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AG Candidates Take Campaign to Fancy Farm

AG Candidates Take Campaign to Fancy Farm
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By The Associated Press
Aug. 01, 2015 | FANCY FARM, KY
By The Associated Press Aug. 01, 2015 | 06:20 PM | FANCY FARM, KY
Democrat Andy Beshear and Republican Whitney Westerfield are taking their hard-hitting campaign for attorney general to Kentucky's biggest political stage at the Fancy Farm picnic.

Beshear on Saturday told the shouting crowd he has a record of winning complex cases as an attorney, while his opponent's law practice included debt-collecting cases. Westerfield said his prosecutorial background prepared him for the job, and said Beshear would need on-the-job training.

The attorney general's race highlighted speeches by down-ballot candidates.

Beshear is the son of Gov. Steve Beshear. Westerfield, a state senator, said it makes no sense to elect another Beshear.

Andy Beshear poked fun at Westerfield for a personnel file that suggested as a young prosecutor, the Republican sometimes put personal interests including pedicures ahead of his job.

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