Jonathon Shell was — was — a ‘rising star of the GOP’. He is currently the House Floor Leader in Kentucky’s state house, and was a key person who helped to drastically change teacher pensions here in Kentucky. He was going to run for Speaker of the House in KY this year.
Shell, a farmer who has occupied the seat since 2012 and had the backing of U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell as a potential rising star in the GOP, played a prominent role in handling the pension bill in the legislature.
He won’t be doing that because he was beaten in yesterday’s primary by R. Travis Brenda, a High School math teacher in Rockcastle County. Brenda is not a member of the NEA (because he’s a Republican, so of course he isn’t), but he was supported by teachers over Shell. Hopefully he will lose to a Democrat in November, but at least the scumbag Shell is gone.
In other KY news, Amy McGrath, that fighter pilot everyone here saw the commercials for, won the Dem primary for Congress (rather convincingly with close to 50% in a 3-way race) here in Lexington (and surrounding counties). She will be running against that Koch-sucking Trump supporter Andy Barr. I think she can win. Barr is beatable, but has strong Republican support. GO AMY!