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If my heart is with Paul Broun, my head is with Karen Handel. Whoever the nominee is will face Michelle Nunn, the great white hope of the Georgia Democratic Party. A unified front — the Democrats don’t even have a gubernatorial candidate — and a bankrupt party will throw its full weight behind her family name with a helping hand of Barack Obama’s organizational skills. Her early reviews have captured the imagination of the geriatric press corps (those still with a pulse) who swooned over her father in his day as well as the younger, liberal reporter cubs on the...

http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/007413.html "Whither the jihadi forums?" SNIPPET: "There are currently only three jihadi forums that are sufficiently active and well-connected to be of any interest whatsoever. Why we claim to be on the verge of defeating al-Qaida while simultaneously watching passively as they use these forums to regroup and regenerate is beyond me. These are the forums three: • al-Fidaa, a forum created by al-Qaida core. That it is directly linked to al-Qaida by definition moves it to the top of the list. Current membership: 2,462, all of whom can be considered "active" if only because they just joined the forum....

In these days, President Obama has declared a war on nuclear capabilities around the world. With the watch of Iran's nuclear program, North Korea's missile launches, and the discussions with Russia about the missile defense systems in Europe, Senators Lugar and Nunn have been a help.

Note: The following text is a quote: THE BRIEFING ROOM THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ___________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 2, 2009 NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Daniel Ginsberg, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, vice Craig W. Duehring. Louis B. Susman, of Illinois, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

When armed men attacked South Africa's most closely guarded nuclear facility a year ago, they penetrated the detection systems at the perimeter, cut through an electrified fence and broke into the emergency control center, shooting one worker there in the chest before escaping.

WASHINGTON – President-elect Obama has hired former Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Sam Nunn to help shepherd his Pentagon transition, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. Nunn, a former Georgia senator and veteran Democratic defense adviser, was once rumored as a potential running mate for Obama. Transition spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said Nunn will perform "an informal senior adviser role throughout the defense transition process."

Since all my predictions about Obama made back in November, when the press was calling him dead in the water (look it up!) have all come true. (Win Iowa , lose New Hampshire, win nomination) I know the world will be hanging on this one, made shortly before noon Tuesday August 19. (Okay I did, at a later date, predict Jim Webb as veep choice and that seems unlikely. He withdrew his name, though I wouldn’t rule out him being “persuaded”.) But I do have a strong feeling now that if Obama is as smart and shrewd as I think...

It's an AP story, so I'm only showing the link.

Ordinarily, presidential endorsements from two former red-state senators, neither of whom are especially high-profile right now, wouldn’t be especially newsworthy, but I think today’s announcement that Sam Nunn and David Boren are backing Barack Obama is a little more interesting than most. The Obama campaign sent out a press release, noting the endorsement, and adding that both Nunn and Boren have accepted Obama’s invitation to serve as advisers to his National Security Foreign Policy Team. With Nunn having been a chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Boren’s record as the longest-serving chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in...

BOSTON - Former Clinton Cabinet member Robert Reich on Friday endorsed Barack Obama over Hillary Rodham Clinton in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. Two other Democratic elder statesmen, former Sens. Sam Nunn of Georgia and David Boren of Oklahoma, also said they were supporting the Illinois senator. Reich, who served as Labor secretary under Bill Clinton, said in a blog post that "although Hillary Clinton has offered solid and sensible policy proposals, Obama's strike me as even more so." Reich also said Obama's plans for reforming Social Security and health care have a better chance of succeeding, and...

Mon December 31, 2007 Will a new candidate emerge at OU? By John Greiner Capitol Bureau NORMAN — University of Oklahoma President David L. Boren and former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia are convening a bipartisan group of nationally prominent political figures next Sunday and Monday to challenge presidential candidates to focus on serious issues. Those planning to attend include: •New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, a possible independent candidate for president. •Former Democrat U.S. Sen. Charles S. Robb of Virginia. •Bill Brock, former Republican Party chairman and former Tennessee U.S. Senator. •Jim Leach, a former Republican congressman...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Democratic Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia said today he is frustrated with the direction of the presidential race and acknowledged talking with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and others about an independent challenge to the major parties. Nunn said of Bloomberg, "We've had conversations about frustration with the fact that the process is flawed. I've told him ... it may be time for some serious people to look at what I call a time-out and having people of good faith in the Democratic and Republican parties to come together and address the issues that the parties...

