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Posted: 9:51 PM May 12, 2010
Bunning's U.S. Senate Seat Hot Race in Upcoming Kentucky Primary; Candidates Discuss Issues
With the primary election already behind voters in West Virginia and Ohio, the focus now turns toward the Bluegrass State where the Kentucky primary is just a week away.
Reporter: Randy Yohe Email Address: randy.yohe@wsaz.com |
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ASHLAND, Ky. (WSAZ) -- With the primary election already behind voters in West Virginia and Ohio, the focus now turns toward the Bluegrass State where the Kentucky primary is just a week away.
The hot race there is Jim Bunning's U.S. Senate seat. Bunning is retiring, and Democratic candidates for his seat recently debated each other in our region.
The candidates involved were Attorney General Jack Conway; Lt. Governor and Eastern Kentucky University physician Dr. Dan Mongiardo; Army and U.S. Customs drug agent veteran Darlene Price; and former banker, current businessman and longtime state cabinet employee Maurice Sweeney. They all responded to coal and coal-related questions.
Mongiardo said, "I'm going to Washington D.C. to be a pro-coal champion. Coal is key to energy independence, jobs and national security.”
Conway says he’s for surface mining if it's environmentally responsible.
Price was the only candidate who said mountaintop removal and surface coal mining is simply unnecessary.
“Let's not rob Peter to pay Paul," Price said. "If you lop off a mountaintop, you hurt tourism and those jobs. We need coal mining, but surface mining is simply unnecessary."
Sweeney says when it comes to coal barges and transportation in general, the Ohio River is vastly under utilized, and what’s needed is to fully explore a way to maximize barge use and create jobs.
On fighting the plague of prescription drug abuse in eastern Kentucky, Sweeney was the only candidate who struggled for an answer. He said he did not know anything about the drug problem in eastern Kentucky.
Price said lobby power needs to be controlled in Washington, and Mongiardo talked about needing criminal records in doctors' offices so patients can be checked out.
Conway explained he was a leader in Operation Flamingo Road, the largest drug bust in Kentucky history with more than 500 people arrested.
For voters who did not attend the debate, all of these candidates have issue-oriented websites available to help keep voters well-informed come Election Day.
There's also a fifth Democratic Senate candidate -- James Buckmaster, a family physician from Henderson, Ky. He had to pull out of the debate because of obligations as a physician, but he also has a website.
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