Seven Democrats hope to replace U.S. Sen. Rand Paul
BY JACK BRAMMER
MAY 12, 2016
Seven men hope Democratic voters give them the chance Tuesday to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul this fall, but most of them remain unfamiliar to Kentucky’s electorate.
Lexington Mayor Jim Gray and former Frankfort City Commissioner Sellus Wilder are the only two candidates who have previously held office. The others include a retail store worker, a steelworker, a retired Army officer, a Navy veteran and a community activist who used online fundraising to pay his $500 filing fee.
Gray is the best known of the candidates and has the most money to spend, reporting at the end of March that his campaign had about $1.5 million on hand. He has been successful financially through his family’s business, Gray Construction.
“Of all the candidates in this race, I have the most experience in the public and private sector,” Gray said.
He said he wants the Senate seat once occupied by Henry Clay because “a U.S. Senate seat is a terrible thing to waste.”
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