WASHINGTON - The CIA has told Henry Kissinger to kiss off, saying his services as an informal adviser to Director Porter Goss are no longer needed. The pink slip came in the form of a terse communiqué from Goss to Kissinger - the vaunted diplomat and counselor to Presidents - and other members of an intelligence advisory board that meets several times a year, Newsweek magazine reported yesterday. The council of wise men recently sacked by the new CIA honcho includes 9/11 Commissioner and ex-Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.), who heads New School University in New York; former Sen. Sam Nunn...

...Duncan Hunter, ...the House Armed Services Chairman, is refusing to join the Beltway stampede to pass, in a few short weeks, the most extensive changes in U.S. intelligence in 50 years. ...The Senate and House each passed bills in the heat (and panic) of the election campaign.... Mr. Hunter specifically objects to a provision that would take budget authority away from the Secretary of Defense over the intelligence agencies under his control. This is a narrow but important issue. It would potentially undercut the military's ability to obtain and act on intelligence in real time.... There are other problems with...

...A new National Intelligence Director with a staff of several hundred will ride herd over the CIA, the DIA, the NSA, the FBI and the Pentagon.... ...[I]f this "reform" passes, a President might no longer get the competing views from the Pentagon because its intelligence arms will have been wrested away from the Defense Secretary to report to the same new national director. Such a move... runs the risk of separating intelligence from the war fighters who need it. One genuine success of recent years has been the integration of real-time intelligence with commanders on the battlefield.... The intelligence changes......

Votkinsk, the birthplace of composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, may have been founded in 1759, but during Soviet times the city didn't make it onto most maps. The Soviets had their reasons for keeping Votkinsk under wraps. Built on a tributary of the Kama River, the city was settled by decree of the Empress Elizabeth to house employees of Votkinsky Zavod, a steel works plant that remains one of the largest defense plants in Russia today. Originally the plant busied itself casting parts for steamships, barges, and bridges, but during World War II the plant was militarized, producing various artillery and...

Conservative Dem, Southerner, well-respected

"Frankfort's hazy halls and gathering rooms have been fully displayed at the same time legislators are considering bills that would put a stop to local smoking bans such as Lexington's. Nunn said his idea for a smokeless Capitol had nothing to do with the other proposals. Nunn said he wants to protect women, children and fellow lawmakers such as Rep. Robin Webb, D-Grayson, who is allergic to smoke. The two legislators said they have unsuccessfully asked members of the Legislative Research Commission to adopt an internal policy that would safeguard the public. "I'm not for an outright ban, but just...

<p>C-J file photos Former Gov. Louie B. Nunn rode in his inaugural parade in Frankfort in 1967.</p> <p>From left, Steven, Jennie Lou and Beula Nunn, Louie B. Nunn's son, daughter and wife, respectively, stayed warm during the governor's inauguration in December. The day started chilly and gray, but thousands gathered for the event.</p>

Sam Nunn: A winner waiting to be drafted? Bill Shipp Sen. Zell Miller’s Republican-sponsored harangue against his own party notwithstanding, the national Democratic Party is not quite dead. It is, however, in critical condition. As Miller says in his new fist-shaking fuss book, “A National Party No More,” “It will be difficult for the Democratic Party to nominate a candidate capable of winning nationwide until it abandons the suicidal compulsion of allowing Iowa and New Hampshire to be the tail that always wags the Democratic donkey.” In addition to using voters in two far-out states as their misleading bellwether, the...

