOOD JOB ISN'T RED OR BLUE.

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR A GOVERNOR IS GETTING THE JOB DONE.

WE ARE GETTING THE BIGGEST PROJECTS DONE IN OUR HISTORY.

WE ARE FOUR LANING THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY, BUILDING THE BRIDGE WITHOUT TOLLS AND MOVING I HF 69 FORWARD ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

WE BROUGHT A HALF BILLION DOLLARS IN CLEAN DRINKING WATER, THE LARGEST INVESTMENT IN THE EXPANSION OF INTERNET ACCESS.

I HAVE SIGNED 627 BIPARTISAN BILLS, 627.

YOU KNOW, FOLKS, GRAVES COUNTY AND MAYFIELD ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR RESILIENCE.

THEY'RE ALSO KNOWN FOR CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL.

THEY KNOW WHEN YOU ARE ON A HISTORIC WINNING STREAK, YOU DON'T FIRE THE COACH.

YOU DON'T SUB OUT THE QUARTERBACK.

YOU KEEP THAT TEAM ON THE FIELD AND YOU RACK UP CHAMPIONSHIPS!

IN KENTUCKY, IT IS OUR TIME TO WIN.

WE HAVE A CAN'T MISS OPPORTUNITY, A CHANCE TO BE THE GENERATION THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING NOW IS ABOUT BUILDING FOR THE BRIGHTER FUTURE.

WE CAN TURN THESE THREE GREAT YEARS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INTO 30 YEARS OF PROSPERITY.

SO LET'S GET OUT THERE, LET'S WIN FOR EVERY SINGLE KENTUCKIAN AT EVERY PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND LET'S WIN SOME CHAMPIONSHIPS.

THANK Y'ALL, GOD BLESS!

(CHAPTING DANIEL) (CHANTING DANIEL) (CHANTING FOUR MORE YEARS) >> SIT DOWN AND WE'LL GET TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR PARTICIPATING IN AND YOUR REMARKS THIS AFTERNOON.

NEXT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE A MAN THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS, I FIRST MET HIM WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR COUNTY JUDGE AND HAVE I NEVER SEEN ANYONE WORK AS HARD AS HE DID EVERY TIME HE HAD AN ELECTION.

HE WAS ELECTED UNITED STATES SENATE NOVEMBER 6, 1984.

TOOK OFFICE JANUARY 3, 1985.

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS HE ASKED TO DO WAS TO SERVE ON THE SENATE AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE BECAUSE HE RECOGNIZED HOW IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL WAS TO KENTUCKY.

FARMERS AND AGRI-BUSINESS AND TO THIS DAY, HE CONTINUES TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE AS WELL AS THE APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE, IN ADDITION TO BEING LEADER.

BUT ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS HE DID WHEN HE WENT TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE, HE INTRODUCED THE 1985 FARM BILL.

AND THAT HELPED PUT HIM AND THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE TO HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON KENTUCKY'S FUTURE AS WE TRY TO FEED OURSELVES AND THE REST OF THE WORLD AND WE APPRECIATE THAT LEADERSHIP.

IT HAS BEEN CONSISTENT THROUGH THAT TIME.

HE HAS BEEN ELECTED, THE LONGEST SERVING KENTUCKY SENATOR WE HAVE H. HIS LAST ELECTION, AGAIN, CARRIED 117 OF KENTUCKY'S 120 COUNTIES.

HE CONTINUES TO BE RECOGNIZED BY TIME MAGAZINE AS THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.

I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH HIM UP CLOSE.

I HAVE WATCHED HIM WITH TOBACCO BUYOUTS, WATCH HIM WITH KEY BUDGET ISSUES AND DEAL WITH MANY THINGS IMPORTANT TO THE COMMONWEALTH THAT MANY PEOPLE SAID THAT CAN'T HAPPEN.

BUT HE WOULD BRING IT HOME.

AND I SAY THAT AFFECTIONATELY MANY TIMES, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER McCONNELL MIRACLE.

SO TO THAT, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

HE HAS WITH HIM TODAY HIS WIFE, SECRETARY ELAINE CHOW IN HER OWN RIGHT, A TREMENDOUS LEADER.

HE SERVED AS SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION.

SHE HAS ALSO SERVED EIGHT YEARS AS SECRETARY OF LABOR.

ALSO RAN THE PEACE CORPS UNDERSTAND OTHER NON-PROFITS NATIONALLY.

SO PLEASE WELCOME TO THE PODIUM, SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL, LEADER OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE.

( CHEEERS AND BOOS ).

>> I JUST TOLD DAVID BECK HIS INTRODUCTION IS LONGER THAN MY SPEECH.

ELAINE AND I ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BE BACK AT FANCY FARM.

ON BEHALF OF THE STRONGEST REPUBLICAN TEAM WE'VE EVER RUN IN OUR STATE.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KEEP COUNT, THIS IS MY 28th FANCY FARM.

MY 28th FANCY FARM.

I WANT TO THANK FATHER BENDERS AND STEVEN ELDER FOR FINDING A WAY TO KEEP FANCY FARM GOING EVEN WITH PORK PRICES GOING THROUGH THE ROOF.

THANKS TO THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR KEEPING FOLKS SAFE THIS WEEKEND.

NOW HERE'S THE CHALLENGE FOR THE POLICE.

HERE'S THE CHALLENGE FOR THE POLICE.

WITH THE SHUTDOWN GOVERNOR IN CHARGE, I'M SURE STATE TROOPERS ARE JUST GLAD TO BE ON CHURCH PROPERTY WITHOUT HAVING TO TAG LICENSE PLATES.

MY FRIENDS, I'LL BE HONEST IT'S NOT HARD FOR REPUBLICANS TO LOOK GOOD THESE DAYS.

WE ARE UP AGAINST THE FOLKS WHO GAVE YOU RECORD HIGH INFLATION.

WE ARE UP AGAINST FOLKS WHO CLOSE SCHOOLS AND THEN TOLD YOU THE TEACHERS UNIONS KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR YOUR KIDS WE ARE UP AGAINST FOLKS WHO WOULD RATHER LET REPEAT OFFENDERS WALK FREE THAN GET TOUGH ON CRIME.

I'M GLAD GOVERNOR BESHEAR FINALLY DECIDED TO COME TO FANCY FARM.

IT HAS BEEN THE FIRST SATURDAY IN AUGUST FOR 143 YEARS.

BUT ANDY ONLY SEEMS TO MAKE TIME FOR YOU ALL WHEN HE'S STARING DOWN ELECTION DAY.

FRIENDS, I KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT BEATING BESHEARS, AND LET ME TELL YOU, LET ME TELL YOU, ANDY MADE HIS DAD LOOK LIKE A REPUBLICAN.

STEVE BESHEAR THOUGHT WOKE WHAT IS ME DID FROM HIS SENATE MIGHT MAYOR RACE IN 1996.

BUT ANDY, HE SPOKES LIBERAL WITH A CALIFORNIA ACCENT.

SEE MAKE NO MISTAKE.

BIDEN AND BESHEAR ARE AS THICK AS THIEVES NOT JUST BECAUSE HE WANT TO ROB YOU BLIND IN TAXES.

DON'T TAKE MY WORD AT IT.

LET'S LOOK AT ANDY'S RECORD.

CLOSED DOWN BUSINESSES AND SCHOOLS WHILE KEEPING LIQUOR STORES OPEN.

SHUT DOWN CHURCH AND SENT STATE TROOPERSES TO HEARS THE FAITHFUL ON SUNDAY, FORCING WOKE AGENDA ON TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AND MAY MIGHT AS WELL BE RUNNING FOR MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO.

NOW IT'S A GOOD THING WE HAVE A REPUBLICAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY KEEPING THE GOVERNOR IN CHECK.

AND RAND PAUL HOLDING BIDEN ACCOUNTABLE.

AND?

THE SENATE, I'M WORKING TO MAKE SURE KENTUCKY PUNCHES ABOVE ITS WEIGHT.

I HAVE FOUGHT FOR MILLIONS TO REBUILD EAST AND WESTERN KENTUCKY AFTER DISASTER STRUCK AND I'M MAKING SURE OUR HEROES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT GO IT WHAT THEY NEED TO CRACKDOWN ON CRIME AND PLUG THE HOLES IN BIDEN'S OPEN BORDERS.

WHEN WE SEND A UNITED REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT TO FRANK FOR THE THIS FALL,-- FRANKFORT, WE CAN FINALLY PUT A STOP TO THE DEFUND POLICE MOVEMENT AND MAKE SURE OUR FARMERS AND COAL MINERS ARE TAKEN CARE OF AND WE CAN HELP THE MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES WHO ARE STRUGGLING IN THE BIDEN-BESHEAR ECONOMY.

SO THIS NUMBER-- SO THIS NOVEMBER, REMEMBER WHO GIVES ANDY HIS MARCHING ORDERS.

IT'S BIDEN AND THE SAME RADICAL DEMOCRATS WHO WANT TO WEAKEN OUR DROOPS, BAN OUR GAS STOVE AND TURN THE COUNTRY INTO A SOCIALIST NATION.

BIDEN AND BESHEAR ARE NOT WORKING FOR KENTUCKY.

ANDY MIGHT AS WELL BE ON THE WHITE HOUSE PAYROLL AND IT'S HIGH TIME HE WAS HONEST ABOUT IT.

KENTUCKIANS WON'T FALL FOR IT.

WE WANT SOMEONE WHO FIGHTS FOR US AND OUR VALUES SO LET'S GIVE THE SHUTDOWN GOVERNOR A TASTE OF HIS OWN MEDICINE AND PHOTO REPUBLICAN THIS FALL.

[ CHEERING ] OUR NEXT SPEAKER REPRESENTS THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND 29 COUNTIES AND HE HAS SERVED IN THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR 12 YEARS AND SERVED AS KENTUCKY COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED UNITED STATES CONGRESS IN 2016.

HE CHAIRS THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE.

HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN AGRICULTURE.

FORMER FAA PRESIDENT AND BEEN A REAL LEADER IN HIS ENVIRONMENT ON MANY DIFFERENT ISSUES IMPORTANT TO THE COMMONWEALTH.

HE AND TAMARA JOE ARE BETTER KNOWN AS T.J. WITH THREE CHILDREN.

WELCOME TO THE PODIUM, CONGRESSMAN JAMES COMER.

>> THANK YOU.

WELCOME TO THE GREATEST POLITICAL TRADITION IN THE HISTORY OF KENTUCKY, THE FANCY FARM PICNIC!

THIS POLITICAL IS ALWAYS A BIG DEAL FOR ALL THE WEST KENTUCKY AND FOR THIS GREAT TRADITION TO CONTINUE, WE MUST HAVE PARTICIPATION FROM BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES.

AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE CANDIDATES ON THE STAGE TODAY FOR PARTICIPATING.

THAT'S WHAT THIS POLITICAL SPEAKING IS ALL ABOUT!

BEFORE I GET TO MY REMARKS, WHICH #-R MAINLY ABOUT MY WORK IN WASHINGTON, LET ME SAY PUBLICLY TWO IMPORTANT THINGS: FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK SENATOR MITCH McCOMFOR THE CLOSE-- SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL FOR THE CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP THAT WE AND I HAVE.

WE WORK TOGETHER ON EVERY ISSUE AFFECTING WEST KENTUCKY FROM THE YOUR RAIN YAM TO THE FARM BILL IN THE PURCHASE AREA.

MITCH McCONNELL ALWAYS FIGHTS FOR WEST KENTUCKY.

SECTIONED, I WANT TO SAY PUBLICLY AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY, I'M PROUD TO ENDORSE THIS ENTIRE REPUBLICAN TICKET THIS NOVEMBER!

ESPECIALLY OUR NEXT GOVERNOR DANIEL CAMERON!

NOW SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU GET YOUR NEWS, THAT I'M LEADING A LITTLE INVESTIGATION IN WASHINGTON D.C. AT THE END OF JANUARY 2023, I BECAME CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

AND THE FOUR BIGGEST NEWSPAPERS IN AMERICA HAVE WRITTEN EXTENSIVELY ON OUR INVESTIGATION.

THOSE NEWSPAPERS ARE THE NEW YORK POST, "THE NEW YORK TIMES," THE WASHINGTON POST AND THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.

IN FACT, THEY HAVE WRITTEN OVER 250 ARTICLES ABOUT OUR INVESTIGATION.

