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Grimes Says Paul Can’t Run for Two Offices

December 17, 2014 at 11:11 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 21 Comments

Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes (D) told WHAS-TV that she might take Sen. Rand Paul (R) to court to block him from running both for president and reelection to the U.S. Senate in 2016.

Said Grimes: “The law is clear. You can’t be on the ballot twice for two offices.”

She added: “We’ll look to the court for any guidance that is needed. And at the end of the day, we’re not going to be bullied.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: KY-Sen, Rand Paul

McConnell Ran 61 Different Ads

December 11, 2014 at 6:55 am EST By Taegan Goddard 1 Comment

Cook Political Report: “To win re-election in 2012, President Obama’s targeting-savvy campaign aired 143 unique commercials across more than a dozen states. To win re-election in 2014, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R) aired 61 unique ads across Kentucky.”

Filed Under: 2014 Campaign Tagged With: KY-Sen

How Paul Will Run for Senate and President

December 2, 2014 at 7:14 am EST By Taegan Goddard 26 Comments

Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) “brain trust has spent months developing an exhaustive political and legal battle plan to ensure he can run for both Senate reelection and the White House in 2016—despite a Kentucky law that suggests otherwise,” National Journal reports.

“They have developed backup plans for their backup plans in an all-out effort to safeguard Paul’s Senate seat should he falter in the presidential sweepstakes. The contingencies range from changing Kentucky into a presidential caucus state to filing a lawsuit challenging the law, from daring Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes to keep him off the ballot to taking her out next November if she does.”

Paul told the Lexington Herald-Leader that while he was still “four to six months” away from making a decision about a White House run, “the one thing we’ve decided is that I’m definitely running for re-election.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: KY-Sen, Rand Paul

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Dukakis on the Midterms

November 18, 2014 at 12:40 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 22 Comments

Former Gov. Mike Dukakis (D) talked to U.S. News about the 2014 midterm elections: “The worst thing, obviously, was this gal from Kentucky, who wouldn’t tell you who she voted for. God. You can’t do that.”

Filed Under: 2014 Campaign Tagged With: KY-Sen, Mike Dukakis

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

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Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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