By Rick HowlettKentucky Attorney General Jack Conway has gained ground on Lt. Governor Dan Mongiardo in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, according to the latest Courier-Journal/WHAS11 Bluegrass Poll.The poll, conducted by Survey USA, gives Mongiardo a three-point lead over Conway, 35 percent to 32 percent. The margin of error is 3.9 percent.The previous poll, conducted in March, gave Mongiardo an 18-point lead.The paper points out that Conway has been advertising on television in recent weeks while Mongiardo has not.Twenty-one percent of the Democrats surveyed were undecided.On the Republican side, Bowling Green eye doctor Rand Paul maintains a 15-point lead over Secretary of State Trey Grayson, with 19 percent undecided.
Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.