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This page links to conservative and Republican websites
in Kentucky. Explanation below.
These initial reference lists will grow.
Suggestions are welcome
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Reach out to independent voters in
your community. Listen to their concerns.
Get organized for the primaries. Tea Party groups -
endorse specific candidates.
Get to know your precinct committeeman, and volunteer to help better
candidates win in the primary. |
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Selective recent political news and
comments related to Kentucky politics |
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February 4-6, 2010 - Did you miss the
first National Tea Party
Convention in Nashville? If so, links to coverage of the
event are shared at the above.
Sarah Palin was the featured
keynote speaker at this event arranged by
Tea Party Nation
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Republican
Incumbents |
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Senator Mitch McConnell - Republican leader |
http://mcconnell.senate.gov/ |
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Senator Jim Bunning |
http://bunning.senate.gov/public/ |
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US Representative Geoff Davis (KY 4th) |
http://geoffdavis.house.gov/ |
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US Representative Brett Guthrie (KY 2nd) |
http://guthrie.house.gov/ |
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US Representative Harold Rogers (KY 5th) - "Hal" |
http://halrogers.house.gov/
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US Representative Ed Whitfield (KY 1st) |
http://whitfield.house.gov/
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Republican
candidates for 2010 |
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research pending, suggestions welcome |
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Incumbent - US
Senator Jim Bunning (R - KY)
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Rand Paul for US Senate (R-KY)
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KY political
organizations - party, PAC's, etc. |
for national, see
Conservative Links |
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Republican Party of Kentucky -
by
county |
http://www.rpk.org/ |
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Jefferson County Republican Party, Louisville KY |
http://louisvillegop.com/ |
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Louisville Young Republicans |
http://www.louisvilleyr.org/
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Campbell County Republican Party, Fort Thomas, KY |
http://www.campbellgop.org/
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| Boone
County Republican Party, Hebron, KY |
http://www.bcrpky.org/ |
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Kentucky Federation of Republican Women |
http://www.kfrw.org/ |
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Blogs and other sources of
information about conservative politics in Kentucky |
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research pending, suggestions welcome |
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Tea Party events and
organizations in Kentucky |
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September 2009 - The
Tea Party
Express visited protests en route to Washington DC for
9/12/09. |
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Check our July 4
Independence Day Tea Party page for other information sources and
updates.
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July 16, 2009 -
Ky. Sen. Bunning raises less money than rivals - Comment: Vulnerable
in 2010. |
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July 7, 2009 -
Bunning says he has more money than rivals - Comment: But
not for long? |
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May 5, 2009 - Money may force Bunning to rethink re-election bid -
Comment: AP story about disagreement with Sen. Mitch McConnell and
others, and potential challenges for his seat. |
Tax Day Tea Party
protests were held in many cities on April 15. These were
locally organized through personal and online networking.
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Bowling Green, KY Tax Day Tea Party protest
- estimated 500 people |
| Danville, KY Tax Day Tea Party protest |
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Elizabethtown, KY / Hardin County Tax Day Tea Party protest |
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Frankfort, KY Tax Day Tea Party protest -
Facebook event page |
| Lexington, KY Tax Day Tea Party protest |
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Louisville, KY Tax Day Tea Party protest |
| Madisonville, KY Tax Day Tea Party |
| Murray, KY Tax Day Tea Party |
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Owensboro, KY
Tax Day Tea Party - estimated 200 people |
| Paducah, KY
Tax Day Tea Party protest |
| Somerset, KY Tax Day Tea Party protest |
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The
Tax Day Tea
Party website listed events associated with the
Nationwide Tea Party Coalition sponsors, who supported the organization of
most of the first Chicago Tea Party protest events on February 27.
New sponsors include
American Solutions (ties to Newt Gingrich) and other groups. |
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Tea Party protests are also being
organized by FreedomWorks in many cities on various dates. |
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American
Family Association has also set up a new website -
TEA - Taxed Enough
Already - which lists over 1000 local "Tea Party" protest
organizers nationwide. This was followed by another new website
for their July 4 Tea Party protest plans -
www.TeaPartyDay.com |
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Another source of information about Tea Party protests
and other local initiatives or contacts in many states can be found
through the "Patriotic Resistance" -
http://www.resistnet.com . |
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