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Candidates from both parties outline priorities at Pike County's Hillbilly Days stump speaking event
Summary
Dozens of federal, state and local candidates took three-minute turns at Pike County's Hillbilly Days stump-speaking session, pressing competing plans on coal and energy, health care, jobs and election integrity ahead of the May 19 primary.
Dozens of federal, state and county candidates gave brief stump speeches at Hillbilly Days in Pikeville, outlining sharply different priorities as the May 19 primary approaches.
The event, introduced by MC Kent Varney, began with an invocation and the National Anthem before candidates from U.S. Senate down to local magistrate and city commissioner seats addressed the crowd. Speakers repeatedly framed their appeals around jobs and health-care access, with Republican candidates stressing energy production and election-integrity measures and Democrats pressing for expanded social programs and protections for rural hospitals.
Andy Barr, introduced as a Republican U.S. Senate speaker, said restoring coal jobs and energy dominance would lower costs and strengthen…
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