WASHINGTON (AP) - A conservative group linked with Republican strategist Karl Rove is launching an ad campaign targeting 10 vulnerable House Democrats up for re-election in 2012, including Rep. Ben Chandler. Along with Chandler, Crossroads GPS will run ads for the next two weeks targeting Reps. Mike Ross of Arkansas,... more »
Rep. Ben Chandler says he thinks the government should release photos of Osama bin Laden after viewing them for himself.
Chandler called the gunshot wound to bin Laden's head "gruesome" in an interview with Insight cable politics channel cn2. He describes the wound as a massive gash running from... more »
Election officials have completed a re-canvass of the Kentucky congressional race between incumbent Ben Chandler and Andy Barr, and say that the totals match and that Chandler has been certified as the winner of the election.
Democratic Rep. Chandler held a 600-vote lead over Republican challenger Barr with 100... more »
Election officials have begun rechecking their their math as a recanvass of the Kentucky congressional race between incumbent Ben Chandler and Andy Barr has begun.
Democratic Rep. Chandler held a 600-vote lead over Republican challenger Barr with 100 percent of precincts reporting from last week's election in the Lexington-area... more »
FRANKFORT (AP) - Election officials will recheck their math on Friday in a central Kentucky congressional race.
Democratic Rep. Ben Chandler held a 600-vote lead over Republican challenger Andy Barr with 100 percent of precincts reporting from last week's election in the Lexington-area district.
Barr asked the state... more »
Ben Chandler was certified as the winner of Tuesday's United States House of Representatives 6th Congressional District race, one week before a re-canvass requested by Republican challenger Andy Barr.
In the county certified results Friday, Chandler, a Woodford County Democrat, won re-election by 649 votes, receiving 119,812 votes to... more »
Congressman Ben Chandler joined representatives from the Central Kentucky Regional Public Policy Group and other local and regional leaders Tuesday at an event at Congleton-Hacker Company in Lexington to announce a new small business assistance program aiding central Kentucky’s small businesses and creating local jobs. “Creating good-paying local jobs has... more »
Congressman Ban Chandler weighed in on Rand Paul's recent comments on civil rights legislation with some strong words of his own. On Wednesday, Paul expressed support for the 1964 Civil Rights Act's provisions banning discrimination in public facilities, but said he had misgivings about extending the same requirement to private... more »
"As I traveled throughout the sixteen counties in my Central Kentucky district, I have heard much about healthcare reform from the people I represent. In November, I voted against the House bill because it did not lower the cost of healthcare in the long term and did not adequately protect... more »
