A jury convicted Jerry Lundergan, a longtime Democratic operative and the father of Kentucky secretary of state Alison Lundergan Grimes, of breaking federal finance law.
A newly-launched campaign to unseat incumbent Kentucky senator Mitch McConnell (R.) has ties to socialist presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.). 
Days after two coal miners suffering from black lung accused Senate hopeful Amy McGrath of exploiting their plight for political gain, the Kentucky Democrat released a new ad in which the pair's faces are obscured. 
Two coal miners are demanding an ad by Kentucky Democrat Amy McGrath be taken off the airwaves because they were not told their struggle was being used for a political ad, according to a letter from their lawyer obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. 
A local Kentucky Democratic group blasted state Gov. Matt Bevin (R.) over the weekend, calling him a “deplorable troll” and referring to him as “The Deplorable” in a Facebook post.
A Kentucky radio host and local attorney attacked a black Republican candidate for the state's attorney general seat for his support of President Donald Trump, saying that he should "stop eating the ‘Coon Flakes.’" 
Rep. John Yarmuth, the only Kentucky Democrat in Congress, on Thursday chimed in on Senate candidate Amy McGrath's “pretty significant” error in publicly admitting she would have supported the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court last fall.
A CNN panel on Thursday slammed Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Amy McGrath for reversing her position on whether she would have voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. 
Democrat Amy McGrath announced Tuesday she is running to oust Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) without uttering the word "Kentucky" once in her launch video.
Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth (Ky.) compared a top potential challenger to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) to failed Texas Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke on Tuesday. 