<p>Remembering Edward T. 'Ned' Breathitt 'A man of extreme integrity'</p> <p>FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentuckians were ill-prepared for the unexpected death of Edward T. "Ned" Breathitt because, at age 78, "he was still working, fighting for the causes he found were right, still in the midst of life," author and journalist John Ed Pearce said yesterday.</p>

<p>SSOCIATED PRESS U.S. Rep. Ernie Fletcher defeated three rivals yesterday to win the Republican nomination for governor, overcoming a legal challenge that forced him to change running mates in the middle of his campaign.</p> <p>With all precincts reporting, Fletcher — a three-term congressman from Lexington — had an overwhelming 57 percent of the vote. He built up huge victory margins in the counties of his congressional district, including capturing more than 80 percent of the vote in his home of Fayette County. He also won big in Northern Kentucky.</p>

Kentucky Governor, GOP Primary (Congressman) Ernest Fletcher: 56% (County Executive) Rebecca Jackson: 24% (State Representative) Stephen Nunn: 14% (State Senator) Virgil Moore: 3% Undecided/Other: 3% Data Collected: 5/16/03 - 5/18/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 454 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 4.6% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/ WLEX-TV Lexington

Kentucky Governor, GOP Primary (Congressman) Ernest Fletcher: 56% (County Executive) Rebecca Jackson: 24% (State Representative) Stephen Nunn: 14% (State Senator) Virgil Moore: 3% Undecided/Other: 3% Data Collected: 5/16/03 - 5/18/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 454 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 4.6% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/ WLEX-TV Lexington

<p>AMONG this year's candidates for governor of Kentucky, only Republican Steve Nunn has been honest about state government finances. Only Mr. Nunn has told the truth about the most important spending Kentucky does, insisting that schools need ''several hundred million dollars'' more annually.</p>

U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona has jumped in where Kentucky's own senators have not, endorsing Republican Steve Nunn for governor. McCain, a Republican, has recorded a message backing Nunn that will be telephoned to Republicans around the state. Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Jim Bunning have not taken sides in Kentucky's GOP gubernatorial primary, which will be held Tuesday. In his recorded message, former presidential hopeful McCain depicts Nunn as a government reformer much like himself, saying that "in Kentucky, it's Steve Nunn who has led the fight for honesty and integrity in Frankfort." "He's fought tirelessly to reform...

Kentucky Governor, GOP Primary (Congressman) Ernest Fletcher: 50% (County Executive) Rebecca Jackson: 21% (State Representative) Stephen Nunn: 19% (State Senator) Virgil Moore: 3% Undecided/Other: 7% Data Collected: 5/9/03 - 5/12/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 494 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 4.5% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/ WLEX-TV Lexington Kentucky Governor, Dem Primary (Attorney General) Ben Chandler: 39% (Health Care Entrepreneur) Bruce Lunsford: 28% (State House Speaker) Jody Richards: 20% (Businessman) Otis Hensley: 2% Undecided/Other: 10% Data Collected: 5/9/03 - 5/12/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 669 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 3.9% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/WLEX-TV Lexington

Kentucky Governor, GOP Primary (Congressman) Ernest Fletcher: 50% (County Executive) Rebecca Jackson: 21% (State Representative) Stephen Nunn: 19% (State Senator) Virgil Moore: 3% Undecided/Other: 7% Data Collected: 5/9/03 - 5/12/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 494 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 4.5% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/ WLEX-TV Lexington Kentucky Governor, Dem Primary (Attorney General) Ben Chandler: 39% (Health Care Entrepreneur) Bruce Lunsford: 28% (State House Speaker) Jody Richards: 20% (Businessman) Otis Hensley: 2% Undecided/Other: 10% Data Collected: 5/9/03 - 5/12/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 669 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 3.9% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/WLEX-TV Lexington

<p>One candidate in the Republican gubernatorial primary -- state Rep. Steve Nunn of Glasgow -- holds genuine promise of breaking that fruitless cycle. We endorse his candidacy.</p> <p>In the Democratic-dominated House, Mr. Nunn has worked effectively across party lines while tackling some of the state's toughest issues.</p>

