In 2015, Senator Whitney Westerfield came within spitting distance of being Kentucky’s Attorney General. He immediately said he would be running again and has been an unofficial candidate for the past three years. That is all coming to a crashing halt.
ITC has learned that Westerfield intends to withdraw as a candidate, possibly as early as Friday. It seems that Daniel Cameron’s entry into the race has caused Westerfield to have second thoughts. Sources tell us that he has lost key supporters to Cameron rapidly in the past two weeks. After what was described to us as a “tearful” conversation with one of Senator McConnell’s political generals, it seems Westerfield knows the die has been cast.
Weep not, anti-McConnell Republicans. It appears you will indeed still have a choice in the GOP primary. Sources tell us that there is a Northern Kentucky legislator about to enter the fray. With the only attorneys being Senator Wil Schroder, Rep. Joe Fischer and Rep. Ed Massey, the field is limited. We don’t see Massey being ready to make that jump after less than one month in office, so that leaves it to the two Campbell countians. Our best guess is that it will be Schroder, given that Fischer recently lost his position as House Judiciary chairman. We could be wrong about that though.
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