The Republican Party of Kentucky has announced that both Dr. Ben Carson and Donald Trump will be campaigning in Kentucky in advance of the Kentucky Republican Presidential Caucus to be held on Saturday, March 5.
Kentucky Republicans will select their presidential candidate by caucus for the first time this year.
Carson will campaign in Lexington on Monday morning, February 29. Information about the town hall meeting with Dr. Carson can be found at https://www.bencarson.com/events
Trump will campaign in Louisville on Tuesday afternoon, March 1. Information about the Trump campaign event can be found at
http://www.donaldjtrump.com/schedule.
On Monday afternoon, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida announced he would hold a rally Friday morning at an as-yet-undisclosed location in Lexington.
Rubio’s campaign website, marcorubio.com, said the candidate will deliver remarks and “share his vision for a new American century” at the rally.
It also said the venue will be announced soon and that each guest is required to register via Eventbrite. The rally is tentatively scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m. Friday.
Information about the March 5th Kentucky Republican Presidential Caucus can be found at rpk.org/caucus.
The Boone County caucus location is at the Florence Baptist Church at Mt. Zion, 642 Mt. Zion Road in Florence.
The Kenton County caucus location is Summit View Middle School, 5002 Madison Pike in Independence.
The Campbell County caucus location is Campbell County High School, 909 Camel Crossing in Alexandria.
The voting runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and there’s only one location and time in each county.
Kentucky Republicans will cast their votes for Republican candidates for president at a caucus on Saturday, March 5. The caucus, which is run by the state Republican party and county parties, replaces the usual presidential primary in May.
On March 5, Republican voters will go to county caucus locations anytime between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to vote for a Republican candidate for president by secret paper ballot. The voting process will be similar to a Kentucky election — voters will show identification, sign in, and vote by secret ballot — but the voting locations are different.
Most counties have a single caucus location, while some of the most populous counties have multiple locations. Republican voters can determine their caucus location, and find additional information about the caucus, at the Republican Party of Kentucky’s caucus website.
Eleven presidential candidates filed to participate in the caucus, all of whom will remain on the ballot. Voters will be notified at caucus locations about which candidates have dropped out of the race.
The Republican presidential nomination is the only race that will be voted on at the caucus. Primary elections for local, state and Congressional races will still occur in May.
Voters who were registered as Republicans by December 31, 2015, are eligible to vote in the caucus.
From The Republic Party of Kentucky
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You might be also interested in this earlier NKyTribune story about the caucuses.
I suppose these two candidates chose Louisville and Lexington to campaign in because they are Kentucky’s largest cities; probably neither were aware that they are also the most liberal places they could have picked in the state, otherwise they wouldn’t have bothered. Where is all the money, tv buys and political activity that the Kentucky Republicans said a caucus would bring. I have received nothing in the mail or no annoying phone calls from the contenders. I suspect that 50% of eligible voters don’t even know that there is a caucus. I still predict a 5% turnout to “Rand Paul’s folly” and state Republicans will never repeat it.