Kentucky Politics Distilled: Fancy Farm recap, Biden visits Eastern Kentucky, and a special session on the horizon

Published: Aug. 12, 2022, 9:13 p.m.

This week in Kentucky Politics\u2026the 2022 Fancy Farm political picnic was dominated by Republican politicians and voters. But Attorney General and GOP gubernatorial candidate Daniel Cameron took the heat during his speech for his role in the investigation into Breonna Taylor's death.\xa0\r\n\r\nU.S. President Joe Biden visited Eastern Kentucky in the aftermath of the floods to tour the region and pledge federal help and support for victims. But Governor Andy Beshear\u2019s plan isn\u2019t entirely going to rely on aid and assistance from FEMA. A special legislative session is on the cards and Beshear aims to pass a relief package similar to the Western Kentucky tornado relief fund.\r\n\r\nAlso, the Kentucky Judicial Campaign Ethics Committee, a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, has issued a statement on the Northern Kentucky Supreme Court race where an anti-abortion Republican legislator Joe Fischer is running against incumbent Justice Michelle Keller. The committee's concerns have been around the partisan nature of campaigning in the election.\r\n\r\nWFPL\u2019s Bec Feldhaus Adams and Kentucky Public Radio\u2019s Divya Karthikeyan talk about it on this week\u2019s episode of Kentucky Politics Distilled.\r\n\r\nKentucky\xa0Politics Distilled is our weekly rundown of the big news \u2014 and sometimes the odd news \u2014 happening in the state Capitol.