Kentucky Registry of Election Finance

Weddle’s excess giving to Beshear, Kentucky Democratic Party under investigation

BY: - November 10, 2023

FRANKFORT —  State campaign finance regulators have launched a civil investigation into the excess campaign contributions given by London Mayor Randall Weddle to the reelection campaign of Gov. Andy Beshear and the Kentucky Democratic Party. The Kentucky Registry of Election Finance (KREF) on Monday mailed notice of the investigation to Weddle and other interested parties. […]

Who’s paying for all those campaign ads?

BY: - November 3, 2023

FRANKFORT — About $65 million will be spent in Kentucky’s 2023 general election for governor by the campaigns of Gov. Andy Beshear, his Republican challenger Attorney General Daniel Cameron and myriad outside groups advocating one candidate or the other. Through Oct. 23, the Beshear campaign reported it had raised $18.8 million — three and a […]