KY-Sen: Bunning Plans to Run for Re-election

[ccharles000]

Christmas seems to be coming a few days early for Kentucky Democrats: Jim Bunning, who barely won re-election in the Republican year of 2004 against a little-known state senator (after several campaign trail incidents that called into question his mental faculties), plans to run for a third term. The Louisville Courier-Journal is reporting today that Bunning has formed a steering committee to begin fundraising for 2010. (H/t RandySF.)
Given how red Kentucky is, at least at the presidential level, this has to be one race where we'd do better running against a crazy incumbent rather than against a generic R (especially in an off-year election where there won't be presidential coattails to help Bunning over the finish line). As we discussed in our Kentucky recruitment thread a few weeks ago, Rep. Ben Chandler would probably be the best bet on the Dem side (although he'd leave behind a pretty red district to fill). Other names include Auditor Crit Luallen (who, perhaps unwisely, turned down the opportunity to go after Mitch McConnell this year) and Lt. Gov. Dan Mongiardo (who lost to Bunning in 2004 while still a state senator).

http://www.swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=4133

[LynneSin]

1. What about Bruce Lunsford running again

I thought he did pretty well against Mitch McConnell. Might have a chance at winning against Bunning.

[Mabus]

2. I have got to step away from DU for a while

I originally saw the subject line as "K-Y Sen. Bunny Plans to Run for Re-election" and thought this was a post about Larry Craig.

Plus I've got to go wash out my brain from the images of what I thought I saw. :banghead:

[dbackjon]

3. I'd love for Mongiardo to run again.