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Kentucky: Bill Londrigan

Mon, 10/06/2008 - 15:18

Lunsford talks healthcare and economy at AFL-CIO roundtable

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

LOUISVILLE -- Meeting with six union members and local and national labor leaders, Democratic Senate candidate Bruce Lunsford, fielded questions about his positions on health care and the state of the economy today at a United Auto Workers hall in Louisville.

In responding, Lunsford sought to connect his opponent, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Louisville) with President Bush, by denouncing their economic policy as "wreckless."

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Wed, 10/01/2008 - 14:18

UMWA President Kentucky-bound for union discussion with Lunsford

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts is scheduled to be the latest national labor leader to visit Kentucky during the general election season. Roberts will appear in Louisville next Monday, meeting with union workers, U.S. Sen. candidate Bruce Lunsford (D-Louisville), and state AFL-CIO president Bill Londrigan.

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Mon, 09/08/2008 - 16:00

Updated: New NRSC video pits Lunsford allies against trackers

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

While labor organizations are launching a new push to oust U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Louisville) from office, allies of McConnell are trying to push back against the interests backing the incumbent’s Democratic opponent, Louisville businessman Bruce Lunsford. One Kentucky labor leader is at the center of a new web video circulated today by the National Republican Senatorial Committee that asks: “What kind of company does Bruce Lunsford keep?”

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Mon, 09/08/2008 - 15:43

AFL-CIO dispatches 32,000 anti-McConnell mailers

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

Organized labor is stepping up its efforts in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race this week, as the AFL-CIO is firing off a mailer denouncing incumbent U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s record on economic issues.

In what is being identified as the start of the AFL-CIO’s final push in Kentucky, 32,000 mailers will go out to union households and AFL-CIO members today. Two different pieces are being dispatched as part of the effort.

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Mon, 07/21/2008 - 17:06

AFL-CIO head Londrigan denounces 'card-check' ads

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

Kentucky AFL-CIO President Bill Londrigan rejected new radio ads launched against Democratic Senate nominee Bruce Lunsford as the product of "anti-labor" forces, in a brief interview with PolitickerKY.com today.

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Thu, 06/26/2008 - 20:36

‘Bush Legacy Tour’ hits Louisville with bullseye on McConnell

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=968|title=U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Louisville)|desc=Getty Images Photo|link=none|align=right|width=240|height=175]LOUISVILLE - Dubbed by organizers a "museum on wheels to highlight the failures of the Bush administration," a bio-diesel powered bus touring communities with vulnerable incumbent members of Congress rolled into Louisville last night for a two-day stay. The visit culminated in a rally today near U.S. Sen.

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Thu, 06/26/2008 - 16:02

Kentucky’s AFL-CIO president hopeful for Obama, says McConnell is ‘on the defensive’

By Trey Pollard, PolitickerKY.com Reporter

LOUISVILLE -- Arguing against the speculation of many pundits, Kentucky state AFL-CIO president Bill Londrigan told PolitickerKY.com the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), is connecting with many in the Bluegrass State -- including members of his labor coalition.

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