Northup & Hoover make ticket official.

The Anne Northup/Jeff Hoover ticket for Governor is official as the pair filed campaign papers to challenge Governor Fletcher in May, to bring what Anne Northup stated on television is a campaign to "bring the openness and honesty to state government that Kentuckians were promised four years ago". This announcement validated my opinion here that I fully expect Jeff Hoover to join the ticket! Billy Harper's campaign, meanwhile, released a statement (also available on his website): "[f]ormer Congresswoman Anne Northup’s entrance into the race for Governor highlights the need for change in "politics as usual", while the Gov. stated (I'm paraphrasing here) that her entrance into the race is what Democracy is all about. Also, it is important to note that the Gov. scheduled (and appeared at) news conferences and public events today both before an after Northup's announcement, including a media availability at the Capitol, a masterful move that took some of the thunder away from the announcement. Stay tuned.