As part of her Kitchen Table Tour, Republican Gubernatorial candidate Kelly Craft stopped at the UK Research and Education Center in Princeton Tuesday afternoon to tour the recovery efforts from the December 2021 tornadoes.
During her interview with the News Edge on the UK Research campus, Craft emphasized that her experience as US Ambassador to the United Nations sets her apart from the other candidates.
click to download audioIf elected governor, she feels that her strong negotiating skills, demonstrated in crafting the largest trade deal in the United States, combined with her understanding the importance of preserving local jobs in Kentucky, will be a great benefit to the Commonwealth.
click to download audioCraft is traveling throughout Kentucky on her Kitchen Table Tour, listening to families and individuals to gain insight into their needs, concerns, and aspirations. She says her platform focuses on three key issues: drugs, jobs, and education.
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Craft noted that the inspiration behind the kitchen table with one spot missing was due to her childhood memories of the kitchen table being a central gathering place for her family to talk, share stories and celebrate, while the empty chair symbolizes the effects of addiction on families.
click to download audioShe highlighted the importance of focusing on providing essential opportunities, such as a safe place to stay, employment, and housing, to those transitioning out of rehabilitation in order to successfully reintegrate into society.
Craft said she is traveling across Kentucky to meet people in their moment in order to ensure all parts of the state are not forgotten if she is elected governor.
click to download audioCraft’s Tuesday trip to western Kentucky also included two stops in Madisonville: an Opioid Roundtable with law enforcement at the Law Enforcement Training Center and a Kitchen Table Tour stop at Brother’s BBQ.
Craft, of Lexington, will be facing eleven other Republican candidates running for governor in the upcoming May Primary Election. Those candidates include: current Attorney General Daniel Cameron, Jacob Clark of Leitchfield, David Cooper of Independence, Eric Deters of Walton, Bob DeVore of Louisville, State Auditor Mike Harmon, Mayor Alan Keck of Somerset, Dennis Ray Ormerod of Louisville, State Agriculture Commission Ryan Quarles, Johnny Ray Rice of Berry, and Robbie Smith of Berea.
The winner of the Republican Primary Election will face one of the three Democratic candidates running in the May Primary which includes: Incumbent Andy Beshear, Peppy Martin of Glenview, and Geoffrey “Geoff” Young of Lexington.
