Post by Logan on Feb 17, 2016 2:41:24 GMT -6
Former state Auditor Adam Edelen and sports talk show host Matt Jones plan to launch a new political organization that will focus on developing new ideas and talent at the grassroots level in an effort to rebuild Kentucky's ailing Democratic Party.
"This organization will be future-focused," Edelen said in an interview. "It is a way to come up with ideas relevant to the lives of people. It will be an idea factory and an identifier of new talent who are drawn to these new ideas."
As of now, the group doesn't have a name, and Edelen said he's unsure when it will officially form - saying he and Jones want to make sure they are complying with election and campaign finance laws before taking the first step. Insider Louisville first reported that Jones and Edelen were forming the organization.
Edelen said the organization won't be a shadow Democratic Party but is intended to augment what the Kentucky Democratic Party is doing, which he said appears to have found its footing with the selection of state Rep. Sannie Overly as its new chairman and its single-minded pursuit of keeping a Democratic majority in the state House.
Read more: www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/elections/kentucky/2016/02/16/edelen-form-grassroots-democratic-organization/80460258/#
"This organization will be future-focused," Edelen said in an interview. "It is a way to come up with ideas relevant to the lives of people. It will be an idea factory and an identifier of new talent who are drawn to these new ideas."
As of now, the group doesn't have a name, and Edelen said he's unsure when it will officially form - saying he and Jones want to make sure they are complying with election and campaign finance laws before taking the first step. Insider Louisville first reported that Jones and Edelen were forming the organization.
Edelen said the organization won't be a shadow Democratic Party but is intended to augment what the Kentucky Democratic Party is doing, which he said appears to have found its footing with the selection of state Rep. Sannie Overly as its new chairman and its single-minded pursuit of keeping a Democratic majority in the state House.
Read more: www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/elections/kentucky/2016/02/16/edelen-form-grassroots-democratic-organization/80460258/#