Congressman Ed Whitfield, a Hopkinsville Republican, speaks to Saturday's crowd gathered at the first-ever Pennyrile GOP Rally at Marion-Crittenden County Park while GOP gubernatorial nominee David Williams awaits his turn to speak. Whitifield was the keynote speaker prior to the' slate of Republicans running for statewide office addressed the crowd gathered at Gordon Blue Guess Field.Williams, Kentucky's senate president, is chasing Gov. Steve Beshear for the state's highest office this fall. With the election just three months away, the Republicans gathered in Crittenden County on the heels of the 131 annual Fancy Farm Picnic concluded just a couple of hours earlier on Saturday.
The local event was sponsored and organized by the Crittenden County Republican Party.
