Guthrie outspent Boswell in 2nd District race

Republican Brett Guthrie outspent David Boswell by nearly $400,000 in his successful run against the Sorgho Democrat in Kentucky’s 2nd Congressional this year.
Campaign finance reports filed within the last week show that Guthrie, a state senator from Bowling Green, shelled out $1.2 million during the campaign, with almost all of that spent since May. 
Boswell, also [...]

Guthrie borrows from Lewis to staff Washington office

Brett Guthrie will be keeping several staff members from his predecessor when he heads to Washington, D.C. next year to represent Kentucky’s 2nd Congressional District.
Robyn Minor with the Bowling Green Daily News is reporting that Eric Bergren and Megan Spindel will remain in Washington to work for Guthrie, a Republican state senator from Bowling Green, after [...]

WKU offers analysis of Tuesday’s results

Looking for another take on the results from Tuesday’s election? Members of Western Kentucky University’s political science department have posted their thoughts today on the university’s blog.
Check out the post to read what four professors have to say about races from the presidential contest on down the ticket.
Since I’ve been particularly interested in the 2nd [...]

Running update on Kentucky’s 2nd District race

Democrat David Boswell has an early lead in the 2nd District race over Republican Brett Guthrie as results just begin coming in in the 21-county district. 
Boswell has won handily in Marion County, the first county in the expansive district to complete their count. 
Here are the results from the state Board of Elections site in Marion [...]

Wesley Clark makes last minute pitch for funds in KY-2

Former Democratic presidential candidate and retired Gen. Wesley Clark made a “last minute plea” on his blog for supporters to send funds to races in the Kentucky 2nd, New York 29th and Illinois 10th districts. 
On the Web site for his political action committee, WesPac, Clark on Monday night wrote that he had received an “urgent [...]

LA Times: Conservative Dems make headway in GOP districts

Richard Simon with the Los Angeles Times has examined the trend this year of conservative Democrats making a move in U.S. House districts that are “traditional GOP strongholds.”
One of those identified by Simon in his article Saturday is David Boswell, the Sorgho Democrat running in Kentucky’s 2nd District for the seat held by Republican Ron [...]

2nd District race a toss-up down the stretch

The two candidates for Kentucky’s 2nd Congressional District seat returned to Owensboro this week, making stops at the same locations where they delivered stump speeches months before.
Since those stops earlier in the campaign cycle, the contest between Democrat David Boswell and Republican Brett Guthrie has evolved into a high-dollar battle drawing attention and money from [...]

Sabato predicts Dems will pick up KY-2 seat

Larry Sabato with the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics is predicting a gain of between 26 and 35 seats in the U.S. House by Democrats on Tuesday, including the Kentucky 2nd. 
In a new list of predictions on House races nationwide, Sabato lists the 2nd District seat being sought by Democrat David Boswell and Republican [...]

Guthrie up by 10 in latest SurveyUSA poll

Republican Brett Guthrie of Bowling Green continues to build on his lead in Kentucky’s 2nd Congressional District, according to the latest SurveyUSA conducted this week for Roll Call newspaper in Washington D.C. and WHAS-TV in Louisville.
The survey of 587 likely voters contacted on Monday and Tuesday found that 53 percent plan to back Guthrie and 43 [...]

Cook Political Report, Rothenberg call KY-2 race a “toss-up”

The Cook Political Report has changed its ratings on 10 U.S. House races, including the Kentucky 2nd District contest between Democrat David Boswell of Sorgho and Republican Brett Guthrie of Bowling Green. 
Report Editor David Wasserman now sees the race to replace Ron Lewis of Cecilia as a “toss-up” after pegging the contest as “lean Republican.”
The [...]