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Kentucky Sports Radio host Matt Jones to form an exploratory committee on Senate bid
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| Contributor | EastTexasDem |
| Last Edited | EastTexasDem Aug 29, 2019 01:04pm |
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| Author | Joe Sonka |
| Media | Newspaper - Kentucky Courier Journal |
| News Date | Thursday, August 29, 2019 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Kentucky Sports Radio host Matt Jones is forming an exploratory committee for a potential U.S. Senate bid against Mitch McConnell in 2020.
Jones, a Democrat, told the Courier Journal he expects to come to a final decision on such a run after the election for statewide offices this November.
He said he will file the paperwork for the committee in the coming days. Forming the committee will allow him to raise money to conduct polling and research on a potential run but not engage in any overt campaign activities to ask for votes.
"I did want to move the ball forward, because I am very interested in the race," said Jones, who has been considering a run for this seat since the beginning of the year. "And it's important for me to sort of take the next step."
Jones said he previously had a deadline imposed on him by WLEX to come to a final decision on a run by the end of August but that station's move to pull him off the "Hey Kentucky" show he hosted and fire him freed him up to slow down and make a more informed choice.
Having recently signed a deal with publisher Simon & Schuster to co-author a book that is critical of McConnell, he plans to spend the next two months traveling to all 120 counties in the state on an unconventional book tour, where he'll listen to Kentuckians and use what he hears to write the book — as well as learn whether a Senate bid would be viable for him. |
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