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Gray Says Paul Needs to 'Come Out of the Closet' and Debate

Rob Canning, WKMS

Lexington Mayor and Democratic US Senate Candidate Jim Gray says you will be seeing a lot more of him the next six weeks. The race has been called a sleeper compared to other Senate races across the nation and Gray says that’s partially because incumbent Rand Paul “refuses to give the opposition, my candidacy, the visibility that we are going to get.”

Gray says Sen. Paul will have to deal with the race sooner than later.

“Eventually he will come out of the closet and he will recognize that he will have to do a debate and that's what it takes,” said Gray.

Gray said Paul “wants to keep this race under the radar” to lessen Gray’s visibility.

In an email, Paul Campaign Spokeswoman Kelsey Cooper said that Paul has been busy defending Kentuckians from Gray’s “Clinton-Obama agenda,” and that there will be a debate later this fall, though the date has not been determined.

However, Gray says he is ramping up his campaign by meeting with constituents across the Commonwealth almost every day.

“What I hear is people are interested in jobs, they are interested in the economy,” said Gray. “There is a lot of economic anxiety. People want better opportunities for better jobs and that's younger people and older people alike.”

Gray has developed a four point plan on infrastructure and building up the middle class he hopes to discuss as he makes his way across the south west side of Kentucky the next few days.

“After eight months of failing to explain his support of Hillary Clinton and her destructive, anti-Kentucky agenda, it’s clear ?that Mayor Gray has ?discovered what Kentuckians already know: you can't be a friend of Kentucky if you support Hillary Clinton, and another six weeks won't change that fact,” wrote Cooper.

Gray is in western Kentucky for a law enforcement appreciation event in Paducah Tuesday evening. He will be in Hazard, Friday and Bowling Green Saturday. A rally is scheduled in Simpson Saturday as well.  

Nicole Erwin is a Murray native and started working at WKMS during her time at Murray State University as a Psychology undergraduate student. Nicole left her job as a PTL dispatcher to join the newsroom after she was hired by former News Director Bryan Bartlett. Since, Nicole has completed a Masters in Sustainable Development from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia where she lived for 2 1/2 years.
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