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Jim Weise

July 30, 2008 - 4:45pm

Senate President Williams announced as McCain's Kentucky chair

By Trey Pollard
Category: President, Local
Tags: John McCain, Barack Obama, Mitch McConnell, Ron Lewis, Jim Bunning, David Williams, Geoff Davis, Ed Whitfield, Hal Rogers, Kevin Sell, James Comer, Jim Weise, Russ Randall, Deanna Brangers

U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in Inez, KY earlier this year: Politicker photo

The campaign of presumptive Republican presidential nominee and U.S. Sen. John McCain announced its first organizational moves in the state this afternoon, naming state Senate President David Williams (R-Burkesville) as Kentucky campaign chair.

A 22-year veteran of the state Senate, Williams has served as that body's president since 2000. He also unsuccessfully sought to unseat then-incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Wendell Ford in 1996.

"John McCain is a leader who Kentuckians can believe in. John McCain will protect our country, grow our economy, reform our government and improve America's energy security," said Williams in a statement dispatched by the McCain campaign. "We believe voters in Kentucky have a choice this November between John McCain, who will lead this nation forward, and Barack Obama who will take our country backward with his failed policies of the past. John McCain has always put our country's interest before his own; I am confident he will continue to do so as president."

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