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This guy is running against Mitch McConnell. Has anyone heard of him? (Original Post)
kentuck
Jun 2013
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elleng
(131,294 posts)1. Like the song,
would like to see more of the guy.
kentuck
(111,111 posts)2. Here is a short interview with the guy? But I don't think he is a friend of the Clintons??
elleng
(131,294 posts)4. and that may be ONE of the things that does him in,
no Dem $.
Liked him.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)3. Only thing I found on Wiki is that he is a contractor
United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky,_2014
No one has put up a BIO page for him yet.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)5. No idea, but that is an effective, populist add
A Little Weird
(1,754 posts)6. A little
I've heard of him but don't know much. He's from Owensboro and I was thinking that he's run for office before (but I may be mistaken, I can't think of any details).
Hillbilly Report had a video of him not too long ago being interviewed on Current TV - http://www.hillbillyreport.org/diary/4608/ed-marksberry-candidate-for-us-senate-on-current-tv-may-23-2013-video
He sounds like a good, progressive guy but I'm not sure he's got the name recognition to win statewide. I'm going to ask around and see how many people I work with have heard of him.