<p>The Courier-Journal is profiling the major candidates for governor this week and next week. Stories on the Republican candidates will run this week.</p> <p>FRANKFORT, Ky. -- At first glance it might seem odd that former Gov. Louis B. Nunn's son, Republican candidate for governor Steve Nunn, is an underfunded outsider in the May 20 primary.</p>

Kentucky Governor, GOP Primary (Congressman) Ernest Fletcher: 44% (County Executive) Rebecca Jackson: 22% (State Representative) Stephen Nunn: 20% (State Senator) Virgil Moore: 4% Undecided/Other: 8% Data Collected: 5/5/03 - 5/5/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 485 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 4.5% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/ WLEX-TV Lexington Kentucky Governor, Dem Primary (Attorney General) Ben Chandler: 42% (Health Care Entrepreneur) Bruce Lunsford: 30% (State House Speaker) Jody Richards: 13% (Businessman) Otis Hensley: 3% Undecided/Other: 12% Data Collected: 5/3/03 - 5/5/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 698 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 3.8% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/WLEX-TV Lexington

Kentucky Governor, GOP Primary (Congressman) Ernest Fletcher: 44% (County Executive) Rebecca Jackson: 22% (State Representative) Stephen Nunn: 20% (State Senator) Virgil Moore: 4% Undecided/Other: 8% Data Collected: 5/5/03 - 5/5/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 485 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 4.5% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/ WLEX-TV Lexington Kentucky Governor, Dem Primary (Attorney General) Ben Chandler: 42% (Health Care Entrepreneur) Bruce Lunsford: 30% (State House Speaker) Jody Richards: 13% (Businessman) Otis Hensley: 3% Undecided/Other: 12% Data Collected: 5/3/03 - 5/5/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 698 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 3.8% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/WLEX-TV Lexington

Kentucky Governor, GOP Primary (Congressman) Ernest Fletcher: 49% (County Executive) Rebecca Jackson: 22% (State Representative) Stephen Nunn: 17% (State Senator) Virgil Moore: 3% Undecided/Other: 8% Data Collected: 4/26/03 - 4/28/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 524 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 4.4% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/ WLEX-TV Lexington Kentucky Governor, Dem Primary (Attorney General) Ben Chandler: 45% (Health Care Entrepreneur) Bruce Lunsford: 27% (State House Speaker) Jody Richards: 14% (Businessman) Otis Hensley: 3% Undecided/Other: 11% Data Collected: 4/26/03 - 4/28/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 675 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 3.9% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/WLEX-TV Lexington

Kentucky Governor, GOP Primary (Congressman) Ernest Fletcher: 49% (County Executive) Rebecca Jackson: 22% (State Representative) Stephen Nunn: 17% (State Senator) Virgil Moore: 3% Undecided/Other: 8% Data Collected: 4/26/03 - 4/28/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 524 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 4.4% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/ WLEX-TV Lexington Kentucky Governor, Dem Primary (Attorney General) Ben Chandler: 45% (Health Care Entrepreneur) Bruce Lunsford: 27% (State House Speaker) Jody Richards: 14% (Businessman) Otis Hensley: 3% Undecided/Other: 11% Data Collected: 4/26/03 - 4/28/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 675 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 3.9% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/WLEX-TV Lexington

Posted on Tue, Apr. 29, 2003 Fletcher asks for bypass of appeal By Jack Brammer And Ryan Alessi HERALD-LEADER FRANKFORT BUREAU FRANKFORT -With three weeks until the May 20 election, U.S. Rep. Ernie Fletcher asked the state's highest court yesterday to consider a legal challenge by a rival to keep him off the ballot in the Republican primary for governor. The Kentucky Supreme Court needs to decide the case, said Fletcher, because "Kentucky voters earnestly desire and need to know that the candidates appearing on the ballot are duly qualified to serve the positions to which they seek election." At...

