Kentucky: 2010

Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo (D-Hazard) will attend the Milbank Memorial Fund Annual Meeting this week in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he is scheduled to deliver a presentation on healthcare in Kentucky.

"Kentucky is leading the way in many innovations in healthcare technologies and practices, and I am honored to have the opportunity to share with other healthcare leaders about our developments here in the Commonwealth," said Mongiardo in a statement.

According to a release from his office, Mongiardo's remarks are scheduled for Thursday morning.

Though it holds elections three out of every four years, Kentucky's ballot boxes will be idle in 2009, with no regularly scheduled state or federal elections for the first time since 2005. After two trying general elections in consecutive years that included hard fought contests for the U.S. Senate and all statewide officials, the chairs of Kentucky's political parties sound like they are ready to regroup and retool.

The secretary of state's office rejected criticism today from the Kentucky Democratic Party, which alleged that "questions remained" in the wake of a recanvass yesterday that showed no change in the result for the race in the 23rd state Senate district.

After that recanvass, Kathy Groob (D-Covington) was shown to be 807 votes behind state Sen. Jack Westwood (R-Crescent Springs).

While the dust has barely settled after this year's U.S. Senate contest, buzz is already mounting about the expected fight for the Commonwealth's other seat, currently held by U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Southgate).