NOW, USUALLY THEY DIDN'T START OFF RIGHT, BUT ONCE THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE STEPPED IN, THEN THE NARRATIVE CHANGED.

IF YOU GET YOUR NEWS IN KENTUCKY FROM THE FOUR BIGGEST NEWSPAPERS IN KENTUCKY, YOU HAVE READ A TOTAL OF ZERO STORIES ABOUT THAT INVESTIGATION.

SO JUST IN CASE YOU GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWSPAPERS IN KENTUCKY, LET ME FILL YOU IN ON A LITTLE TIMELINE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH OUR INVESTIGATION.

IN JANUARY THE MEDIA NARRATIVE WAS THAT THE BIDEN LAPTOP-- BUT MY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WORKED WITH CBS NEWS AND OTHERS ON A FORENSIC AWED TO IT PROVE IT WAS REAL.

IN FEBRUARY, THE MEDIA NARRATIVE WAS THAT NO BIDEN EVER TOOK MONEY FROM CHINA OUR BIGGEST ENEMY ON THE PLANET.

BUT MY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE SUBPOENAED BANK RECORDS THAT SHOWED THE BIDENS RECEIVED A $3 MILLION WIRE FROM CHINA THAT WENT TO THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT BIDEN FAMILY MEMBERS.

IN MARCH, I WAS FIGHTING TO GET ACCESS TO THE SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY REPORTS WHICH ARE BANK VIOLATIONS IN THE TREASURY CABINET.

BUT THE MEDIA NARRATIVE WAS OH IT'S NOT IMPORTANT.

THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE HERE.

EVERYBODY GETS A SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY REPORT AND BY THE WAY, WOULD I SAY THAT NOT A SINGLE PERSON UNDER THIS PAVILION HAS EVER GOTTEN A SUSPICIOUS BANK ACTIVITY REPORT.

BUT MY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WAS GRANTED ACCESS TO TREASURY.

WE FOUND 170 AND COUNTING SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY REPORTS BY THE BIDENS AND THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND.

WE FOUND MORE BANK VIOLATIONS, MORE BANK COMPANIES, MORE ILLEGAL WIRE TRANSFERS AND MORE BIDENS TAKING MONEY FROM OUR ENEMIES.

IN FACT, SIX MORE BIDEN FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN TAKING MONEY FROM OUR ENEMIES AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT'S TEENAGED GRANDDAUGHTER.

NOW THAT'S GOT TO BE A LITTLE HARD TO EXPLAIN.

IN APRIL, THE MEDIA'S NARRATIVE WAS THAT BIDEN FAMILY NEVER TOOK MONEY BUT WE PROVEID THE WRONG WHEN WE RELEASED A BANK MEMO SHOWING 16 BANK WIRES FROM A ROMANIAN FOREIGN NATIONAL JUST DAYS AFTER THE VICE PRESIDENT LEFT ROWE MANIA IN AIR FORCE 2.

IN MAY, I DID A FOX INTERVIEW WHERE I SAID THAT WE WERE COMMUNICATING WITH MULTIPLE WHISTLE BLOWERS BUT THE MEDIA NARRATIVE WAS THAT I WAS LEADING.

THERE ARE NO WHISTLEBLOWERS.

BUT HOPEFULLY EVERYONE SAW OUR WHISTLEBLOWER HEARING AND SAW THE GREAT TESTIMONY AND HOPEFULLY YOU READ ABOUT THE FBI 1023 FORM THAT SHOWED THE PRESIDENT ALLEGEDLY TOOK A BRIBE.

IN JUNE, THERE WAS A PLEA AGREEMENT WITH THE PRESIDENT'S SON AND OUR OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE CRIED FOWL!

IN JULY, THE MEDIA REPORTED THE JUDGE REJECTED THE PLEA DEAL BUT THEY DIDN'T REPORT THAT THE JUDGE CITED MUCH OF THE WORK THAT OUR INVESTIGATION IN THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAS REVEALED AND IN AUGUST, AFTER OUR DEPOSITION WITH DEVYN ARCHER, THE MEDIA SAID WHEN IT WAS MADE PUBLIC THE PRESIDENT TALKED TO ALL OF THESE PEOPLE, THAT WERE SENDING THE BIDENS MONEY EVEN THOUGH HE SAID FOR 20 YEARS HE HASN'T, THAT IT WAS ONLY ABOUT THE WEATHER.

NOW LET ME TELL YOU, WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES.

BUT ONE THING WE CAN AGREE ON IS THAT WE ARE AGAINST PUBLIC CORRUPTION.

I WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE TAXPAYERS.

I WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

WE ARE GOING TO BRING THE TRUTH OUT THERE.

THANK YOU, MAY GOD BLESS KENTUCKY!

NOW OUR CANDIDATES FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IF THEY'LL COME FORWARD.

(CHANTING) >> SENATOR WINS THE COIN TOSS.

HE WILL BE GOING FIRST.

HE SERVED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE TERM AND THEN WAS ELECTED TO KENTUCKY SENATE.

HE IS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN HENDERSON WHERE HE GREW UP.

HE GOT HIS COLLEGE DEGREE AT ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY AND ALSO BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN SERVING AS CHAIR OF THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE AND ON THE COMMITTEE OR DEALING WITH TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HE AND HIS WIFE VICKI, AS I SAID, RESIDE IN HENDERSON.

HE WILL BE GOING FIRST.

>> THANK YOU, GRAVES COUNTY!

GOOD TO BE HERE!

IT IS TRULY AN HONOR TO STAND ON THIS STAGE AS THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WITH MY GOOD FRIEND DANIEL CAMERON, WE ARE GOING TO WIN THIS ELECTION!

AND PUT KENTUCKY BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK!

THE CAMERON-MILLS ADMINISTRATION WILL FIGHT FOR ALL KENTUCKIANS, NOT JUST A FEW FAVORED ONES OR CAMPAIGN DONORS.

WE WILL BACK THE BLUE AND PROTECT OUR KENTUCKY FAMILIES!

WE WILL WORK WITH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE, TO OVERCOME LEARNING LOSS, AND TO MAKE KENTUCKY THE VERY BEST PLACE TO LIVE AND LEARN!

IT'S GOOD TO SEE GOVERNOR BESHEAR HERE TODAY.

IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU, GOVERNOR, OUTSIDE OF A PRESS CONFERENCE.

YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHO I AM, GOVERNOR, BUT I'M A LEGISLATOR FROM THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY!

YOU KNOW, THAT CO-EQUAL BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.

WE ACTUALLY WORK IN THE SAME BUILDING WITH YOU, BUT YOU NEVER STOP BY TO SEE US.

YOU SPENT FOUR YEARS HOLD UP IN YOUR OFFICE REFUSING TO WORK WITH ANY OF US ON ANYTHING.

AND IT IS TRULY A SHAME, GOVERNOR, BECAUSE THE REPUBLICANS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ARE DETERMINED TO DELIVER FOR KENTUCKY.

WE ARE HOPE HELPING FAMILIES MAKE ENDS MEET.

WE ARE INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE, SCHOOLS AND OUR WORKFORCE.

WE ARE STANDING STRONG FOR OUR KENTUCKY VALUES AND THE MOST VULNERABLE.

YOU KNOW, I REALLY DON'T THINK GOVERNOR BESHEAR WANTS US TO KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN HIS OFFICE.

THE ONLY TIME WE EVER HEAR FROM HIM IS IN A VETO MESSAGE AND WE ALL KNOW HOW THOSE END, DON'T WE?

KENTUCKY REPUBLICANS HAVE PAST HISTORIC TAX CUTS TO HELP PUT MORE MONEY IN YOUR POCKET.

ANDY BESHEAR VETOED THAT!

WE PASSED A BILL TO SECURE KENTUCKY ELECTIONS AND REQUIRE PHOTO I.D.

TO VOTE AND WHAT DID HE DO?

WE VETOED IT.

I LED TO KEEP BOYS OUT OF GIRLS SPORTS AND GUESS WHAT?

ANDY BESHEAR VETOED IT.

WE FOUGHT THIS YEAR TO PROTECT CHILDREN, KENTUCKY CHILDREN FROM LIFE ALTERING DRUGS AND SEX CHANGE SURGERIES AND ANDY BESHEAR VETOED THAT.

HE EVEN CELEBRATED IN THE CAPITOL WITH AN ANTI-CHRISTIAN HATE GROUP CALLED THE SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE.

COME TO THINK OF IT, GOVERNOR, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD GET ALONG AT ALL.

GOOD THING YOU'LL BE RETIRING SOON.

THIS NOVEMBER, LET'S SEND KENTUCKY IN A NEW DIRECTION WITH DANIEL CAMERON!

DANIEL HAS COURAGEOUSLY FAULT FOR OUR MORALS AND OUR VALUES EVERY DAY AS ATTORNEY GENERAL.

HE HAS GONE ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT AND HE HAS WON, FOLKS!

DANIEL CAMERON WILL BE A GOVERNOR FOR ALL 120 COUNTIES.

HE ASKED ME TO JOIN THIS TICKET TO BE YOUR VOICE IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.

ONCE ELECTED, I WILL BE THE ONLY CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER WHO LIVES WEST OF I I-65.

I WILL GIVE FANCY FARM AND HENDERSON AND ALL THESE OTHER WONDERFUL COMMUNITIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY A SEAT AT THE TABLE.

WE'LL REPAIR THE DAMAGE THAT ANDY BESHEAR, WE WILL TACKLE THE TOUGH CHALLENGES FACING KENTUCKY AND WE WILL SECURE KENTUCKY'S FUTURE.

HELP US THIS NOVEMBER FOLKS.

PHOTO CAMERON-MILLS, YOUR TICKET FOR A BETTER KENTUCKY.

THANK YOU SNR.

>> NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

SETTLE DOWN AND WE'LL GET STARTED.

LIFE LONG KENTUCKIAN, SERVED FIRST TERM AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

MERCER COUNTY IS WHERE SHE IS FROM.

SHE IS AN EDUCATOR, A WRITER, STARTED A NON-PROFIT AND HER FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED A FAMILY BUSINESS FOR FIVE GENERATIONS THERE IN MERCY COUNTY.

SHE AND HER HUSBAND CHRIS RESIDE IN FRANKFORT AND SHE IS A MOM.

8 JACQUELINE COLEMAN!

>> HELLO FANCY FARM AND THANK YOU TO ST. JEROME'S PARRISH FOR KEEPING THIS TRADITION GOING FOR 143 YEARS!

AND A SPECIAL WELCOME TO JAMIE COMER.

THANKS FOR MAKING THE TRIP TO WESTERN KENTUCKY, CONGRESSMAN.

NOW WE KNOW THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR.

BECAUSE THIS SIDE IS DUSTING OFF MATT BEVIN'S OLD PLAYBOOK AND HE IS ATTACKING OUR SCHOOLS AGAIN!

BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, FANCY FARM IT DIDN'T WORK THEN AND IT IS NOT GOING TO WORK NOW.

IT DID NOT WORK THEN AND IT IS NOT GOING TO WORK NOW.

IT IS SURREAL TO THINK WE WERE FIGHTING A FEW YEARS FIGHTING BEVIN'S ILLEGAL PENSION CUTS.

LET ME REMIND YOU, DANIEL CAMERON SAID HE WOULD HAVE DEFENDED THOSE ILLEGAL PENSION CUTS.

; BREAKING THAT PROMISE TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, OUR SOCIAL WORKERS AND OUR TEACHERS!

DON'T WORRY, DANIEL, AS YOU DISTANCE YOURSELF FROM THIS FORMER GOVERNOR, I HEAR YOU ARE IN GOOD COMPANY.

AS HIS FORMER RUNNING MATE, ROBBIE MILLS, IT WASN'T ENOUGH FOR THEIR SEWER BILL THAT LOST UNANIMOUSLY IN COURT.

ROBBIE WANTED A SPECIAL SESSION TO TRY TO RAM IT THROUGH AGAIN.

JUST THINK ABOUT THAT.

SEVEN NOS, 0 YESES.

SOUND LIKE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SPEED DATING WITH DANIEL CAMERON.

DANIEL WANTS TO TO IGNORE RECORD GROWTH AND ROARING ECONOMY AND VOTE FOR HIM INSTEAD BUT ALL HE HAS TO OFFER YOU IS SENDING YOUR TAX DOLLARS FROM MAYS COUNTY AND MAYFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN LEXINGTON AND LOUISVILLE.

I SAY WE REJECT DANIEL'S OFFER AS FAST AS RYAN QUARLES DID.

THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT KENTUCKY IS A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF ANDY'S LEADERSHIP AND OUR EDUCATION FIRST ADMINISTRATION ANDY HAS DELIVERED RECORD JOB CREATION, HISTORIC ECONOMIC INVESTMENT, THE LARGEST BUDGET SURPLUS IN KENTUCKY'S HISTORY.

AND YOU NOY WHAT THAT MEANS?

WE'VE GOT MORE THAN ENOUGH MONEY TO GIVE THESE HARD WORKING TEACHERS THE RAISE THEY DESERVE!

WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT WHILE SHOWING UP FOR OUR NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THAT IS LEADERSHIP IT'S NOT ABOUT FANNING THE FLAMES OF ALL THE CABLE NEWS CULTURE WARS.

IT IS ABOUT PUTTING POLITICS ASIDE AND SHOWING UP FOR PEOPLE.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT ANDY HAS DONE.

BUT HE HAD A GREAT EXAMPLE IN HIS DAD, GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR.

BEFORE YOU DISART IN ON THEIR FAMILY, LET ME JUST SAY, I WOULD RATHER BE STEVE BESHEAR'S SON THAN MITCH McCONNELL'S PUPPET.

THANK YOU, FANCY FARM!

ROBBIE!

ROBBIE!

ROBBIE!

NOW WE'LL HAVE THE CANDIDATES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

PLEASE COME FORWARD FOR THE COIN TOSS.

RUSSELL COLEMAN WON THE COIN IS TO.

SEEKING OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.

HE WAS BORN IN PADUCAH, LIVES IN GRAVES COUNTY AS WELL AS DAVIS COUNTIES.

HE SERVED 53 COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY AS U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT.

I HAVE WATCHED HIM WORK IN VAIR VARIOUS NON-PROFITS TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN RELATING TO DRUGS AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN THE URBAN AREAS.

HE ALSO PRACTICED LAW IN LOUISVILLE.

HE AND HIS WIFE ASHLEY, THEY HAVE THREE CHERN AND LIVE IN OLDHAM COUNT.

WELCOME TO THE PODIUM.

RUSSELL COLEMAN.

>> THANK YOU FANCY FARM!

MY WIFE AND I ARE SO GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.

I'LL TELL YOU SPEAKING FROM THIS STAGE, BEHIND THIS PODIUM HAS BEEN A DREAM OF MINE SINCE I WAS A BOY STANDING THERE AT THE PITS DRIVING OVER FROM MAYFIELD FOR THE BARBECUE.

I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE WARM HOSPITALITY OF ST. JEROME'S PARRISH AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO MAKING THIS A REALITY.

AND FOLKS, PLEASE JOIN ME IN THANKING THOSE THAT WILL BE OUT HERE PROTECTING US LONG AFTER WE ARE IN OUR BEDS TONIGHT.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE GRAVES GRAVES COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE, JOHN HEYS AND HIS DEPUTIES AND ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT HEROES.

I WAS BORN IN PADUCAH.

AS MY DAD'S FACTORY JOBS TOOK US ALL OVER THE STATE, MAYFIELD WAS OUR FAMILY'S HOME BASE, BOTH SETS OF GRANDPARENTS LIVED RIGHT HERE IN GRAVES COUNTY.

SO IT'S A REAL TREAT, FRIENDS, A REAL TREAT TO WELCOME MY GRANDMA BETTY HERE FROM MAYFIELD.

WELL HOLD ON.

THAT IS IF SHE CAME IN FROM THE BINGO TABLES.

AFTER GRADUATING FROM U.K. LAW SCHOOL, I SPENT MANY HOURS, A LOT OF HOURS BEFORE THE TORNADO TOOK IT IN WHAT WAS THE GRAVES COUNTY COURTHOUSE.

STUDYING FOR THE KENTUCKY BAR EXAM.

WELL, HOLD ON A MINUTE, REPRESENTATIVES STEVENSON, LET ME TELL YOU THE KENTUCKY BAR EXAM IS A TEST YOU TAKE TO PRACTICE LAW IN KENTUCKY.

JOKES ASIDE, I'M RUNNING FOR THE VERY SERIOUS PURPOSE OF PROTECTING YOUR FAMILY AND MINE FROM VIOLENT CRIME, FROM THE DEADLY DRUGS THAT WE ARE SEEING DUMPING INTO OUR COMMUNITIES, AND FROM THE RADICAL OVERREACH OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IN WASHINGTON D.C. FRIENDS, I AM RUNNING TO BACK THE BLUE.

I HAVE WORN A BADGE AND I HAVE CARRIED A GUN AS A STREET AGENT.

I HAVE BEEN A STATE PROSECUTOR AND I HAVE BEEN THE CHIEF FEDERAL PROSECUTOR APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

I HAVE RAISED MY HAND TO SERVE OVERSEAS IN A COMBAT ZONE, TO PROTECT THIS COUNTRY FROM ITS ENEMIES.

THIS PICNIC IS A CELEBRATION OF CONSERVATIVE KENTUCKY VALUES.

BUT THE DEMOCRAT PARTY, LED BY GOVERNOR BESHEAR AND PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS ABANDONED THOSE VALUES WHY ELSE WOULD GOVERNOR BESHEAR KEEP OUR SCHOOLS CLOSED AND FAIL OUR STUDENTS?

AND GOVERNOR, IT IS NOT GETTING THE JOB DONE TO LET OUR KIDS MENTAL HEALTH CRATER AND JUVENILE VIOLENCE INCREASE!

WHY ELSE WOULD GOVERNOR BESHEAR PARDON SO MANY VIOLENT OFFENDERS THAT WENT ON TO REOFFEND AND HURT KENTUCKY FAMILIES AND WHY ELSE WOULD HE RECRUIT A CANDIDATE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO COULDN'T EVEN LEGALLY PRACTICE LAW IN OUR COMMONWEALTH?

THAT'S RIGHT.

MY OPPONENT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A KENTUCKY LAW LICENSE.

THIS NOVEMBER YOU WILL HAVE A CLEAR CHOICE OF SOMETHING SUPPORTED BY KENTUCKY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO INCLUDE AN ENDORSEMENT FROM THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE AND WHO IS YOUR LAWYER?

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE TICKET LED BY DANIEL CAMERON.

HE IS A ONCE IN A GENERATION LEADER.

IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO SERVE ON THIS TICKET.

TOGETHER, FRIENDS, WE WILL PROTECT KENTUCKY FAMILIES.

WE WILL MAKE KENTUCKY SAFE AGAIN.

THANK YOU AND MAY GOD PROTECT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF KENTUCKY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMONWEALTH!

NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR-- WHEN YOU STOP, WE'LL INTRODUCE THE NEXT SPEAKER.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS PAMELA STEVENS, SERVING HER FIRST TERM IN THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

HE SERVED 27 YEARS IN THE MILITARY AS A JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL FOR U.S. AIR FORCE.

RETIRING WITH THE RANK OF COLONEL.

SHE IS KNOWN FOR HER PASSIONATE SPEECHESES ABOUT TEACHERS AND AFTER SHE GETS DONE SPEAKING PASSES THE HAT SOMETIMES BUT SHE IS A MINISTER, OR BAPTIST CHURCH IN LOUISVILLE.

SHE AND HER HUSBAND HAVE TWO CHILDREN.

WELCOME TO THE PODIUM, REPRESENTATIVE STEVENSON.

>> HELLO FANCY FARM!

THANK YOU TO ST. JEROME'S PARRISH FOR HOSTING US AND FOR LETTING THE LITTLE RADICALS PARTICIPATE!

IT'S SO GOOD TO BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE I GET TO HEAR MY OPPONENT TELL JOKES BASED ON HIS SPEECHES, I DIDN'T KNOW HE NOW HOW TO TELL A JOKE.

I AM COLONEL PAM STEVENSON.

LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.

OKAY, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A LOT.

BORN AND RAISED IN LOUISVILLE.

MY GRANDPARENTS HAD 15 CHILDREN.

I STARTED A CHURCH WHERE I AM AN ORDAINED MINISTER.

I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 41 YEARS AND I GOT TWO CHILDREN.

MY FAMILY HAS LIVED IN KENTUCKY FOR GENERATIONS.

I AM KENTUCKY'S DAUGHTER.

THEY CALL ME COLONEL PAM BECAUSE I SERVED 27 YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND RETIRED AS A COLONEL.

SO, SINCE I DIDN'T HAVE MITCH McCONNELL'S HELP, I HAD TO DO IT LIKE MOST WOMEN DO IT, I EARNED IT!

I TOOK ON THE TOUGHEST JOBS.

I WAS A CHIEF PROSECUTOR.

I HELPED THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES.

I WORKED WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT.

I PARTNERED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT I MITIGATED HUNDREDS OF CASES.

I NEGOTIATED A HOSTAGE CRISIS IN CROATIA.

I WORKED WITH THE UNITED NATIONS.

I ASSISTED THE 9/11 COMMISSION AND I DEPLOYED TO THE MIDDLE EAST.

AND THAT WAS ALL ON A MONDAY!

NOW I KNOW THESE BOYS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE A BIG TO DO ABOUT MAY BAR STATUS.

I I WOULD, TOO, IF I HAD TO COMPETE AGAINST MY RESUME.

LORD, LORD KNOWS, AND I NOTE THE LORD, THAT SOME OF THESE BOYS WOULDN'T EVEN MAKE IT OUT OF BOOT CAMP.

SO, LET'S BE REAL, KENTUCKY.

I MAY NOT BE THE MOST EXCITING CANDIDATE.

I QUILT.

I LIKE TO GO TO BED EARLY.

AND I'M NOT SO TALL.

BUT I AM STILL MILES MORE INTERESTING THAN MY OPPONENT.

HE'S SO BORING, HE MAKES DANIEL CAMERON SEEM LIKE A REAL ATTORNEY!

ALL JOKES ASIDE, I HAVE FULFILLED EVERY REQUIREMENT IN THE CONSTITUTION FIVE TIMES OVER IN NEARLY 40 YEARS OF LAW PRACTICE, I AM MORE QUALIFIED THAN THE MAN WHO CURRENTLY HOLDS THE JOB.

AND I'M MORE QUALIFIED THAN THE MAN THAT WANTS THE JOB!

THE ONLY REQUIREMENT I SEEM TO BE MISSING IS I NEVER BEEN MITCH McCONNELL'S SIDE KICK, HIS ATTORNEY.

I ASK YOU TO JOIN ME, LIVING, MAKING KENTUCKY GREAT.

DUTY, HONOR, KENTUCKY!

THANK YOU FANCY FARM!

>> NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO GO.

MIKE HAR MON-- HARMON, AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HE AND HIS WIFE LIN HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN.

-- GRANDSONS, MIKE, MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM.

>> IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK HERE AT FANCY FARM AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AT ST. JEROME'S PARRISH WHO HAS WORKED SO HARD TO PUT ON THIS EVENT.

I'M HONORED TO BE IN MY EIGHTH YEAR SERVING AS YOUR KENTUCKY STATE AUDITOR AND I HAVE MADE IT A POINT TO ATTEND EVERY FANCY FARM I'VE BEEN INVITED TO.

SADLY, THIS WILL BE MY LAST YEAR AS AUDITOR, BUT I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HERE IN KENTUCKY WHO HAS GIVEN ME THE HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU ON THE STAGE AND TO SERVE THIS GREAT COMMONWEALTH.

JOKE TELLING EVEN IF IT IS DAD JOKES, IN MY CASE, GRANDAD JOKES.

THIS YEAR'S THEME IS YOU MIGHT BE A BESHEAR-BIDEN DEMOCRAT.

ALL RIGHT.

ARE WE READY?

IF YOU THINK SIN IS ABHORRENT BUT THE ONLY THING THAT IS A SIN IS VOTING REPUBLICAN, YOU MIGHT BE A BESHEAR-BIDEN DEMOCRAT IF YOU EVERYBODY CALLED ANYONE A SCIENCE DENIER BUT THEN CAN'T DEFINE WHAT A WOMAN IS, YOU MIGHT BE A BESHEAR-BIDEN DEMOCRAT.

IF THE ONLY HUNTER YOU THINK SHOULD HAVE A GUN IS HUNTER BIDEN, YOU MIGHT BE A BESHEAR-BIDEN DEMOCRAT.

IF YOU THINK SHUTTING DOWN A CHURCH WILL SAVE A LIFE, BUT SHUTTING DOWN AN ABORTION CLINIC... YOU MIGHT BE A BEHERE-BIDEN DEMOCRAT.