Governor hopefuls fill their coffers LUNSFORD, FLETCHER HOLD FINANCIAL EDGE By Ryan Alessi HERALD-LEADER FRANKFORT BUREAU With just three weeks to the May 20 primary, Democrat Bruce Lunsford still leads the governor's race in spending and has the most cash remaining in his war chest. Lunsford, who founded a Louisville-based health conglomerate, gave his campaign an additional $1.6 million in the last two weeks, bringing his total to nearly $6 million of his own money invested in the race. He has spent nearly $5 million already, mostly on television ads that began airing in March. "He's not taking any contributions...

<p>In a race to succeed a governor tainted by scandal, Democrats and Republicans alike are pushing for change and promising to clean up how things work at the Capitol.</p> <p>Questions about ethics and public duty vs. personal interest are drawing much of the candidates' attention, with Gov. Paul Patton facing a joint federalstate criminal investigation related to his affair with businesswoman Tina Conner and civil charges of violating the state ethics code.</p>

FRANKFORT, Ky. - With eight Democrats and Republicans running for Kentucky governor, you'd think they would be bashing each other heading into next month's primaries. Instead, they have ganged up on Gov. Paul Patton, the term-limited Democrat who dropped a plan to run for Senate after admitting he cheated on his wife in an affair that has led to state and federal investigations into whether he misused his office to help or retaliate against his lover. Democrats are distancing themselves from Patton and Republicans are hoping they can win the governorship for the first time in 36 years, though the...

Kentucky Governor, GOP Primary (Congressman) Ernest Fletcher: 46% (County Executive) Rebecca Jackson: 26% (State Representative) Stephen Nunn: 17% (State Senator) Virgil Moore: 3% Undecided/Other: 8% Data Collected: 4/12/03 - 4/14/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 513 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 4.4% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/ WLEX-TV Lexington Kentucky Governor, Dem Primary (Attorney General) Ben Chandler: 45% (Health Care Entrepreneur) Bruce Lunsford: 26% (State House Speaker) Jody Richards: 10% (Businessman) Otis Hensley: 4% Undecided/Other: 15% Data Collected: 4/12/03 - 4/14/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 600 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 4.1% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/WLEX-TV Lexington

Kentucky Governor, GOP Primary (Congressman) Ernest Fletcher: 46% (County Executive) Rebecca Jackson: 26% (State Representative) Stephen Nunn: 17% (State Senator) Virgil Moore: 3% Undecided/Other: 8% Data Collected: 4/12/03 - 4/14/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 513 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 4.4% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/ WLEX-TV Lexington Kentucky Governor, Dem Primary (Attorney General) Ben Chandler: 45% (Health Care Entrepreneur) Bruce Lunsford: 26% (State House Speaker) Jody Richards: 10% (Businessman) Otis Hensley: 4% Undecided/Other: 15% Data Collected: 4/12/03 - 4/14/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 600 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 4.1% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/WLEX-TV Lexington

<p>LEXINGTON, Ky. -- U.S. Rep. Ernie Fletcher of Lexington defended his first choice of a running mate -- and state Rep. Steve Nunn defended pressing the issue -- as the four Republican candidates for governor debated last night on Kentucky Educational Television.</p>

<p>FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The federal prosecutor who played a leading role in an investigation of corruption in the General Assembly became Ernie Fletcher's new running mate today.</p> <p>Stephen B. Pence, who last week resigned as U.S. attorney for the western half of Kentucky, was registered on Fletcher's Republican slate, according to forms filed with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. The two candidates planned a joint news conference Monday morning in Lexington.</p>

<p>FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The federal prosecutor who played a leading role in an investigation of corruption in the General Assembly became Ernie Fletcher's new running mate today.</p> <p>Stephen B. Pence, who last week resigned as U.S. attorney for the western half of Kentucky, was registered on Fletcher's Republican slate, according to forms filed with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. The two candidates planned a joint news conference Monday morning in Lexington.</p>

