By Associated Press
Frankfort, KY – Democratic Governor Steve Beshear plans to get an early start on his fall re-election campaign by running his first television ads next week. Campaign manager Bill Hyers says the ads will run on network and cable TV stations across the state beginning Monday. He declined to say how much the campaign is spending on the first round of ads. Beshear has raised some $5 million for his re-election and faces Republican state Senate President David Williams in the November general election. Williams heads into the general election race with an exhausted campaign bank account, after raising and spending $1.2 million during the primary race.