Adkins, Stacy among House leadership hopefuls
The No. 2 leader of the Kentucky House and another high profile Morehead State University alumnus are among the major candidates for five Democratic leadership positions up for grabs in the 2009 General Assembly session which opens here Tuesday, Jan. 6.
Majority Floor Leader Rocky Adkins, D-Sandy Hook, does not have an announced opponent. Rep. John Will Stacy, D-West Liberty, is among three candidates for Majority Whip, a position now vacant. Democrats hold 65 of the 100 House seats. Stacy chairs the education budget subcommittee of the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee.
The featured leadership contest is between House Speaker Jody Richards, D-Bowling Green, and Rep. Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, former state attorney general and Adkins' predecessor as House majority floor leader. Richards is the longest serving Speaker in the House's history.
Former MSU President Adron Doran served as Speaker in the 1950 session of the General Assembly. MSU alumnus Harry King Lowman of Ashland held the position in the 1960 and 1962 sessions.
The Democratic leaders will be selected in a secret ballot during a caucus meeting before the 30-day session officially opens.
Posted: 1-5-09