IF YOUR IDEA OF GOOD PUBLIC POLICY IS TAKING CREDIT FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S WORK, YOU MIGHT BE A BESHEAR-BIDEN DEMOCRAT.

IF YOU WANT TO SELL A COMBINE PACK OF Mr. AND Mrs.

POTATO HEAD PARTS AND CALL THE TOY GENDER NEUTRAL POTATO HEAD, YOU MIGHT BE A BESHEAR BIDEN DEMOCRAT.

IF YOU THINK COMMUNICATING WITH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS PUTTING THEIR NUMBER ON THE DO NOT CALL LIST, YOU MIGHT BE A BESHEAR-BIDEN DEMOCRAT.

AND SADLY, IF YOU HAVE EVER VETOED A BILL PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM MUTE LAYINGS AND TEACHERS FROM BEING BULLIED BY EDUCATION COMMISSIONER, YOU ARE DEFINITELY A BESHEAR-BIDEN DEMOCRAT.

AS I CLOSE, PLEASE DON'T BE DECEIVED THERE IS ONLY ONE PARTY THAT WANTS TO PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN'S INNOCENCE, PROTECT YOUR SAFETY, PROTECT YOUR KENTUCKY FAMILY VALUES AND THAT'S THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR NEXT GOVERNOR, DANIEL CAMERON AND THE ENTIRE REPUBLICAN SLATE DEFENDING THE BELIEFS THAT KENTUCKIANS AND I HOLD SO DEAR.

THANK YOU.

GOD BLESS AND I APPRECIATE YOU.

>> NOW I'M GOING TO INVITE THE CANDIDATES FOR STATE AUDITOR TO THE PODIUM.

ALLISON BALL AND KIM REEDER ALLISON BALL WON THE COIN IS TO AND SHE IS NOW IN HER SECOND TERM AS KENTUCKY STATE TREASURER.

SHE IS A FLOYD COUNTY NATIVE.

SHE RECEIVED HER LAW DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY.

SHE STARTED HER FIRST BUSINESS AT THE AGE OF 9 AND HAS PRACTICED LAW AS WELL AS SERVING.

SHE AND HER HUSBAND, Dr. ASA SWAN, THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND PLEASE WELCOME TO THE PODIUM, ALLISON BALL.

>> I'M ALLISON BALL, AND I AM PROUD TO BE YOUR STATE TREASURER RIGHT NOW AND I AM HOT BALLOT TO BE YOUR NEXT KENTUCKY STATE AUDITOR.

AND AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, AS TREASURER, I MADE KENTUCKY HISTORY WHEN I BECAME THE FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER TO GIVE BIRTH WHILE SERVING IN OFFICE.

NOW, LIKE MANY PARENTS, WHAT I WATCH ON TV WHAT IS PIE KIDS WATCH ON TV SO THESE DAYS, IT INCLUDES A LOT OF SESAME STREET.

NOW MARIGOLD AND HER BIG BROTHER LEVI LOVE SESAME STREET AND ONE OF THEIR FAVORITE THINGS TO DO IS TO COUNT WITH COUNT VON COUNT.

OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AS I HAVE BEEN COUNTING WITH MY KIDS, I HAD A SUDDEN REALIZATION THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE A NUMBERS PROBLEM.

AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE THE FEWEST ELECTED DEMOCRATS IN KENTUCKY HISTORY, OR THAT THEY HAVE THE SMALLEST PERCENTAGE OF KENTUCKIANS REGISTERED TO VOTE IN KENTUCKY HISTORY.

I AM TALKING ABOUT ALL OF IT.

THINK ABOUT IT.

THE ONLY NUMBERS THAT MY DEMOCRAT OPPONENT THINK ABOUT ARE HER DONATION DOLLARS FROM CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK.

THE ONLY NUMBERS THAT JACQUELINE COLEMAN THINK ABOUT DURING A PANDEMIC ARE THE PHONE NUMBERS OF HER HAIR DRESSERS.

ANDY BESHEAR'S NUMBERS, ON JOBS, TEACHERS AND THE HOMICIDE RATE ARE WAY OFF THE MARK, AND JOE BIDEN CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY GRANDKIDS HE HAS.

BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THE DEMOCRATS TROUBLE WITH NUMBERS ARE CAUSING US REAL PROBLEMS.

BIDEN ECONOMICS IS CAUSING INFLATION TO SKYROCKET.

AND ANDY BESHEAR IS MORE INTERESTED IN COUNTING LICENSE PLATES NUMBERS THAN FIGURING OUT HOW MANY FOSTER KIDS ARE SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR OF OFFICE BUILDINGS OR HOW MANY JUVENILES ARE SUFFERING IN JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERS.

THESE ARE SERIOUS PROBLEMS TO HAVE.

THIS REPUBLICAN TICKET ON THE OTHER HAND IS THE ONLY ONE WITH THE NUMBERS TO MAKE KENTUCKY GREAT AGAIN.

WE'VE LOWERED YOUR TAXES WE'VE CREATED JOBS, AS STATE TREASURER I'VE MADE SURE ALL 171 SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE RESOURCES TO TEACH FINANCIAL LITERACY TO THE NEXT GENERATION.

I HAVE RETURNED $170 MILLION OF UNCLAIM PROPERTY.

I'VE HELPED KENTUCKIANS WITH DISABILITIES SAVE NEARLY $12 MILLION OF THEIR OWN MONEY.

UNDERSTOOD I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS ONE.

HAVE I FOUGHT AGAINST THE ESG MOVEMENT OR AS I LIKE TO CALL IT, EXTREME SHORTAGES GUARANTEED MOVEMENT.

NOW IF YOU DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THIS.

LOOK AT GERMANY.

IN GERMANY WHERE ESG IS STANDARD PRACTICE, PEOPLE ARE BURNING CANDLES TO HEAT THEIR HOUSES AND LIGHT THEIR HOUSES AND THE GOVERNMENT IS COUNTING HOW MANY SHOWERS THAT YOU TAKE.

I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP.

THEY'RE EVEN GOING SO FAR AS TO TELL YOU YOU NEED TO BE MORE BODY ODOR TOLERANT.

THAT STINKS.

I'M RUNNING TO BE YOUR NEXT STATE AUDITOR BECAUSE I KNOW WE NEED TO KEEP UP THE FIGHT TO FOLLOW THE DATA AND PROTECT KENTUCKY TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.

AFTER EIGHT YEARS IN OFFICE I'VE SHOWN THAT I DON'T HAVE A NUMBERS PROBLEM.

I'VE PROUDLY WATCHED OVER YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE WHEN THEY'RE SPENT, THOOR SPENT RIGHT.

NOW I'M ASKING YOU TO GIVE ME THE CHANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT AFTER THOSE TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE SPENT, THERE IS NO FUNNY BUSINESS LIKE WHEN ANDY BESHEAR SENT TORNADO RELIEF FUNDS TO THE WRONG PEOPLE.

REPUBLICANS HAVE SHOWN WE ARE READY TO LEAD.

NOW LISTEN TO THESE NUMBERS.

WE HAVE 80 OUT OF 100 HOUSE SEATS.

31 OF 38 SENATE SEATS AND MORE THAN 90 OF 120 JUDGE EXECUTIVES.

THIS NOVEMBER TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT OTHER VOTERS SEE EVERYWHERE, REPUBLICANS HAVE THE NUMBERS ON OUR SIDE, NOT BECAUSE WE ARE MAKING UP NUMBERS LIKE ANDY BESHEAR JOB NUMBERS.

BUT BECAUSE THE REPUBLICANS ARE IN OFFICE, THE ECONOMY GOES UP AND SO DOES YOUR PAYCHECK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> NEXT KIM REEDER IS THE CANDIDATE ALSO FOR STATE AUDITOR.

SHE GREW UP IN ROUND COUNTY.

SHE RECEIVED HER DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM YALE UNIVERSITY, A MASTERS IN PUBLIC POLICY FROM DUKE UNIVERSITY AND LAW DEGREE FROM UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA.

IN 2011, SHE IS RECOGNIZED AS UP WITH OF THE TOP 10 TAX ATTORNEYS IN NORTH AMERICA.

PLEASE WELCOME TO THE PODIUM, KIM REEDER.

>> HELLO FANCY FARM!

I'M KIM REEDER AND I AM HONORED AND EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS IMPORTANT EVENT IN KENTUCKY.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ROUND COUNTY IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.

AND LIKE MANY KENTUCKY FAMILIES, MY FAMILY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.

MY DAD POURED CONCRETE AND RAISED CATTLE.

MY MOM CANNED VEGETABLES TO MAKE SURE WE HAD ENOUGH TO EAT.

I LEARNED TO WORK HARD THEN AND I LEARNED SOMETHING ELSE FROM MY MOM.

I LEARNED FROM HER THAT THE PATH TO A BETTER LIFE WOULD BE THROUGH EDUCATION.

AND AFTER I GRADUATED FROM ROUND COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, I WENT ON TO EARN DEGREES AT YALE, DUKE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA LAW SCHOOL.

AND I WASN'T DONE THEN!

I'VE SPENT 20 YEARS BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL TAX PRACTICE.

I WAS NAMED ONE OF THE TOP TAX ATTORNEYS IN THE COUNTRY.

BUT ALL OF THAT PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS REALLY DIDN'T SEEM TO MATTER AS MUCH WHEN MY MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN EARLY ONSET FORM OF DEMENTIA.

AND SO I RAISED MY HAND TO HELP HER.

AND IN 2014, MY DAUGHTERRANCELEY AND-- MY DAUGHTER AND I MOVED BACK TO MOREHEAD TO BE WITH MY MOTHER IN THE LAST YEAR OF HADDER LIFE.

AFTER SHE PASSED AWAY, I CONTINUED TO RAISE MY HAND, TO WORK AT OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL, TEACHING COMMUNICATIONS, TO TEACH FOR FIVE YEARS IN THE GOVERNOR'S SCHOLARS PROGRAM.

AND NOW I'VE RAISED MY HAND TO RUN FOR AUDITOR.

BECAUSE MY EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS MAKE ME EXCEPTIONALLY QUALIFIED FOR THIS JOB.

I AM NOT JUST A CAREER POLITICIAN TRYING TO GET ANOTHER POLITICAL JOB.

I'M A PROFESSIONAL, WHO WANTS TO USE MY SKILLS, MY INTELLECT AND MY DECADES OF EXPERIENCE TO WORK FOR KENTUCKY.

AND WE ARE WALKING THE WALK ON THAT.

WE HAVE A 1993 R.V.

IT DOESN'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING.

BUT WE ARE GETTING AROUND TO ALL 120 COUNTIES TO TALK WITH KENTUCKY AND THEN MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE.

I HOPE I GET A CHANCE TO TALK MORE WITH SOME OF YOU, HEAR YOUR IDEAS FOR THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FANCY FARM!

THANK YOU!

THANK YOU ST. JEROME'S PARRISH.

THANK YOU.

NOW WE ARE READY FOR THE CANDIDATES FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.

SECRETARY OF STATE MICHAEL ADAMS TO COME FORWARD AND CHARLES BUDDY WHEATLEY IF THEY WILL COME FORWARD FOR THE COIN TOSS.

CHARS BUDDY WHEATLEY WON THE COIN TOSS AND WANTS TO GO FIRST.

HE WAS BORN IN COVINGTON KENTUCKY, FORMER MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED 2018.

GOT HIS JOURNALISM DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ENGLISH DEGREE FROM NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY AS WELL AS HIS LAW WORKING.

WORKING WITH LABOR LAW AND EMPLOYMENT LAW AND HE HAS BEEN THE FIRE CHIEF FOR THE CITY OF COVINGTON AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST FOR FEDEX AND HE AND HIS WIFE JUDY HAVE TWO CHIRP.

WELCOME TO THE PODIUM.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, THANKS ST. JEROME AND FANCY FARM.

WE ARE HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY AND HONORED TO BE BACK HERE IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.

FOR SOME OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME ALREADY, I AM A FOURTH GENERATION FIREFIGHTER AND RETIRED FIRE CHIEF.

I KNOW A THICK OR TWO ABOUT WORKING IN THE HEAT AND WORKING UNDER PRESSURE.

THE ONLY HEATED THAT MICHAEL ADAMS IS AWARE OF IS HIS OWN HOT AIR.

MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN KENTUCKY FOR 150 YEARS, PUBLIC SERVICE WAS IMBUED IN ME FROM A YOUNG AGE, AND I HAVE KNOWN THE VALUE OF WORKING HARD AND GIVING BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

THAT'S THE VALUE I WILL CARRY WITH ME TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE.

WE ARE LUCKY TO LIVE IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STATE IN THE COUNTRY AND THANKS TO GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR, WE ARE SEEING RECORD JOB GROWTH, RECORD INVESTMENT IN OUR SCHOOLS, IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

HE IS MOVING KENTUCKY FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE!

BUT SADLY, WE ARE IN A VERY, IMPORTANT WAY, FALLING BEHIND AND THAT'S HOW WE RUN OUR ELECTIONS.

MICHAEL ADAMS IS THE REASON.

HE WANTS TO MAKE IT HARDER TO VOTE, NOT EASIER FOR KENTUCKIANS.

THAT'S WHY HE TOOK AWAY SO MANY OF OUR POLLING LOCATIONS IN THE 2022 ELECTION, LEADING TO THE LOWEST VOTER TURNOUT IN 30 YEARS.

HE SAYS HE WANTS TO CUT DOWN ON VOTER FRAUD.

BUT THEN HE WANTS TO PULL US OUT OF A BIPARTISAN NATIONAL VOTER PROTECTION PROGRAM.

HERE'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO AS SECRETARY OF STATE.

GIVE KENTUCKIANS TWO FULL WEEKS OF EARLY VOTING.

KEEP OUR POLLS OPEN UNTIL 7 P.M. ON ELECTION DAY AS OUR CONSTITUTION PERMITS.

AND, YES, HELP ENSURE THAT THE VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS LIKE OUR FLOODS AND DISASTROUS TORNADOES ARE GIVEN THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO VOTE.

AND HERE'S ANOTHER THING.

WHETHER I'M SECRETARY OF STATE, IT WILL BE MY ONLY JOB, WHEN I'M SECRETARY OF STATE, KENTUCKIANS ARE PAYING MICHAEL ADAMS TO WORK FOR THEM IN FRANKFORT BUT WE KNOW HE CONTINUES TO MOONLIGHT AS A LAW PARTNER IN AN ELECTIONS FIRM THAT REPRESENTS ELECTION DENIERS IN SOME OF THE WORST POLITICS THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER SEEN.

SOMETIME GOOGLE THE NAME AND YOU WILL SEE WHY HE WAS FORCED TO RESIGN AS GOVERNOR OF MISSOURI.

THAT'S THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT MICHAEL ADAMS HAS BEEN REPRESENTING WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR YOU.

WHEN YOU ARE A FIREFIGHTER RESPONDING TO THE CALL, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE FOLKS IN DANGER ARE DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS OR INDEPENDENTS.

IT'S YOUR JOB TO HELP EVERYONE.

THAT'S THE ATTITUDE I WILL BRING WITH ME TO SECRETARY OF STATE.

EVERY CITIZEN DESERVES FAIR ACCESS TO THE POLLS AND SECURE, CONVENIENT WAYS TO CAST THEIR VOTE.

I'LL BE A SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ALL KENTUCKIANS, REGARDLESS OF PARTY.

AND I WILL DEFEND OUR DEMOCRACY FROM ANYONE OR ANYTHING THAT THREATENS IT.

TOGETHER, WE CAN BE THE VOICE AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT EVERY VOTE COUNTS!

I WON'T BACK DOWN.

THANK YOU FANCY FARM!

THANK YOU ST. JEROME.

(CHANTING) NOW WE'LL HAVE OUR NEXT SPEAKER SECRETARY OF STATE MICHAEL ADAMS.

MICHAEL GREW UP IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY SERVING HIS FIRST TERM AS THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

ELECTED 2019, HE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE AND THEN HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, RETURNING TO KENTUCKY TO CLERK FOR U.S. CHIEF JUSTICE JUDGE JOHN HABERN AND WORK WAS DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL FOR GOVERNOR ERNIE FLETCHER BEFORE ACCEPTING A POSITION IN D.C. AS U.S. DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THE SECOND BUSH ADMINISTRATION.

AND IN 2007, HE CAME BACK AND STARTED PRACTICING ELECTION LAW AND ELECTED SECRETARY OF STATE.

HE IS MARRIED TO CHRISTINA AND THEY HAVE ONE CHILD.

PLEASE WELCOME TO THE PODIUM, OUR SECRETARY OF STATE, MICHAEL ADAMS.

HELLO FANCY FARM!

LET ME START BY WELCOMING THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET TO GRAVES COUNTY.

IT HAS BEEN TOUGH TIMES FOR THE DEMOCRATS LATELY, UNDER GOVERNOR BESHEAR THEY'VE LOST 150,000 REGISTERED VOTERS.

BUT THEN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY PARTY IS LOSING CUSTOMERS FASTER THAN BUD LIGHT.

MY OPPONENT IS NOT FAIRING ANY BETTER.

IN THE POLLS HE IS ONLY GETTING 24%.

IN THIRD PLACE BEHIND UNDECIDED.

BUT, FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE IS RELIEVED TO SEE A NUMBER ABOVE .08%.

AS YOUR SECRETARY OF STATE, I'M PROUD TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE HELPED USHER IN TO BEING OVER 100,000 KENTUCKY BUSINESSES.

WE'VE TAKEN STRONG ACTION TO PROTECT SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND, YES, WE HAVE IMPROVED ELECTION INTEGRITY IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.

WE HAVE REQUIRED A PHOTO I.D.

TO VOTE.

WE HAVE CLEANED UP OUR VOTE ROLES AND SO MUCH MORE.

TWO MONTHS AFTER I TOOK OFFICE, COVID HIT.

OTHER STATES ELECTIONS COLLAPSED.

POLLS WERE CLOSED WITH NO NOTICE.

BALLOTS WERE LOST.

VOTERS CROWDED INTO LONG LINES AND GOT SICK WITH CORONAVIRUS.

BUT UNDER MY LEADERSHIP, IN 2020, KENTUCKY WAS THE FIRST STATE TO SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCT AN ELECTION IN A PANDEMIC.

COMING OUT OF THE ELECTION, I FACED A CHALLENGE.

I WANTED TO PERMANENTLY IMPROVE OUR ELECTIONS WITH MORE VOTING DAYS AND EVEN BETTER SECURITY.

NO ONE THOUGHT COULD I DO IT.

BUT WHEN I FACED THAT CHALLENGE, I SAID WHAT BUDDY WHEATLEY NEVER SAYS.

HOLD MY BEER.

WORK WORKING IN GOOD FAITH ON BOTH SIDES OF THE I'LL, I PRODUCED THE BIGGEST REFORM OF OUR ELECTION SINCE THE 1850s AND EVERY YEAR OF MY TERM, I PASSED A BIPARTISAN BILL TO MAKE YOUR VOTING EXPERIENCE BETTER.

SO HOW DOES MY OPPONENT COMPARE?

WHEN HE FILED THE RUN FOR THIS OFFICE, HE COULDN'T EVEN FILL OUT THE ONE-PAGE FORM CORRECTLY.

HE FORGOT TO PUT DOWN THE OFFICE HE WAS RUNNING FOR.

OOPS.

IN THE LEGISLATURE,HE VOTED AGAINST MY PHOTO I.D.

TO VOTE BILL, VOTED AGAINST TRANSITION TO PAPER BALLOTS.

HE VOTED AGAINST EXPANDING OUR AUDIT PROCESS.

HE EVEN VOTED AGAINST LETTING THE GOVERNOR AND ME WORK TOGETHER TO SAVE THE 2020 ELECTION IN KENTUCKY.

IF HE HAD BEEN SECRETARY OF STATE IN TWERNT 2020, WE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN WHO WAS VOTING IN OUR ELECTIONS UNTIL THEY CHECKED INTO THE HOSPITAL WITH COVID.

THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN HIS LEGISLATIVE RECORD IS HIS DRIVING RECORD.

HE STOOD PROUDLY WITH THE PRIOR SECRETARY OF STATE, DESPITE ALL THE SCANDAL SHE BROUGHT TO THIS OFFICE, AND ALL THE EMBARRASSMENT SHE BROUGHT TO OUR STATE.

I HAVE BEEN WILLING TO STAND UP TO MY PARTY ON OCCASION BUT HE HAS NOT.

SLAVISHLY VOTING WITH HIS PARTY ON EVERY ISSUE AND REFUSING TO CALL OUT THEIR CORRUPTION.

WHEN LEADERSHIP IS NEEDED, BUTTY WHEATLEY FLEES THE SCENE.

WE JUST CAN'T TRUST BUDDY WITH THE KEYS TO THIS OFFICE OR OUR ELECTION PROCESS.

HE IS A NICE DAY.

BUT THE LAST FOUR YEARS HAVE SHOWN WE NEED A STRONG LEADER IN THIS OFFICE, NOT A WELL MEANING BUMBLER.

IF YOU WANT INTEGRITY IN THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE, IF YOU WANT TO KENTUCKY ON THE PATH OF PROGRESS THAT'S TAKING KENTUCKY FROM THE BOTTOM OF ELECTIONS TO THE TOP, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT OOZE EASY TO VOTE AND HARD TO CHEAT, VOTE TO ARE MICHAEL ADAMS FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH KENTUCKY!

THANK YOU!

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS Dr. RYAN QUARLES, COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE.

HE IS SERVING HIS SECOND TERM AS COMMISSIONER.

PRIOR TO THAT HE SERVED TWO TERMS FOR FOUR YEARS IN THE KENTUCKY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS INTEREST IN SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURE GROWING UP ON HIS FAMILY'S 200-ACRE FA NRM SCOUT COUNTY AND HAS BEEN IN THE FARM FOR OVER 200 YEARS N. ADDITION TO THAT, HE IS KNOWN FOR EDUCATION.

VERY COMMITTED TO THAT AS WELL.

HE HAS THREE UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES.

I THINK TWO OR THREE MASTERS DEGREE, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, YOU INCLUDING A LAW DEGREE.

RECEIVED A MASTERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION FROM HARVARD AND Ph.D. FROM VANDERBILT.

PLEASE WELCOME TO THE PODIUM, COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE, Dr. RYAN QUARLES.

YOU KNOW SINCE HIGH SCHOOL I HAVE BEEN COMING DOWN TO THE ST. JEROME PICNIC AND TODAY MY FELLOW KENTUCKIANS, TODAY I'M GOING DO SOMETHING THAT'S UNCOMMON, UNEXPECTED AND DOWN RIGHT RARE FOR FANCY FARM I'M GOING TO SAY A SIMPLE THANK YOU, KENTUCKY, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU THE LAST 13 YEARS IN PUBLIC OFFICE.

IT HAS BEEN MY PRIVILEGE TO SERVE YOU AS COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND PUBLIC LEGISLATOR AND I'M HERE TO SAY WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED.

AND AFTER OVER A DECADE OF TRAVELING OUR BEAUTIFUL COMMONWEALTH AND VISITING ALL 120 COUNTIES, SOMETHING I CALL COMPLETING THE 120 PROOF, MULTIPLE TIMES, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU JUST ONE THING.

KENTUCKY.

KENTUCKY IS WORTH THE FIGHTING FOR.

AND KENTUCKY, I'M NOT DONE FIGHTING FOR YOU.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY GOD BLESS THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.

THANK YOU ALL.

NEXT WE ARE GOING HAVE THE CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND I ASK JONATHAN SHELL AND SIERRA ENLOW TO COME FORWARD.

JONATHAN SHELL WON THE COIN TOSS.

A FIFTH GENERATION FARMER FROM GARY COUNTY ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 2012.

ONE OF THE YOUNGEST MEMBERS TO EVER SERVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP TAPPED HIM TO HELP RECRUIT ACROSS THE STATE AND HAS BROUGHT A LOT OF SUCCESS IN THE RANK AND FILE MEMBERS OF THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE VERY ACTIVE IN THEIR FARM.

BIRDIES THAT, HE IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN.

HE STARTED HIS BUSINESS DEALING STATE SOLUTIONS AND CONSULTING AND HAS WORKED WITH THAT AND WORKED ON SENATOR McCONNELL'S REELECTION CAMPAIGN.

HIS WIFE BROOK WHO IS WITH HIM HERE TODAY, THE PARENTS OF FOUR CHILDREN.

PLEASE WELCOME TO THE PODIUM, JONATHAN SHELL, KENTUCKY CANDIDATE FOR AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER.

