Senate candidate Jim Gray up with first TV ad

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Senate candidate Jim Gray up with first TV ad

Joseph Gerth
April 22, 2016




Lexington Mayor Jim Gray, who is running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, has gone up with his first ad of the primary season, touting his business experience.

Starring Gray and his brother Howard, the ad talks about the growth of the family's construction business in the years after their father passed away. The company, which had been based in their hometown of Glasgow, grew exponentially after Gray Construction got the contract to build the Toyota manufacturing plant in Georgetown, Ky.

The winner of the primary will face U.S. Sen. Rand Paul in November.

The new ad drew immediate response from Ron Leach, one of Gray's opponents, who posted a long message on Facebook in which he criticized Gray.

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read more:
http://www.courier-journal.com/stor...e-candidate-jim-gray-up-first-tv-ad/83381048/

 

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doesn't sound like he did too good during the first Democratic debate this week

Jim Gray better hone his skills

Joseph Gerth
April 23, 2016

If the Democratic frontrunner for U.S. Senate wants to compete with Rand Paul on the debate stage leading up to the November election, he’d better hone his skills.

Lexington Mayor Jim Gray hemmed and hawed and “jobs, jobs, jobs” his way through a debate on WHAS-11 on Tuesday but didn’t give any real insight as to who he is or what he stands for.

He arguably finished third in the debate behind former Frankfort City Commissioner Sellus Wilder, who is by far the smoothest of any of the candidates running, and former Green Beret Ron Leach, who oozes authenticity.

Gray got the frontrunner status because he has won past elections and because he has money. Not a little money. A lot of it.

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Paul, who was a good debater when he won the election in 2010 and could talk on a variety of issues, has only improved his skills in the nationally-televised GOP presidential debates he took part in before dropping out of that race in February.

If Gray wants to stand toe-to-toe with Paul, he’s going to have to improve his rhetorical skills and show he’s got the chops to talk about a variety of issues.

read more:
http://www.courier-journal.com/stor...m-gray-better-hone-his-skills-gerth/83405200/



here's some more coverage of the debate:
http://www.whas11.com/news/politics/6-democrats-eye-rand-paul-s-senate-seat/144007584