Jeff Wiggins, left, welcomes Will Coursey to the January Area Council meeting.
Coursey, a Benton Banker is seeking the House seat vacated by J.R. Gray when
he became state labor commissioner. (Photo by BERRY CRAIG)
Labor’s candidate for the legislature
PADUCAH, Ky. -- The Kentucky State AFL-CIO is expected to endorse Will Coursey for the state House of Representatives.
“Will received our unanimous recommendation for endorsement,” said Jeff Wiggins, president of the Paducah-based Western Kentucky Area Council, AFL-CIO. “We are confident the state AFL-CIO will agree with us.”
Coursey, a 29-year-old Benton banker, is the Democratic candidate in the Feb. 5 special election to fill the unexpired term of State Rep. J.R. Gray, Kentucky’s newly-named commissioner of labor.
Senator Mitch McConnell
Yet, at 6:14 pm, Friday January 4, 2008, an Orwellian specter of new political horror spilled out unto a defensive TV audience. Standing there on screen was Mitch McConnell in his newest election campaign ad.