>> THANK YOU ST. JEROME AND HELLO FANCY FARM!

MY NAME IS JONATHAN SHELL!

FIFTH GENERATION FARMER, CHRISTIAN AND A CONSERVATIVE.

I FARMED IN GARRETT COUNTY MY WHOLE LIFE.

IF YOU NAME IT, I'VE PROBABLY BEEN IN THE FIELDS WITH IT.

AND LET ME TELL YOU, SOME OF IT SMELLS A LITTLE BETTER THAN OTHERS.

WE CAN SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT JOE BIDEN'S WHITE HOUSE.

MANURE WOULD BE PUTTING IT LIGHTLY.

JOE BIDEN AND ANDY BESHEAR HAD ARE OUT OF TOUCH WITH KENTUCKY FARMERS AND KENTUCKY VALUES.

THEIR WOKE AGENDA IS INFECTING EVERY ASPECT OF OUR CULTURE AND GOVERNMENT.

I'M RUNNING FOR AG COMMISSIONER TO PUT AN END TO THE MADNESS, TO STOP BIDEN AND SAVE KENTUCKY!

I'M SURPRISED HE SHOWED UP TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH PICNIC.

I GUESS HE WILL HAVE TO ASK FOR ABSOLUTION FROM THE SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE.

I'M GLAD HE COULD FIT US INTO HIS FAREWELL TOUR.

DON'T WORRY, GOVERNOR, NO ONE CARES IF YOU SKIP NEXT YEAR.

THEY USUALLY DON'T INVITE FORMER GOVERNORS.

WHAT DOES KENTUCKY AGRICULTURE MEAN TO ME?

FOOD, FAITH AND FAMILY.

THAT'S WHAT THIS PICNIC IS ALL B.

RURAL KENTUCKY NEEDS A FIGHTER IN FRANKFORT WITH THE EXPERIENCE TO LEAD AND BACKLOAN TO STAND UP FOR OUR VALUES.

DESPITE ANDY BESHEAR'S BEST EFFORTS, THIS CHURCH IS OPEN AND THIS PICNIC IS THRIVING!

WHETHER YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO RAISE CROPS OR A FAMILY, I'LL FIGHT FOR YOUR VALUES EVERY SINGLE DAY.

TO PROTECT OUR LIVES FROM JOE BIDEN AND ANDY BESHEAR AND REST OF THEIR RADICAL PARTY, WE NEED LEADERS THAT ARE TOUGH AS SHELL!

I'M SO PROUD TO SHARE THIS STAGE WITH KENTUCKY'S LAST TWO COMMISSIONERS.

THEY'RE CHAMPIONS OF KENTUCKY AGRICULTURE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING ON THEIR MANY, MANY ACHIEVEMENTS AND LOOK AT THIS REPUBLICAN DREAM TEAM I'LL GET TO WORK WITH.

DANIEL CAMERON IS AN ALL STAR WHO HAS BEATEN ANDY BESHEAR AT THE CAN COULD YOU TELLER AND WILL BEAT HIM AT THE BALLOT BOX.

ROBBIE MILLS HAS DELIVERED FOR WEST KENTUCKY AND THE LEGISLATURE AND HE WILL DO THE SAME AS WILL YOU BELIEVE.

RUSSELL COLEMAN, ALLISON BALL, MIKE ADAMS, AND MY GOOD FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR FROM GARRETT COUNTY, MARK METCALFE.

WE ARE COMMON SENSE CONSERVATIVES, READY TO STOP BIDEN AND SAVE KENTUCKY!

IF WE ALL DO OUR PART, KNOCKING DOORS, MAKING CALLS, WE WILL STOP BIDEN AND SAVE KENTUCKY!

SAY IT WITH ME ONE MORE TIME AND DON'T FORGET THE MISSION.

VOTE REPUBLICAN STOP BIDEN, SAVE KENTUCKY AND FIRE BESHEAR!

SHE RECEIVED HER UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND A MASTERS IN AGRICULTURE OF ECONOMICS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY.

SIERRA FOCUSED HER CAREER ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WORKING WITH AS A CONSULTANT WITH VARIOUS COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH AND LOTS OF ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING LOUISVILLE FORWARD, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT.

PLEASE WELCOME SIERRA ENLOW.

(CHAPTING) HELLO FANCY FARM!

I WANT TO THANK ST. JEROME'S PARRISH FOR ON THE WONDERFUL PICNIC AND FANCY FARM FOR HOSTING US.

MY NAME IS SIERRA ENLOW AND I'M RUNNING TO BE YOUR NEXT COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE.

SINCE MY EARLY DAYS GROWING UP IN CUTTING TOBACCO IN OUR FIFTH GENERATION FARM, I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING HARD FOR KENTUCKY AGRICULTURE.

I ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF AG AND FINISHED MY MASTERS BRE IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS BY WORKING FOR COOPERATIVE EXTENSION IN THE USDA.

I HAVE WORKED IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND LOCAL CAMPAIGNS.

HAVE I HAD THE HONOR OF VISITING FANCY FARM MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS AND SEEING SO MANY FAMILIAR FACES TODAY, INCLUDING DALE DONESON WHOSE WORK HAVE I ADMIRED SINCE ATTENDING THE SECOND EVER FARM SAFETY DAY AS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT.

I STILL HAVE THE T-SHIRT.

AND COMMISSIONER RYAN QUARLES WHO I BROUGHT A RETIREMENT GIFT FOR TODAY.

AS WE KNOW, GOOD WIFED MANAGEMENT-- WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT IS GOOD PUBLIC SERVICE.

AND JONATHAN, IT'S NICE TO SEE OW STAGE TODAY.

I WAS BEGINNING TO THINK THAT YOU'VE ACTUALLY GIVEN UP ON CAMPAIGNING SINCE YOU'VE MISSED AT LEAST FOUR COMMISSIONER FORUMS OVER THE LAST COWELL OF MONTHS.

WHICH IS ACTUALLY SHOCKING BECAUSE AFTER OUR FARM BUREAU YOUNG FARMER DAYS, I THOUGHT YOU HAD GOTTEN COMFORTABLE SHARING A STAGE WITH ME KNOWING THAT YOU ARE GOING TO COME IN SECOND.

WHILE YOU HAVE BEEN ABSENT, WE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS RACE ABOUT KENTUCKIANS AND MAKING SURE THEY CAN RETURN HOME TO THEIR FAMILY FARMS.

I KNOW FIRSTHAND HOW HARD IT IS TO RETURN TO YOUR RURAL COMMUNITY.

I HAD TO LEAVE MY FAMILY FARM TO GAIN THE CAREER EXPERIENCE THAT I NEEDED TO BENEFIT MY COMMUNITY AND THAT AS YOUR NEXT AG COMMISSIONER I WILL USE TO BENEFIT THE COMMONWEALTH.

WHILE JONATHAN HAS BEEN GONE, HE MUST HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO MY SPEECHES BECAUSE HE STARTED TO SAY THAT THE FOCUS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SHOULD BE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EVEN THOUGH HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, HE'S RIGHT.

WHETHER IT'S AT THE FARM GATE OR IN THE BOARD ROOM, I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE WHO HAS NEGOTIATED OVER A BILLION DOLLARS IN INVESTMENT IN KENTUCKY'S COMMUNITIES.

AND HAS THE EXPERIENCE NECESSARY TO BUILD AN ECONOMY THAT WORKS FOR ALL OF KENTUCKIANS.

THIS RACE IS ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SHOULDN'T THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY HIRE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPER?

AS YOUR NEXT COMMISSIONER OF AERRING, I WILL BE THE DRIVER IN ROLLING OUT MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEM AROUND IT.

WE NEED TO GET GROW OPERATIONS UP AND RUNNING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

WE CAN'T LET WHAT HAPPENED WITH HEMP AND JONATHAN SHELL HAPPEN WITH MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

KENTUCKY, UNFORTUNATELY, HAS A HISTORY OF AG COMMISSIONERS PROMOTING FAIRY TALES.

AND WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE.

IF YOU ARE A SERIOUS FARMER, YOU HAVE SEEN A FEW OF THESE TALES.

WE KNOW THE STORIES OF THE FAILED CROPS.

WE SEE THE AGRICULTURE FADS COME AND GO AND WE SEE PEOPLE LIKE JONATHAN GET FLEECED BY THEM EVERY SINGLE TIME.

I'LL LET YOU IN ON SOMETHING I'VE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME.

WHEN IT COMES TO AGRICULTURE, JONATHAN SHELLS LIVES IN A FAIRY TALE, HE HAS ALWAYS PICTURED HIMSELF AS A PRINCE CHARMING, BUT IN REALITY, JONATHAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN A DAM SELL IN DISTRESS.

RIGHT NOW HE IS HOPING TO BE SAVED BY MAGIC DUSTING OF CAMPAIGN DONATIONS THAT HIS FAIRY GOD MOTHER MITCH McCONNELL.

WE CANNOT DEPEND ON GIANT PUMPKINS TURNING INTO CARRIAGES AS OUR PATH TO SUCCESS.

PARTICULAR WILL I TO TAKE JONATHAN TO FRANKFORT.

IT'S TIME FOR A DIFFERENT COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE, ONE WHO HAS THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF A FAMILY FARMER BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND THE BUSINESS AND SERVICE SIDES OF THE OFFICE.

AS YOUR NEXT COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE, I'LL WORK TO BUILD A HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY FOR ALL OF KENTUCKIANS,.

(BANJO PRAYING) (BANJO PLAYING) >> NOW WE ARE READY FOR THE NEXT OFFICE.

WE'LL GET STARTED ON THE NEXT SPEAKER.

CANDIDATE FOR STATE TREASURER, MARK METCALFE AND MICHAEL BOWMAN.

I ASKED THEM TO COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE MARK METCALFE WON THE TO INCOS.

GRADUATED FROM GARRETT SCUNT HIGH SCHOOL.

HE RECEIVED HIS UNDERGRADUATE LAW DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY.

A LOT OF YEARS EXPERIENCE WORKING ON THE FAMILY FARM.

SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY NATIONAL GUARD AND ALSO SERVES AS A PROSECUTOR.

PLEASE WELCOME TO THE PODIUM CANDIDATE FOR STATE TREASURER, MARK METCALFE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT WARM WESTERN KENTUCKY WELCOME.

I'M MARK METCALF RUNNING FOR KENTUCKY STATE TREASURER.

I'M A SMALL GOVERNMENT REPUBLICAN.

I'M A VETERAN, A CHRISTIAN, A PROSECUTOR AND A SOLDIER, ALL THE THINGS THE DEMOCRATS HATE.

WESTERN KENTUCKY AND FANCY FARM GIVE VOTERS WHAT THEY REALLY WANT: REPUBLICAN MAJORITIES AND REPUBLICANS HOLD MAJORITIES IN NEARLY EVERY KENTUCKY COUNTY.

TO OUR DEMOCRAT FRIENDS, WE SAY THANK YOU.

AND WELCOME TO FANCY FARM AND OUR G.O.P.

FAMILY REUNION!

YES!

OUR MAJORITIES DIDN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT.

WE HAD LOTS OF HELP.

OUR DEMOCRAT FRIENDS FORGOT THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, THE MINER, THE COAL MINER, THE BRICK LAYER, THE POLICEMEN AND THE WORKING MEN AND WOMEN OF KENTUCKY.

MOST OF ALL, THE DEMOCRATS FRIEND FORGOT THE FAMILY REPLACING THE FAMILY WITH THE UNRELIABLE GREEN ENERGY, DRAG SHOWS, DRAG SHOWS, AND ABORTION ON DEMAND.

THIS ISN'T CALIFORNIA, THIS IS KENTUCKY WHERE GOD IS WORSHIPED WHERE CHILDREN BORN AND UNBORN ARE LOVED.

WHERE MOMS AND DADS WORK AND WHERE WOKE GOES BROKE.

DEMOCRATS ARE WORRIED AND THEY SHOULD BE.

MY DEMOCRAT OPPONENT HAS PROUDLY DECLARED HE IS AGAINST THE TAX CUTS PASSED BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

INSTEAD, HE HAS SUPPORTED THE GOVERNOR'S VETO OF TAX RELIEF TO HARD WORKING KENTUCKY FAMILIES.

I UNDERSTAND HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT.

I'M A COMBAT VETERAN OF IRAQ AND SERVED AS A STATE AND FEDERAL PROSECUTOR.

