Kentucky: Ron Lewis

Congressman-elect Brett Guthrie (R-Bowling Green) is joining more than fifty fellow newcomers to the U.S. House in Washington, D.C. this week for an orientation, where they will be briefed on house ethics rules and vote for leadership positions in advance of the actual swearing-in ceremonies for the 111th Congress.

"We feel that we are coming here to be a statesman," Guthrie told the Associated Press in Washington.

A second effort to pass the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 in the U.S. House found just one change among the Kentucky delegation from the roll call from the first effort earlier this week.

U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Louisville) was the only Kentuckian in the House to change his vote from the Monday roll call, when the bailout package failed before the House.

Along with the news that its candidate was added to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Red-to-Blue list, State Sen. David Boswell's (D-Owensboro) campaign team announced it was expanding to incorporate some veterans of Kentucky and national politics.

After being omitted from two rounds of television ad buys by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the campaign of state Sen. David Boswell (D-Owensboro) is finally rallying some national attention for their efforts in the 2nd Congressional District race.

According to campaign advisor Jim Cole, a fundraiser hosted by former governor and U.S. Sen. Wendell Ford (D-Owensboro) and U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) is in the works for Boswell.