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Sunday, 02 November 2008 |
Covington, Kentucky - (AP) A gunman fatally shot a Cincinnati minister and wounded a church deacon just after the two men arrived at a northern Kentucky church to attend a funeral, police said.
Court records in Hamilton County, Ohio, revealed a yearlong dispute between the accused gunman and the minister, the Rev. Donald Fairbanks Sr.
Fairbanks and Dowdell Cobb were shot just before 11 a.m. Saturday, police said. The gunman chased one of the men to a nearby park, where he shot the man a second time, said Lee Russo, the police chief in Covington, Kentucky.
It was unclear which of the men was shot in the park.
Frederick L. Davis, of Covington, quickly surrendered to police and was charged with murder, first degree assault, criminal mischief and violating an emergency protection order. He was being held without bail and is scheduled to appear in court on Monday. A Kenton County,Kentucky, jail representative said Davis had no attorney listed.
Fairbanks, pastor of Cincinnati's New St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, died later Saturday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Covington, authorities said. Cobb, a deacon at the church, was treated at University Hospital in Cincinnati. A hospital spokesman declined to release information on Cobb's condition.
In June 2007, Fairbanks filed a complaint accusing Davis of making a threatening phone call to his wife, records showed. Davis, 40, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in October 2007, and a judge sentenced him to a year probation and ordered him to stay away from Fairbanks and New St. Paul Baptist Church.
Fairbanks and Cobb had hoped to attend the funeral of a 71-year-old woman who was related to a member of New St. Paul's congregation. Officials at Covington's Ninth Street Baptist Church went ahead with an abbreviated service for the woman after the shooting.
"To think that somebody would have total disregard for the family," the Rev. Richard Fowler, Ninth Street's pastor, said of the gunman. "They're already bereaved over the loss of a family member."
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 |
By: Jessica Brady - Roll Call
Anne Northup narrowly defeated a freshman Democrat in 1996 to win her first term in Congress, but the onetime Republican Member likely won’t repeat history this year in her attempt to oust first-term Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.).
A political neophyte in 2006, Yarmuth beat Northup, a five-term Member, in the competitive 3rd district by tying the Republican to the unpopular Bush administration. Yarmuth is going back to the basics in his re-election campaign, trying to tie Northup to President Bush yet again.
“It’s not something we have to work hard to do. A vote for Anne Northup is a vote for two more years of Bush policies,” Yarmuth campaign spokesman Christopher Hartman said.
Although Republicans initially had high hopes for the rematch, Yarmuth’s message seems to be working. He has held a consistent lead, with polls indicating he could win by a larger margin than his 51 percent to 48 percent victory in 2006.
A perennial Democratic target while in Congress, Northup developed a reputation as a tough campaigner and able fundraiser. She spent $1.2 million more than Yarmuth in 2006 and outraised the Democrat in this year’s first quarter. But with the aid of incumbency, Yarmuth came back and leads his opponent in the money race. According to Federal Election Commission data, Yarmuth had spent almost $1.7 million as of Oct. 15 and had $435,000 in cash on hand. Northup spent $1.2 million and had $469,000 in the bank.
Yarmuth has focused on his first-term accomplishments and made Northup’s campaign a mandate on Bush, but other political factors in the Bluegrass State are playing to the Democrat’s favor.
Northup’s political mentor, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), is locked in his own razor-thin re-election campaign and has not been able to stump for his protégé in Louisville. Democrats won back the governor’s mansion in 2007 after a four-year break, and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama’s (Ill.) campaign efforts in southern Indiana, including portions that share the Louisville media market, have provided a small boost for Democrats in Yarmuth’s district.
Yarmuth has touted his vote to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, which Bush vetoed and Northup has vocally criticized, and his support to broaden veteran’s benefits under a 21st-century GI bill. |
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
By: Andy Alcock - WLKY
Louisville, Ky - With one week to go before the election, the national spotlight is shining on Kentucky. The focus is on the race for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Mitch McConnell, a four-term incumbent.
Recent polling indicates this race will likely be very competitive on Election Day, and there's strong interest outside the Bluegrass State because the outcome could have national implications.
After two unsuccessful runs for governor, Bruce Lunsford is challenging McConnell
"We need some fresh blood," he said.
"It gives us clout for a small state to have one of the two leaders in the Senate," McConnell said.
While defeating a member of the senate leadership in a re-election bid is extremely rare, it's not unprecedented. Four years ago, Tom Daschle -- who like McConnell -- was Senate Minority Leader at the time, lost his South Dakota race to former Rep. John Thune.
"Tom had a problem I don't have," McConnell said. "George Bush was sweeping South Dakota. John McCain will carry Kentucky comfortably."
"What probably is unprecedented is an outsider winning a race like this one, which makes sense because voters are looking for some real-world experience," Lunsford said.
Currently, the U.S. Senate has 51 Democrats and 49 Republicans. Twenty-three of those Republican seats are up for election, as opposed to 12 Democratic seats.
Democrats are hoping for a net gain of nine seats to reach 60, enough votes to stop filibuster or delay tactics on partisan issues before the Senate. A Lunsford win could be the difference for the Democrats to reach that goal.
"I think 60 is probably unrealistic, but it's good for me because I'll be in the majority," he said.
"Most Americans don't want either party to have too much power," McConnell said. "The Senate is a place where time is taken to debate issues and compromises are made in the middle."
Millions of dollars have been poured into this race, not only by the candidates, but also the two major parties and other outside sources.
McConnell has raised a record of close to $18 million for his campaign.
Lunsford has raised better than $7 million, most of it -- more than $5 million -- is his own money.
The salary for a U.S. senator is $169,300 a year. Because McConnell is in the leadership, he makes $188,000.
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