HAVE I FOUGHT TERRORISM ABROAD, AND CRIME AND DRUG ADDICTION RIGHT HERE AT HOME.

AS YOUR STATE TREASURER, I PROMISE I'LL DO THIS.

I WILL ASSURE THE SECURITY AND INTEGRITY OF OUR TAX DOLLARS AND I PROMISE WE WON'T BUY ONE HUNTER BIDEN PAINTING.

KENTUCKY'S UNCLAIMED PROPERTY TOTALS NEARLY $800 MILLION USING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY.

I WILL ACCELERATE THE RETURN OF THESE MONIES TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNERS.

FINANCIAL LITERACY, OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IS ESSENTIAL.

ON MY WATCH, CHILDREN WILL LEARN HOW TOUGH IT IS TO MAKE A BUCK AND HOW TOUGH IT IS TO SAVE ONE.

I'LL END KENTUCKY'S CONTRACT WITH THE WOKE MONEY MANAGERS, THE DEMOCRATS AND THE WOKE LEFT WANT TO WEAPONIZE KENTUCKY'S TAX DOLLARS AND PENSION FUNDS.

THE DEMOCRATS HAVE PUT POLITICS OVER PROFITABLE RETURNS FOR KENTUCKY'S PENSIONERS.

ON MY WATCH, WOKE WILL GO BROKE.

THE DEMOCRATS AND THE WOKE LEFT WANT TO DESTROY COLBY DENYING INVESTMENT DOLLARS AND CREDITS TO THE HARDEST WORKING PEOPLE ON THE PLANET.

ON MY WATCH, KENTUCKY WILL DEPEND THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE COAL FIELDS, DEMOCRATS CALL THESE SAME PEOPLE POLLUTERS.

THEY CALL THEM ECHO TERRORISTS.

WE REPUBLICANS CALL THEM THE BACKBONE OF AMERICA.

ANDY BESHEAR HAS ISSUED 110 VETOES.

NOW IT'S TIME FOR KENTUCKY TO VETO ANDY BESHEAR.

THANK YOU!

OUR NEXT SPEAKER SEEKING OFFICE OF STATE TREASURER OF MICHAEL BOWMAN, LIFE LONG KENTUCKIAN, HE WORKED HIS WAY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE AND MORE INVOLVED IN HIS COMMUNITY, STARTED IN LEADERSHIP POSITION FOZ PARK ALLIANCE AND AIDE IN CITY HALL.

PLEASE WELCOME TO THE PODIUM, MICHAEL BOWMAN, CANDIDATE FORTRESS YOU ARER.

GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU TO ST. JEROME PARRISH FOR INVITING ME HERE TODAY.

IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE IN WESTERN KENTUCKY AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT EVERYONE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT.

I KNOW HOW EASY IT IS TO GET LOST ON THESE BACKROADS ALMOST AS EASY AS LOSING A WHISTLEBLOWER.

ASK JAMIE COMER.

I'M SURE HE'LL TELL YOU.

ON SECOND THOUGHT, MAYBE SOMEBODY WHO NEEDED THE GERM TO GERRYMANDER A MAP JUST TO MAKE SURE HIS HOME IN IN HIS DISTRICT ISN'T THE BEST PERSON TO ASK DIRECTIONS FROM.

A LOT OF YOU KNOW ME.

AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T, I'M GOING TO HELP YOU OUT.

MY NAPE IS MICHAEL BOWMAN.

I'M A SIXTH GENERATION KENTUCKIAN AND GROWING UP I LEARNED THE IMPORTANT LIFE LESSONS LIKE CARING FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS AND ALWAYS DOING THE RIGHT THINGS FOR PEOPLE.

AFTER BEING A BANK OFFICER FOR ONE OF THE LARGEST BANKS IN THE COUNTRY, GOVERNOR BESHEAR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR COLEMAN ASKED ME TO JOIN THEIR ADMINISTRATION TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY BY WORKING TO EXPAND EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.

ENSURING THAT THE NEXT GENERATION OF WORKERS IN KENTUCKY ARE PREPARED FOR THE ECONOMY THAT WE ARE BUILDING.

TODAY WE HAVE AN OUT OF TOUCH AND UNHINGED REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE ACTIVELY WORKING TO HURT KENTUCKIANS BY STRIPPING PEOPLE OF THEIR HEALTHCARE, CUTTING FUNDING FOR EDUCATION AND CONTINUING ATTEMPTS TO DESTROY THE PENSIONS OF THOUSANDS OF TEACHERS AND STATE WORKERS.

YOU WILL HAVE HEARD MY OPPONENT SAY THINGS LIKE WE SPEND TOO MUCH AND SAVE TOO LITTLE.

BUT WHAT HE DOESN'T TELL YOU, IS THAT IT'S HIS PARTY THAT CONTROLS THE PURSE STRINGS.

BECAUSE HE DOESN'T THINK YOU'LL PAY ATTENTION.

OR THAT THEY WOULD REFUSE TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T DO BUSINESS WITH COMPANIES THAT POLLUTE OUR ENVIRONMENT, DISRESPECT THEIR EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE C.E.O.S THAT FAIL TO HOLD THEMSELVES ACCOUNTABLE.

THAT DEFINITELY SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING FROM MITCH McCONNELL'S PLAYBOOK.

WRECK THE SYSTEM, GET YOUR FRIENDS RICH AT THE EXPENSE OF EVERYONE ELSE AND BLAME THE OTHER GUY WHEN PEOPLE START ASKING.

ALTHOUGH I WILL HAVE TO GIVE SENATOR McCONNELL SOME CREDIT.

YOU MAY REMEMBER ON THIS VERY STAGE FOUR YEARS AGO, I NEARLY TRIPPED OVER THE LEASH THAT THE RUSSIANS HAD PUTTED AROUND MITCH McCONNELL'S NECK.

NOW WITH HIS SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE AND HIS SUDDEN CONCERN FOR DEMOCRACY, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE SENATOR HAS FINALLY SAID NIET AND BROKEN FREE.

MAYBE, MAYBE THAT WILL INSPIRE HIM TO CUT THE STRINGS OFF OF HIS PUPPET DANIEL CAMERON.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S BEEN NEARLY 40 YEARS SINCE WE'VE ELECTED A TREASURER WITH ANY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OR EDUCATION IN FINANCE.

THINK ABOUT THAT.

40 YEARS.

AND WHAT DID THAT GET US?

IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS ALONE WE'VE HAD A TREASURER STAND BY AND DO NOTHING WHEN A RECKLESS FORMER GOVERNOR SLASHED EDUCATION, PRESSED FOR UNCONSTITUTIONAL CHARTER SCHOOLS AND SPENT MILLIONS ON BOONDOGGLES.

,000 THEY'RE TRYING TO CONVINCE YOU TO ELECT SOMEONE ELSE WHO WILL DO THE SAME?

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

LOOK, MY EXPERIENCE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

AND WE MUST ENSURE THAT WE ELECT A QUALIFIED TREASURER WHO HAS ALREADY DONE THE WORK.

THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT FOR KENTUCKY, A KENTUCKY THAT'S COMPASSIONATE, KEEPS ITS PROMISES AND WORKS TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN.

I AM ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT ANDY AND THE ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC TICKET TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT KENTUCKY!

AND I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT ME SO THAT WE CAN HOLD OUR LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE, UNLIKE THEM, I REFUSE TO STAND BY AND DO NOTHING.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL BOWMAN, AND I WILL BE THE NEXT TREASURER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY!

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER AND I WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS BEFORE I INTRODUCE THE NEXT SPEAKER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION, AS CANDIDATES BEING HERE TODAY AND THANK THOSE OF YOU HERE BEING IN THE AUDIENCE AND PARTICIPATING.

THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE THIS TRADITION AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MEDIA AS WELL FOR WHAT DO YOU IN GETTING THE WORD OUT, DISCUSSING IMPORTANT ISSUES FOR ALL OF US AS KENTUCKYIA THANS TO KEEP IN MIND AND BE FAMILIAR WITH.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR JOB.

I HAVE TO GIVE A COMMERCIAL.

HOPE ALL OF YOU ATTEND THIS YEAR'S KENTUCKY STATE FAIR, AUGUST 17-27.

AND IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE KYSAFEFAIR.ORG.

COME SEE US AND BE PART OF THAT.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

I WANT TO INTRODUCE STEVEN ELDER, CHAIRMAN OF THIS EVENT.

IF YOU COULD MAKE YOUR WAY BACK TO THE PODIUM.

THANK YOU.

>> APPRECIATE YOU.

GREAT JOB.

LET'S GIVE OUR EMCEE DAVID BECK A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

THANK YOU, DAVID.

AND LET'S GIVE ALL THE CANDIDATES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TO THE 143rd ANNUAL FANCY FARM PICNIC.

COME BACK FOR THE 144th, THE FIRST SATURDAY IN AUGUST.

EVERYONE HAS A GREAT DAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> Renee: AND THAT WAS STEVEN ELDER WHO ORGANIZES THE POLITICAL SPEAKING EVENT.

HE TOOK IT OVER FOR MARK WILSON WHO DID IT FOR 20 YEARS OR SO HERE IN GRAVES COUNTY I'M RENEE SHAW WITH KET AND WE ARE WRAPPING UP OUR COVERAGE OF THE POLITICAL SPEAKING EVENT AT THE 14rd ANNUAL FANCY FARM PICNIC.

WE HAVE BOB BABBAGE AND TREY GRAYSON, OUR ELECTION NIGHT COMMENTATORS AND COMMENTATORS ALL YEAR ROUND FOR THAT FACT.

JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE WRAP-UP AND ANALYSIS WHAT HAVE WE HEARD ON THE STAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND I'LL START WITH YOU FIRST, TREY.

YOUR ASSESSMENT OF HOW THE SPEECHES AND THE MESSAGING FROM THE REPUBLICANS WENT AND IT SEEMS TO ME, PERHAPS IT WAS A LITTLE MUTED AND REALLY LIFTING UP DANIEL CAMERON AS GOVERNOR.

WE HEARD A LOT OF TALK FROM OTHER CANDIDATES OR EVEN OFFICE HOLDERS ABOUT THEIR WORK AND WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO, JAMES COMER, BUT JUST SEEMED A LITTLE MUTED ABOUT DANIEL CAMERON BEING AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT THIS YEAR, YOU HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE RUNNING FOR THEIR OWN OFFICES, RIGHT, SO HAVE YOU TO BALANCE, I REMEMBER WHEN I WOULD BE DOWN TICKET AND SPEAK YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR OWN COMMERCIAL BUT ULTIMATELY THE FATES USE TO BE TIED TO THE TOP OF THE TICKET AND SO THE MESSAGE, WE TALKED BEFORE THE SPEECHES, WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HEAR AND I THOUGHT IT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THAT.

WE HEARD A LOT OF TALK ABOUT VALUES, A LOT OF GIGGING ABOUT NOT COMING TO FANCY FARM THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS FOR THE DEMOCRATS AND GROWTH THE PARTY AND FROM THE DEMOCRATS ABOUT THE GOVERNOR'S RECORD.

YOU KNOW, HE DID THAT RECITATION OF ALL THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND HE WAS LESS POLITICAL, I THINK, IN HIS SPEECH WHICH MAKES SENSE.

INCUMBENTS RUN ON THEIR RECORD AND CAMERON NEEDED TO BE MORE POLITICAL BECAUSE HE IS THE CHALLENGER.

SO I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IN GENERAL, BOATED SIDES DID A NICE JOB GETTING OUT WHAT THEY WANTED TO GET OUT AND IT WAS FUN.

I'M GLAD THE WEATHER HELD OUT AND IT WAS CERTAINLY BOISTEROUS AND GOOD ZINGERS AS ALWAYS.

>> Renee: WHAT DID YOU THINK THE MESSAGING FROM BOTH PARTIES, HOW DID IT RESONATE WITH YOU AND GIVE US A COUPLE OF THE BEST ONE LINERS YOU HEARD TODAY.

>> ALL THE DOWN BALLOT CANDIDATES DID A GOOD JOB.

THE CONSENSUS IS THAT THE REPUBLICAN DOWNBALLOT CANDIDATES HAVE AN EDGE BUT THE DEMOCRATS MADE A GOOD SHOWING AND SO DID THE REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS AND NEW FACES ON THE STAGE AS WELL.

THE BATTLE WAS AT THE TOP.

BUT IF YOU ARE DOWN THE BALLOT YOU ARE NOT AS WELL KNOWN HERE OR ACROSS THE STATE ON KET AS THE TWO TOP CANDIDATE IS ARE.

