Huddleston, Cox, and other local officials endorse Fischer

The campaign of Senate candidate Greg Fischer (D-Louisville) rolled out a second list today of current and former elected officials who have officially endorsed his bid for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination.

Twenty-four counties from across the Commonwealth were represented by those on the new list of endorsing officials.

Among the more prominent on the list are former two-term U.S. Senator Walter Huddleston (D-Elizabethtown), Madisonville Mayor Will Cox, and Campbell County Democratic Party Chairman Ken Mullikin.

Fischer also collected the support of Phinis V. Hundley, the President of a local UAW chapter in LaRue county.

Fischer's principal opponent in the Democratic Senate race, Louisville businessman Bruce Lunsford, has previously received the endorsement of multiple major labor groups across the state, including the Kentucky AFL-CIO, UFCW, and Change to Win Kentucky.

It is the second effort by the Fischer campaign to highlight support from elected officials around the state in the past week. Last Thursday, Fischer was joined by a handful of former and current elected officials from the Jefferson County area for a rally in Louisville.

The campaign also touted the endorsement of their candidate by the Kentucky Standard Newspaper, the local paper of the town of Bardstown.

"This is the right office. This is the right time," read the Standard's endorsing editorial. "Fischer brings no heavy baggage; nor can he be bought or sold by corporations, big money, or special interests, he vows. Instead, he is a common-sense Democrat, committed to fiscal conservatism and working across aisles to do what is good for Kentucky and for the country."

Here is the list of Fischer's newest supporters, excluding the Jefferson County figures announced last week:

Barren County PVA: Brad Bailey

Boyd County Ag Agent: Kenneth R. Franks

Calloway County Jailer: Phil Hazle

Campbell County Democratic Party County Chairman: Ken Mullikin,

Grant County Judge Exec: Darrell Link

Grant County State Rep: Royce Adams

Hardin County: Former U.S. Sen. Walter "Dee" Huddleston

Hardin County: County Democratic Party Chairman: C. Leslie Dawson

Henderson County: Democratic Party Activist, James P. Benassi

Hopkins County: Madisonville Mayor William M. Cox, Jr.

Hopkins County: Democratic Party Activist: Donald "Whitey" Hawkins

LaRue County Judge/Executive: Tommy Turner

LaRue County: President, UAW Local 2012: Phinis V. Hundley

Lawrence County Judge Executive: David L. Compton

Logan County: PVA Ben Brown

Magoffin County: County Attorney, Gregory D Allen

Marion County: Former State Sen. and President Ky. Distiller's Assoc. Ed O'Daniel

Marion County Jailer: Barry Brady

Murray City Councilman: David Ramey

Pendleton County: Sheriff Craig Peoples

Rowan County: Judge/Executive Jim Nickell

Spencer County: Judge/Executive David Jenkins

Taylor County Attorney: Bryan Bennett

Todd County: PVA Perry Stokes

Trigg County: PVA Michael Bryan

Washington County: 4th Dist. Magistrate: Morris Sweazy

Warren County: Former State Sen.: Dr. Nick Kafoglis

Warren County: PVA Bob Branstetter

Warren County: Magistrate Richard P. Morgan

Warren County: Magistrate Tommy Hunt

Webster County: Democratic Activist Tom Glover

Woodford County Treasurer: Rebecca Wilson

Woodford County: Sheriff Wayne Wright

Woodford County PVA: Gary Gillis