Nick Clooney

One-time 4th Congressional District candidate and journalist Nick Clooney is headed to a teaching post at American University, in Washington, D.C.

Clooney will be the "distinguished journalist in residence" at American, as part of a coordinated effort between the school and Washington's Newseum.

Clooney worked as a newspaper columnist, a news anchor and a host on the American Movie Classics cable channel. At American, he will teach a course in "Opinion Writing" as well as a class on film.

In 2004, Clooney ran as a Democrat in an open seat race in the 4th District, losing to now-U.S. Rep. Geoff Davis (R-Hebron) by ten points.

Oldham physician Michael Kelley is the only Democratic candidate running for the 4th Congressional District seat currently held by Geoff Davis (R-Hebron). Kelley enters the race as a relative unknown compared to the previous Democratic suitors to the 4th, with none of their financial or organizational advantages.

In this interview with PolitickerKY.com, Kelley speaks of his hopes to connect to voters with a "non-traditional" campaign - it will include the candidate cycling across the district. Kelley also acknowledges the challenges of a race against an entrenched political veteran, his own distaste for campaign fundraising, and how his medical experience could inform his work if elected.

Michael Kelley

"I don’t think I would want a Congressman who is excited about wasting millions of dollars on a campaign, because once you get comfortable spending millions of dollars for no real tangible good, well, now maybe you are comfortable spending billions of dollars or hundreds of billions of dollars for no real tangible good."

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