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A new poll shows Gov. Andy Beshear with a 61% approval rating as he heads into a reelection year. He leads Republican challengers in hypothetical head-to-head matchups.

The Kentucky GOP wants to dig into pandemic-era correspondence received or sent by Beshear and key administration members, looking for any opportunities to inflict damage on education and pandemic management issues that Beshear has championed as governor.

Guthrie of Bowling Green said Thursday that Kevin McCarthy should stay in the race for the good of the chamber.

The income tax dropped from 5% to 4.5% this year already and under House Bill 1, the rate would be reduced to 4% beginning in 2024. Republicans have signaled they plan to eliminate the income tax altogether in the future.

A Louisville Metro Council member and a former school board candidate will face off in a special election to replace former Democratic state Sen. Morgan McGarvey.

Wheatley, who has been in office since 2019 representing District 65, lost his re-election bid to Republican Stephanie Dietz this year.

The northern Kentucky lawmaker, who began serving in the General Assembly in 2019, said she’ll instead focus on pushing the state’s Republican legislative leaders to adhere to the GOP’s conservative party platform.

In January, Kentuckians will start paying less in income taxes after the Republican-led Legislature passed a bill reducing rates from 5% to 4.5%.

Democrats argue the maps unfairly benefit Republican candidates. And while Franklin Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wingate ruled last month that the maps are “partisan gerrymanders,” he went on to say nothing in the state constitution bans lawmakers from taking politics into account when drawing political districts.

Shell is a fifth-generation farmer who will be running for the office which will be vacated by current Republican Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles, who is term-limited. Quarles is a candidate in the 2023 gubernatorial race.