More: Kelly Craft narrows Ryan Quarles' fundraising lead among Kentucky GOP governor candidates Questions of war and peace matter for the soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen who serve abroad but call Kentucky home. Tariff policy is critical for agriculture and for the bourbon industry, and so trade wars matter. The decision to send weapons to Ukraine is critical for Kentucky’s aerospace and defense industries. Migrant farmworkers are critical for Kentucky agriculture, and thus immigration policy matters. None of this should be surprising, because engagement with the world is absolutely critical for the future of the commonwealth. While it may seem odd to ask about the foreign policy views of a candidate for governor, the leadership of Kentucky matters immensely for ensuring the health of Kentucky industry and the extent of international investment.
More: Biden calls on governors to pardon marijuana possession. In KY-6, challenger Geoff Young has harshly attacked incumbent Representative Andy Barr for the latter’s support of Kyiv. Of course foreign policy is unlikely to prove decisive in either race, but given Kentucky’s perceived insularity it’s a little surprising international politics have featured at all. 20 have only partially followed that pattern, though, as foreign policy disagreements have played out in some of the 2022 races. Charles Booker has leaned into a line of attack against Rand Paul that challenges the senator’s hands-off approach to the Russia-Ukraine War. This year it seems that the politics of the commonwealth are catching up with that reality.įoreign policy is generally regarded as irrelevant to state politics and even to state contests for national office. "The campaign is over," Rick Scott told his cheering supporters on Tuesday night, after receiving a concession call from Charlie Crist.Making the argument that world affairs matter for state politics can be a strain anywhere. In Kentucky, nearly double land-locked and nowhere near an international border it be especially tough. But we know that much that happens in the world has an impact on Kentucky the health of the bourbon, equestrian and education industries all depend on international engagement. But his political future is uncertain, although no one will be surprised to see Crist look at another political bid - since he has spent most of his adult life in the political world. He seems comfortable in the Democratic Party. Crist ran a very credible campaign and nearly succeeded against a better-financed opponent. The former Republican governor turned Democrat is now a dreaded "three-time loser" in statewide races. But in the end his well-financed, disciplined campaign succeeded narrowly against an opponent with more political experience and skills.Ĭharlie Crist. His unfavorability ratings with voters have always hovered over 40 percent and he is far from a natural politician. Yet Scott's re-election was no sure thing. His critics would say his win was based on his overwhelming financial advantage and the dominance of his television advertising campaign.
Scott became only the second Republican governor to win a second four-year term in Florida.
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The pro and con medical marijuana ads reached a peak of 2,561 spots during the week of Oct. Proponents countered with a $1.9 million ad campaign, which resulted in 3,607 spots.
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Opponents of Amendment 2, which was defeated at the polls, spent $5 million and launched 5,595 TV spots between late September and Nov. The power of winning the ad war was also felt in the campaign for medical marijuana in Florida. The Illinois governor's race finished a distant second at $73.8 million, according to the CPI. It ran nearly 5,500 ads this year, all containing a negative message.Īt $95.4 million, and with more than three out of every four ads running negative, Florida easily led the nation in cost and negativity. Some 75 percent of the Crist ads were negative.Ī component of the Democratic advertising was done by NextGen, the environmental group financed by California billionaire Tom Steyer. More than eight out of every 10 ads running by Scott was negative - although some spots were technically "mixed" containing both a positive and negative theme. 1, meaning an average of more than 2,300 spots was running per day.įloridians also didn't need the report to know that most of the advertising was negative and nasty. It reached a level of 16,400 per week between Oct. It reached a peak, not surprisingly, in October.īetween Oct.
Nonetheless the CPI report does well to illustrate the staggering cost and scope of the television ad war - which is always critical in the sprawling political expanse of Florida, which has 10 separate media markets.įloridians who own a television set probably don't need the report to confirm they were subjected to unprecedented bombardment of TV ads.
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