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Kentucky Primary 2019: Adam Edelen, The Well-Funded Progressive

WEKU | By Ryland Barton

Published May 9, 2019 at 6:16 AM EDT

Adam Edelen is one of four Democrats running for governor this year. He’s a businessman from Lexington and previously served as state auditor, before he lost reelection in 2015. And Edelen is doing something most Democrats running for statewide office in Kentucky have avoided…running as a progressive. Capitol reporter Ryland Barton has this profile.

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Ryland Barton

Ryland is the state capitol reporter for Kentucky Public Radio. He's covered politics and state government for NPR member stations KWBU in Waco and KUT in Austin. Always looking to put a face to big issues,Ryland'sreporting has taken him to drought-weary towns in West Texas and relocated communities in rural China. He's covered breaking news like the 2014 shooting at Fort Hood Army Base and the aftermath of the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas.

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