<p>Republican gubernatorial candidate Ernie Fletcher is expected to name U.S. Attorney Steve Pence of Louisville as his new pick for lieutenant governor, Fletcher supporters said yesterday.</p> <p>''I strongly believe Steve Pence will be Dr. Fletcher's choice when he announces his running mate on Monday,'' said Dave Disponett, a leading Fletcher supporter who is active in the campaign of the Lexington congressman and physician.</p>

Kentucky Governor, GOP Primary (Congressman) Ernest Fletcher: 42% (County Executive) Rebecca Jackson: 26% (State Representative) Stephen Nunn: 20% (State Senator) Virgil Moore: 3% Undecided/Other: 9% Data Collected: 3/29/03 - 3/31/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 564 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 4.2% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/ WLEX-TV Lexington Kentucky Governor, Dem Primary (Attorney General) Ben Chandler: 45% (Health Care Entrepreneur) Bruce Lunsford: 25% (State House Speaker) Jody Richards: 9% (Businessman) Otis Hensley: 4% Undecided/Other: 17% Data Collected: 3/29/03 - 3/31/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 679 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 3.8% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/WLEX-TV Lexington

Kentucky Governor, GOP Primary (Congressman) Ernest Fletcher: 42% (County Executive) Rebecca Jackson: 26% (State Representative) Stephen Nunn: 20% (State Senator) Virgil Moore: 3% Undecided/Other: 9% Data Collected: 3/29/03 - 3/31/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 564 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 4.2% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/ WLEX-TV Lexington Kentucky Governor, Dem Primary (Attorney General) Ben Chandler: 45% (Health Care Entrepreneur) Bruce Lunsford: 25% (State House Speaker) Jody Richards: 9% (Businessman) Otis Hensley: 4% Undecided/Other: 17% Data Collected: 3/29/03 - 3/31/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 679 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 3.8% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/WLEX-TV Lexington

<p>FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A judge refused yesterday to keep Ernie Fletcher, a Republican candidate for governor, from replacing Hunter Bates as his running mate for lieutenant governor, but state Rep. Steve Nunn's running mate said he'd appeal.</p> <p>Franklin Circuit Judge William Graham's decision allowed Fletcher, a member of Congress from Lexington, to stay on the May 20 primary ballot.</p>

<p>''Our opponents are trying to decide this election in the courtroom,'' Ernie Fletcher said.</p> <p>Having knocked Hunter Bates off U. S. Rep. Ernie Fletcher's Republican slate for governor, state Rep. Steve Nunn's campaign went to court yesterday to disqualify Fletcher, too.</p>

Kentucky Governor, GOP Primary (Congressman) Ernest Fletcher: 36% (County Executive) Rebecca Jackson: 25% (State Representative) Stephen Nunn: 21% (State Senator) Virgil Moore: 2% Undecided/Other: 15% Data Collected: 3/1/03 - 3/3/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 509 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 4.4% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/ WLEX-TV Lexington Kentucky Governor, Dem Primary (Attorney General) Ben Chandler: 51% (State House Speaker) Jody Richards: 11% (Health Care Entrepreneur) Bruce Lunsford: 8% (Businessman) Otis Hensley: 3% Undecided/Other: 27% Data Collected: 3/1/03 - 3/3/03 Geography: State of Kentucky Universe: 682 Likely Voters Margin of Error: 3.8% Client: WHAS-TV Louisville/WLEX-TV Lexington

<p>Democrat Ben Chandler and Republican Ernie Fletcher have the early leads in the primary elections for governor, but few voters have made up their minds, according to The Courier-Journal's latest Bluegrass Poll.</p> <p>Chandler, the state attorney general, has the backing of 37 percent of the likely voters in the Democratic primary. That was much more than the 9 percent for House Speaker Jody Richards, 5 percent for Louisville businessman Bruce Lunsford and 1 percent for Harlan contractor Otis Hensley Jr.</p>