2007 Kentucky Election

With only a little more than a month left until the election, it's time to push these last two summaries for the 2007 gubernatorial election through.
The Kentucky Race pits current Governor Ernie Fletcher (Republican) against long time politician Steve Beshear (Democrat).
Governor Fletcher has also made his rounds on the political circuit, serving as both a US and State representative from 1995-2003, before winning election to his current position. Recently, however, Mr. Fletcher's office has been in the limelight of scandal, obviously taking some tactics from the White House. Guilty of hiring employees based on their political persuasion, his public admission on behalf of the administration has lead him to be dismissed from any prosecution on the matter. Despite this, Mr. Fletcher has survived in the opinions of his party's primary voters.
Mr. Beshear has been a long-time representative of the people of Kentucky, serving from 1974 to 1987 as a State Rep., the State Attorney General, and the Lieutenant Governor. If the election results in a win for Beshear, this will be his first political office held in twenty years; he left Kentucky politics after losing the 1987 Governor's Election primary to Wallace G. Wilkinson, who was elected to that position.
Beshear does currently hold a 55%-35% lead over Fletcher for the general election.

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_gubernatorial_election%2C_2007

Unfortunetly the associated local newspaper articles are no longer accessible as of 10/04/2007