A state Republican leader is calling a bill approved Tuesday that would allow U.S. Senator Rand Paul to run for re-election and for President simultaneously an “exciting opportunity for Kentucky”. State Senator Damon Thayer of Georgetown sponsored the legislation that passed in the Senate on a largely party-line vote.
Thayer is the Senate majority leader…
Senator Paul is considered one of the frontrunners in the Republican presidential field for 2016. State Senator Ray Jones voted against the bill. The Pikeville Democrat doesn’t see how permitting a candidate to seek two offices at the same time benefits Kentucky…
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The measure passed by a vote of 25 to 13 in the Republican-controlled chamber.