Louisville businessman Phil Moffett running for governor

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Hoping to win support within the Tea Party movement, a Louisville businessman who advocates for charter schools and a state lawmaker are forming a Republican slate to run for governor and lieutenant governor next year.

Phil Moffett, managing partner of the telecommunications management company CCS Partners, is the first GOP candidate to enter the race for governor. The first-time candidate’s running mate is state Rep. Mike Harmon of Danville, who has been in the House since 2003.

A passel of other potentially formidable Republicans are still considering the race, including Senate President David Williams, Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer and state Rep. Bill Farmer of Lexington.

Moffett and Harmon announced their ticket Thursday on WHAS-TV in Louisville and on Leland Conway’s radio show on Lexington’s WLAP-AM. They were accompanied by David Adams, who recently left as campaign director of Republican Rand Paul’s bid for the U.S. Senate.

http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2010/07/29/louisville-businessman-phil-moffett-running-for-governor/