Senator Bunning bucks trend, Endorses Northup/Hoover ticket.

Kentucky's Junior Senator, Jim Bunning, has endorsed The Anne Northup/Jeff Hoover gubernatorial ticket bucking the trend of elected leaders not openly endorsing anyone in the Republican primary election. Bunning, like Mitch McConnell before him who stated that the Northup/Hoover ticket is "formidable", predicted election victories for the Northup/Hoover ticket both in the Primary and the General. Bunning reportedly said in a speech to the National Right to Life organization, that "lately I have put a lot of thought into how important it is for Kentucky to have a strong Republican that shares our values leading our commonwealth, ... and today I would like to announce that I think Anne Northup would be the best Republican pro-life candidate to lead Kentucky forward", before concluding: "I want to make sure that we nominate someone who can win in November ... [t]hat’s basic." U. S. Rep., Ron Lewis, said he preffered to stay neutral in the race while observing that "if you look at Ernie’s accomplishments, other than the problems that he’s had - then he probably has a good chance of keeping that seat".