Greg Stumbo

Greg Stumbo

Gregory D. "Greg" Stumbo was the Democratic Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 20032007. He previously served in the Kentucky House of Representatives for twelve terms. Stumbo was Kentucky's longest-serving House Majority Leader (1980 – 2003) and as Majority Leader in the House (1985 – 2003).

A native of Prestonsburg in Floyd County, Stumbo served as Assistant Floyd County Attorney and held the position of Martin city attorney for three years. He also served as trial commissioner to the Floyd County District Court for one year.

Stumbo has also been one of the forerunners in leading investigations into high gas prices and recently appeared on the Nancy Grace program.

Stumbo's office lead an investigation into mishiring practices of Kentucky Republican Governor Ernie Fletcher which resulted in indictments, but was dismissed by agreement with the prosecuters. On September 12 2007 Stumbo sued Fletcher for appointing too many Republicans to the governing bodies of state universities. State law requires "proportional representation of the two leading political parties" based on voter registration. A majority of registered voters in Kentucky are Democrats, but Fletcher has appointed seven Republicans and two Democrats to the University of Kentucky and eight Republicans and two Democrats to the University of Louisville. [cite news|publisher=Associated Press|url=http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070912/NEWS01/70912016/1008|title=Stumbo sues Fletcher over board appointments|date=2007-09-12|author=Staff writer]

Stumbo was the running mate for multi-millionaire Bruce Lunsford in the 2007 Democratic gubernatorial primary, but their ticket lost to that of Steve Beshear and Daniel Mongiardo, 40.9% to 20.4%. [http://www.lex18.com/Global/story.asp?S=6554860&nav=menu203_2]

Stumbo has formed an exploratory committee to run against Senator Mitch McConnell in 2008.

Greg Stumbo has also worked with Dateline NBC in their series To Catch A Predator in Bowling Green, KY. The show exposes men who seek to molest minors. Greg Stumbo has also worked with the group Perverted Justice twice without NBC in similar sting operations. [Dateline NBC [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22423433/] ]

References

External links

* [http://ag.ky.gov/bio.htm Official biography]
* [http://www.stumbo2008.com/ 2008 Exploratory Campaign Site]
* [http://www.lunsfordstumbo2007.com 2007 Campaign Site]


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