Jon Larson

U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth's (D-Louisville) race for the 3rd Congressional District is still the only U.S. House campaign in Kentucky on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's list for targeted television ad buys, even after the list was expanded by 20 in recent days.

Yarmuth's re-election effort against former U.S. Rep Anne Northup (R-Louisville) was included in the DCCC's initial target list of 31 races, for which the organization aims to buy ad time in September and October. The DCCC reportedly allocated $659,000 for ad buys in the 3rd District.

The liberal news outlet Talking Points Memo reported yesterday that the DCCC had expanded their list to include 20 more races, but none of the additions are in Kentucky.

According to reports, the DCCC has now allocated a total of $53 million towards ad buys for the 51 targeted races.

LOUISVILLE -- Senate candidate Bruce Lunsford (D-Louisville) kept the focus of Kentucky's U.S. Senate race on energy policy during his remarks before members and guests at last night's meeting of the Metro Democratic Club in Louisville.

Lunsford targeted his opponent, four-term incumbent Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Louisville), for voting against cloture on legislation that would have imposed a "windfall profits tax" on oil companies.

Of McConnell, Lunsford argued "Rather than debate on the issues, he personally stood in the way of the windfall profits tax with companies that have taken out over half a trillion dollars in profits during the bush administration. That's what he's doing to the country."