I MEAN THEY'RE ON THE AIR, THEY'RE EVERYWHERE AND THEY'RE COVERED.

IT'S HARD TO GET DOWN BALLOT ATTENTION UNLESS YOU DO SOMETHING TERRIBLE.

>> Renee: WHICH YOU DON'T WANT.

>> AND DO YOU HAVE TO SHARE EVERYTHING YOU CAN ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND AND I THOUGHT THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB DEFINING THEMSELVES SHARING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND LETTING KENTUCKY KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

>> Renee: THE SUBHEADLINER MAY NOT BE ABOUT THE RACE BUT MITCH McCONNELL BEING HERE TODAY AND PERHAPS THAT'S WHAT WRITERS LIKE JONATHAN MARTIN MIGHT BE WRITING ABOUT TO ASSESS HOW HE DID ON THE STAGE, IF THEY DIDN'T MAKE THE GRAVES COUNTY REPUBLICAN BREAKFAST, HOW DID YOU THINK HE MESSAGED TODAY AND HOW HE APPEARED ON STAGE.

>> AS GOOD AS EVER WITH HIS WORDS AND COMMENTARY.

OBVIOUSLY LEE IS ON THE COMEBACK TRAIL FROM A COUPLE OF VERY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS THIS YEAR.

BUT HE STOLE THE SHOW, BECAUSE HEEM WANTED TO KNOW WILL McDONNELL CONNELL BE HERE.

McCONNELL IS BACK AT FANCY FARM AND GAVE THE KIND OF MESSAGE HE HAS GIVEN IN OTHER YEARS, AND THEN ELAINE CHAO WAS WITH HIM, AND ALL THE ENERGY BEHIND THAT, THAT'S A KEY MOMENT FOR THIS FANCY FARM.

IF HE HADN'T BEEN HERE, IT WOULD STILL BE A GREAT DAY.

THAT HE WAS THE DIFFERENTIATOR FOR SURE.

>> Renee: I'LL HAVE YOU RESPOND TO THAT, TOO, BUT WE DIDN'T HEAR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NAME MENTIONED AT ALL.

>> I DON'T THINK IT CAME UP.

THERE WAS ONE REFERENCE, I THINK-- THERE WAS A REFERENCE ABOUT TALKING ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ECONOMY BUT THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AT THE BREAKFAST THIS MORNING.

AND THERE WERE ONLY A COUPLE RESERVESES BY NAME TO BEVIN.

AND IT CAME LATER.

I DON'T THINK BESHEAR ACTUALLY SAID BEVIN.

>> Renee: IS THAT ODD, PECULIAR?

>> I WOULD THINK SO.

IF I'M ANDY BESHEAR AND ONE OF MY STRONGEST MESSAGES IS THAT REPUBLICANS ARE THE PARTY THAT BROUGHT YOU MATT BEVIN AND HE BEAT HIM, AND WHEN HE WAS IN OFFICE, IT WAS A STRUGGLE BECAUSE THE PARTY WAS HIVE DIDN'T EMBRACE HIM WHEN HE FIRST RAN, AND DIDN'T NECESSARILY COMPLETELY EMBRACE HIM WHICH IS IN PART THE STORY OF THE 2019 ELECTION, BUT GOING BACK TO MOK McCONNELL, HE HAS GOOD ZINGERS AND I KNEW HE WOULD GO AFTER THE GOVERNOR'S FATHER AND MADE THE JOKE ABOUT 1996 HE HANDILY BEAT STEVE BESHEAR AND A JOKE ABOUT HOW THE GOVERNOR'S FATHER THOUGHT THAT WOKE WAS WHEN YOU WOKE UP FROM THE 1996 CAMPAIGN.

AND HE MADE THE FIRST REFERENCE TO STATE POLICE AT A CHURCH PROPERTY, FEELING MORE COMFORTABLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO AFTER AND RECORD LICENSE PLATES BUT McCONNELL WAS THE FIRST TO REFERENCE THE CONTROVERSIAL DECISION DURING THE HEIGHT OF COVID, I THINK IT WAS EASTER AND SOME OF THE FACTS WERE EXAGGERATED, TO BE FAIR BUT THERE WERE STATE POLICE THAT LEAFLET CARS.

>> Renee: AND THE TRANSGENDER ISSUES.

>> CAME UP A LOT.

ONE OF CAMERON'S BEST LINES, ARE YOU FROM THE BUD LIGHT MARKETING DEPARTMENT?

THAT BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN.

>> Renee: AND THE REFERENCE DANIEL CAMERON MADE TO THE SMALL TOWN.

>> TRY THAT IN A SMALL TOWN, WHICH WAS PERFECT FOR FANCY FARM BECAUSE THIS IS A SMALL TOWN.

>> Renee: RIGHT?

>> AND I THINK BESHEAR MADE INTERESTING COMMENTS, HE REPEATED THEM OR SAID THEM EARLIER ABOUT CRITICIZING MILLS AS BEING A SECOND CHOICE OR, YOU KNOW, HAD A LINE OF SOMETHING LIKE THE NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO TURNED HIM DOWN TO BE RUNNING MATE WAS THE LARGEST CROWD HE HAS EVER HAD AT A RALLY WHICH IS AN EXAGGERATION, BUT FUN.

>> Renee: THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, RIGHT?

EXAGGERATED TRUTH.

>> EXAGGERATION PLAYS A PART IN POLITICS AND SALES ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

BUT TO BE IN TRUMP COUNTRY, WEST KENTUCKY AND HAVE THE ENDORSEMENT OF TRUMP AS CAMERON DOES AND NOT TO MENTION IT IS A LITTLE UNUSUAL.

THERE IS ANOTHER LESSON FROM 1996.

IT'S ASSUMED WHEN YOU GO UP WITH YOUR ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE TO STAY UP IN A POLITICAL SITUATION.

SO BESHEAR HAS BEEN ADVERTISING ALL SUMMER.

CAMERON JUST PUT HIS FIRST PAID AD ON THE AIR.

NOW THE CHALLENGE IS IN FOR HIM TO KEEP IT THERE FROM HIS OWN CAMPAIGN FUNDING.

1996 WHEN STEVE BESHEAR GOT THE CAMPAIGN GOT JITTERY ABOUT McCONNELL'S MOMENTUM AT ONE POINT, THEY WENT ON THE AIR, BUT DIDN'T STAY.

THEY PULLED OFF AND MADE THAT NOW WELL KNOWN ERROR THAT YOU WORN EVERY CAMPAIGN AGAINST.

DON'T START AND THEN PULL BACK.

SO CAMERON NOW HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL AS THE CHALLENGE TO STAY ON THE AIR.

THERE WILL BE OUTSIDE GROUP SPENDING AS WELL.

BUT THAT WILL BE WHAT HE HAS TO WORK ON.

HIS NEW AD IS GOOD.

IT'S SUCH AS THE THEMES, A GREAT INTRODUCTION.

KEEPING IT GOING THROUGH ALL OF AUGUST AND ALL OF SEPTEMBER, ALL OF OCTOBER, IS HARD WORK FOR ALL THESE CAMPAIGNS.

>> Renee: AND FOR COMMISSIONER RYAN QUARLES, HE WENT UP LATE, RIGHT, IN THE PRIMARY BECAUSE HE NEEDED-- HE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY OR HAD ALL THE MONEY AND PUT IT ALL TOWARD THE END, INFUSED IT TO MAKE THE BIG FINAL PUSH.

>> YOU FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH YOU HAVE AND WORK YOUR WAY BACK FROM ELECTION DAY WHICH IS TRICKIER NOW WITH EARLY VOTING AND VOTE BY MAIL BUT STILL HOLDS BASICALLY TRUE IN KENTUCKY F. YOU THINK YOU ARE LOSING, IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE.

CANDIDATES WILL JUMP IN, HOPE TO GET SOME MOMENTUM.

IT DIDN'T WORK FOR BESHEAR IN 96.

CAMERON IS OUT RAISING A LOT OF MONEY BUT HE STARTED WITH ZERO AFTER THE PRIMARY BECAUSE HE HAD TO SPEND EVERYTHING DOWN.

THE GOVERNOR DIDN'T HAVE A PRIMARY.

THE ONE THING THAT YOU KNOW, STEVE BESHEAR TAUGHT HIS SON FOR SURE IS HOW TO BE AN EFFECTIVE FUNDRAISER.

MORE BE THAT BUT HE WAS A VERY EFFECTIVE FUNDRAISER AND ANDY BESHEAR HAS LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER.

THEY HAD A LOT OF MONEY INSIDE THE CAMPAIGN.

YOU WANT CAMPAIGN MONEY BECAUSE YOU ARE CONTROLLING THE MESSAGE.

THIRD PARTY MONEY IS HELPFUL AND THIRD PARTY MESSAGING GREAT BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE THE CANDIDATE PLAY AS BIG AS A ROLE BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE INDEPENDENT.

>> Renee: 13 OR $15 MILLION IN THE RACE ON MONDAY NIGHT ON KENTUCKY TONIGHT POSSIBLY $60 MILLION.

THAT'S UNPRECEDENTED.

>> I THINK IT IS UNPRECEDENTED.

WITH MODERN CAMPAIGN FINANCING RULES.

BEFORE THE THIRD PARTY MONEY WE HAD 4,000 PERSON LIMITS.

WE HAD INSANE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS SPENT.

BUT WE NEVER APPROACHED-- I THINK IT WAS IS 20 MILLION WAS A BIG NUMBER AT ONE OF THE GOVERNOR'S RACES IN THE 80s BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS.

SO YOU KNOW,60 MILLION FOR A STATE OF 4.5 MILLION IS REMARKABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY.

>> THEY'RE GOING TO PERSONALIZE THE ADS FOR US.

BOB, HERE'S YOUR ADD, RENEE HERE IS YOUR AD.

>> Renee: YOU CAN DO IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA NOW.

>> YOU CAN DO IT ONLINE.

THEY CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT MESSAGE YOU WANT TO HEAR.

IF IT'S THE VALUE MESSAGE, DO IT AND HOPE YOU ARE DELIVERING THE RIGHT MESSAGE.

>> Renee: SIGHTS A LOT TO GO.

SO WHERE DO WE GO NOW?

WAS THIS THE OFFICIAL KICKOFF TO THE FALL ELECTION CAMPAIGN AS WE HAVE CONSTANTLY SAID AND EVEN IS THAT TRUE NOW?

BECAUSE THAT STARTED ON MAY 17, I THINK.

>> PROBABLY SO.

IT STARTED RIGHT THE DAY AFTER.

THE GOVERNOR HAD A FUNDRAISER 48 HOURS AFTER THE PRIMARY THAT WAS ALMOST EXCEEDED 900,000 IN A NIGHT.

THAT'S STRONG FUNDRAISING AND NOT TAKING ANY BREAK AT ALL.

SO WE SAY FANCY FARM IS THE OFFICIAL START.

BUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GO BACK TO SCHOOL, SPORTS START, OTHER HOLIDAY PLANS BEGIN.

SOMEWHERE AROUND MID SEPTEMBER, I THINK WE TURN A CORNER AND THEN IN OCTOBER PEOPLE START ASKING, WHO ARE YOU FOR, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE RACE?

AND THEN THE RACE IS REALLY ON.

YOU TO HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH FIRE POWER AND MESSAGE AND TROOPS IN OCTOBER.

>> BUT WE ARE LIKE THREE MONTHS OUT.

100 DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION GIVE OR TAKE.

I HAVEN'T DONE THE EXACT MATH BUT AUGUST 5 AND NOVEMBER 7 IS ABOUT THAT FAR AWAY.

IN A GOVERNOR'S RACE WITH THE RESOURCES, YEAH, I MEAN I THINK THIS IS KIND OF THE START.

YOU-- IT STARTED ON PRIMARY ELECTION NIGHT.

CAMERON'S VICTORY SPEECH, THE GOVERNOR'S VICTORY SPEECH FOR HIM, TOO.

AND THEN YOU HAD SOME EVENTS AND THE RUNNING MATE SELECTION WHICH WAS A CHANCE FOR CAMERON TO GET ANOTHER RESET.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT THIS AND SO YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A COUPLE WEEKS WE HAVE THE COUNTRY HAND BREAKFAST WHERE BESHEAR WILL SPEAK.

CAMERON WON'T SPEAK I DON'T THINK.

THAT'S A BIG PLATFORM FOR THE GOVERNOR.

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