By Tony McVeigh
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Kentucky – Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear's campaign says the list of Republicans backing the Kentucky Democrat's re-election bid this fall is growing. Kentucky Public Radio's Tony McVeigh has been studying the list.
On the day before Kentucky Republicans held their post-primary unity rally at GOP headquarters in Frankfort, Gov. Beshear's campaign released the names of 70 Republicans backing his re-election bid. Among the names was former Lt. Gov. Steve Pence.
At the unity rally, Senate President David Williams, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, was asked about the Beshear list. "Nobody gets a 100% of their own party in anything. And many of those people obviously are in a situation where they came off a campaign contributor's list. And people have all sorts of different reasons why they contribute to campaigns, if you know what I mean."
The Beshear campaign is now announcing another 56 Republicans they say are supporting the governor's re-election bid, including Owensboro Mayor Ron Payne.
Latest List of Republicans for Beshear-Abramson
(List provided by Beshear/Abramson)
Mayor Ron Payne, Owensboro
Mary Birkhauser, Villa Hills
Amanda Bricking, Wilder
Robin Brown, Murray
Lee Eddie Campbell, Corbin
Cynthia Deaton, London
Joe Dickerson, Ghent
Sandy Duvall, Albany
Beth Ely, Ft. Wright
Tom Ferguson, Eminence
Kimberly Foster, Shepherdsville
Joe Hamlin, Florence
Michele Harris, Louisville
Wilma Hawkins, Cecilia
Tonya Hayre, Lily
Derrick Helm, Jamestown
Daryl Hester, Wallingford
Sherry Hester, Wallingford
Stephen Hester, Wallingford
Lindsey Howard, Lexington
Judy Howell, Wallingford
Rick Jones, Edgewood
Cheryl Lewis, Hyden
Elizabeth Lucas, Union
Chris McDaniel, Whitesville
Sandra Meeks, Barbourville
Richard Meers, Winchester
Jerry Merritt, Louisville
Theresa Meyer, Burlington
Melodie Middleton, Cannon
Darren Mills, Barbourville
Devin Mills, Barbourville
Larry Mills, Bimble
Linda Mills, Barbourville
Loretta Mills, Barbourville
Elise Mohon, Campbellsville
Lisa Munoz, Calhoun
Kim Plummer, Fort Mitchell
Michael Plummer, Fort Mitchell
Stephen Poindexter, Burkesville
Kenneth Reutlinger, Jr., Louisville
Marianne Reutlinger, Louisville
Larry Rogers, Russell Springs
Rebecca Skaggs, Oil Springs
Jim Sproul, Flat Lick
Jeffrey Stamps, Auburn
Kitty Strode, Winchester
Diane Stuckert, Prospect
Cindy Wallace, Albany
Barbara Warfield, Leitchfield
Tim Watkins, Hardinsburg
Ted Williams, London
Dennis Wiseman, Louisville
Mark Wood, Louisville
Phoebe Wood, Louisville
Karen Woodward, Edgewood
Last week's list of Republicans for Beshear-Abramson
Jon Ackerson, Louisville Metro Councilman, former GOP Chair of Jefferson County
Gary D. Crenshaw, Mayor of Lebanon
Edward Long, Mayor of Harrodsburg
Phillip King, Mayor of Bardwell
Fred Siegelman, Mayor of Versailles
Steve Pence, Louisville Attorney, former Lieutenant Governor
Richard Ammon, Burlington
Charles J. Baird, Pikeville Coal Operator
Kitty Baird, Pikeville Activist
Thomas M. Baker, Bowling Green Businessman & Sportsman
Darrell Barrett, Booneville
Rosetta Bell, Dawson Springs
Toy Blair, Denver - Former Jailer of Johnson County
Caroline Boone, Lexington
Bill Britton, Louisville Businessman
David Burkholder, Louisville
Ray Carcione, Louisville Businessman
John Clark, Ashland
Joseph Howey Creaghead, Fort Mitchell Pat Donovan, Lexington
Evan Elliott, Dunmor
Laura Elliott, Dunmor
Terry Fields, Berea
Vivian Flynn, Lexington
Edward Fuller, Georgetown
David Garner, Simpsonville
Jacob Garner, Nancy
Norb Gettys, Fort Thomas - former Campbell County GOP Chair
Lyle Goodman, Cecilia
Tasha Goodman, Cecilia
Richard Harrell, Union
Tim Haymaker, Lexington
Sharyon Heavrin, Clarkson
Carl Hoskins, Manchester
Michael Houlihan, Louisville
Stacy Houlihan, Louisville
Dr. Robert Hughes, Murray
Dr. Joyce Hughes, Murray
Frank H. Ikerd III, Somerset
Jerry Ikerd, Somerset
Theodore Kuster, Paris
Norvie Lay, Louisville
Cheryl Lewis, Hyden
Tom Lund, Lebanon
James Miller, Paris
John Morton, Ashland
Jeanne Owens, Lexington
Michael Owens, Lexington
James Patterson, Somerset
Karen Paulin, Prospect
Jennie Lou Penn, Frankfort
Laura Reese, Ashland
Tom Riddle, Versailles
Sarah Ridener, Strunk
Fred Sarver, Carlisle
Karen Sarver, Carlisle
Michael Sazy, Louisville
Michael Scanlon, Lexington Businessman
Tom Schifano, Louisville
Brad Sloan, Somerset
Frank Smith, Lexington
Debbie Spinner, Louisville
Kevin Stear, Lawrenceburg
Terrie Stear, Lawrenceburg
Dan Tayloe, Lexington
Russell Travis, Lexington
Frank Vaught, Somerset
Robert Willett, Louisville
Andrea Wilson, Inez
Misdee Wrigley-Miller, Paris