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Fletcher beats Northup despite scandal
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Edited | Chronicler May 23, 2007 12:08pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Louisville Courier Journal |
| News Date | Wednesday, May 23, 2007 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Republicans: Governor rolls, carrying 106 of 120 counties
By Joseph Gerth
Overcoming the fallout from a political hiring scandal, Gov. Ernie Fletcher won a decisive victory in the Republican gubernatorial primary last night over former U.S. Rep. Anne Northup and Paducah businessman Billy Harper.
Fletcher won half the Republican vote, an accomplishment that many had thought was virtually impossible given his problems of the past two years.
The scandal still threatens his election to a second term in November, when he would need to attract votes from Democrats and independents to beat the Democratic nominee, former Lt. Gov. Steve Beshear.
But Fletcher clearly wasn't worried about that last night as he took the stage at the Marriott Griffin Gate Hotel in Lexington as the jubilant crowd chanted, "Four more years, four more years." |
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