Wendell Ford

State Sen. David BoswellAfter being omitted from two rounds of television ad buys by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the campaign of state Sen. David Boswell (D-Owensboro) is finally rallying some national attention for their efforts in the 2nd Congressional District race.

According to campaign advisor Jim Cole, a fundraiser hosted by former governor and U.S. Sen. Wendell Ford (D-Owensboro) and U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) is in the works for Boswell.

Ford currently holds the record as Kentucky's longest serving U.S. senator, having held that office for four terms until his retirement in 1998, while Hoyer packs his own fundraising punch as the second-ranking U.S. House Democrat.

Boswell is aiming to end a fourteen-year Republican hold on the 2nd District, which is open after current incumbent U.S. Rep. Ron Lewis (R-Cecilia) announced his retirement in January.

The Kentucky campaign of Presidential candidate Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-New York) announced it had collected endorsements from four former Kentucky governors today.

Former Governors Wendell Ford (D-Owensboro), Paul Patton (D-Pikeville), Julian Carroll (D-Midway), and John Y. Brown (D-Lexington) all were revealed as supporters of Clinton's candidacy in a release dispatched by the campaign.