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Fri July 15, 2011
All Politics are Local

Beshear Skips Covington Debate

Credit Carrie Cochran / Kentucky Enquirer
Independent gubernatorial candidate Gatewood Galbraith, left, listens as Republican gubernatorial candidate and State Senate President David Williams makes his opening statement during a debate at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington.

Two of the three gubernatorial candidates debated in Covington Thursday afternoon – Republican State Senate President David Williams and independent candidate Gatewood Galbraith. Gov. Steve Beshear announced earlier in the week that a scheduling conflict would keep him from attending the debate at the joint conference of the Kentucky County Judge/Executives Association and the Kentucky Magistrates and Commissioners Association held at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center.