Kentucky: Rpk

This is an update to a previous story I wrote about potential campaign finance violations on the part of Sen. Bunning, Sen. Williams, and the Republican Party of Kentucky.  

I wanted to post for you the relevant federal disclosures Citizens for Bunning filed, combined with the finance report filed by the Republican Party of Kentucky.  These reports are not the smoking gun, as they provide only circumstantial evidence  of Bunning and the RPK's intent to use the RPK as a pass-through vehicle for donating to Jack Westwood's campaign.  These documents do not provide definitive evidence of that intent.  

Instead, the point of the last post was that Sen.

Kentucky-native Mike Duncan is wrapping up his first term as the chairman of the Republican National Committee after an election in which Republicans took losses in the House and Senate in addition to losing the White House. Around the country, speculation is whirling about potential candidates for the chair position even though Duncan has yet to make an announcement as to whether he intends to seek a second term.

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The Republican Party of Kentucky is behind a new mailer that continues to push the allegation that Democratic Senate candidate Bruce Lunsford, of Louisville, “says he lives in Chicago.”

A spokesperson from the RPK did not release specific numbers for the size of the mailing, but confirmed the piece was being distributed “statewide.”

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Louisville) is scheduled to be in attendance when the Republican Party of Kentucky officially opens two campaign offices in Lexington and Florence this Saturday.

McConnell will be joined by U.S. Rep. Geoff Davis (R-Hebron) for the opening of the RPK's northern Kentucky "Victory '08 Volunteer Center" in Florence on Sept. 13. Festivities at that facility, located at 6895 Burlington Pike, will kick off at 1pm.