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 [...]

Boswell weighing options, with retirement a possibility

State Sen. David Boswell said Tuesday that a retirement window closing at the end of the year has him weighing his options for the future. 
Boswell has two years remaining on his fifth term in the Kentucky Senate and mounted an unsuccessful run to represent Kentucky’s 2nd District in Congress next year. Boswell, a Sorgho Democrat, [...]

Open seat(s) in the Kentucky Senate

The Herald-Leader’s Larry Dale Keeling weighs in on “a tale of two state Senate vacancies” in a column this week and compares the post-election talk now and last year over open seats in the chamber. 
Keeling reminds readers that Senate President David Williams called for then-Sen. Dan Mongiardo, now lieutenant governor, to resign from the chamber [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Boswell targets Guthrie stances in new TV ad

Democrat David Boswell takes a swing at Republican Brett Guthrie on the issues of pension plan investments, NAFTA and a March fundraiser with Vice President Dick Cheney in a new television ad released Monday. 
The ad, titled “The Guthrie Gamble,” makes a new claim – that Guthrie “backs a risky scheme to gamble our retirement in [...]

DCCC poll shows Boswell with 6-point lead in KY-2

The results of a poll conducted for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee show Democrat David Boswell with a 6-point lead over his Republican opponent Brett Guthrie in Kentucky’s 2nd Congressional District race. 
The poll was conducted Oct. 20-21 by Benenson Strategy Group and surveyed 401 likely voters in the 21-county district, with 47 percent supporting Boswell [...]