Fancy Farm 2012
Fancy Farm 2012 was the kickoff event to KET’s fall election coverage. Bill Goodman and Renee Shaw hosted the KET broadcast live from Fancy Farm in Western Kentucky.
- Watch Fancy Farm 2012 (Aug. 4, 2012) Joining KET with analysis of this year's races were John David Dyche, a Louisville attorney and author, and Jennifer Moore, former Kentucky Democratic Party chair. (1:47:08)
- Watch the highlights program (58:53)
- Watch Comment on Kentucky at Fancy Farm (Aug. 3, 2012) Ferrell Wellman previews the fall election with a panel of journalists: Roger Alford, Frankfort correspondent for the Associated Press; Jack Brammer, political reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader; and Ronnie Ellis, Frankfort reporter for CNHI.
Videos of Fancy Farm Speeches
KET presents videos of the political speeches at Fancy Farm. The speakers are listed in their speaking order.
 Emcee James Comer, Agriculture Commissioner, [D] [3:11] |
 U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, [R] [7:17] |
 Charles Hatchett, [D] [5:53] |
 U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield, [R] [5:56] |
 State Rep. Greg Stumbo, [D] [5:11] |
 Ken Moellman, [L] [4:51] |
 Lundergan Grimes, [D] [4:32] |
 State Rep. Jeff Hoover, [R] [4:48] |
 State Sen. Ken Winters, [R] [6:16] |
 Stan Humphries, [R] [5:47] |
 Carroll Hubbard, [D] [6:08] |
 Richard Heath, [R], [6:08] |
 Kelly Whitaker, [D] [6:08] |
About Fancy Farm
Every year since the early 1880s, St. Jerome Catholic Church in the small town of Fancy Farm, near Mayfield in Graves County, has hosted an annual community picnic. At some point, political candidates began to see the Fancy Farm Picnic as a good chance to meet, greet, and stump for votes. Soon a platform for speaking was added, and by the middle of the 20th century, Fancy Farm had become the unofficial kickoff event for the fall campaigns.
These days at Fancy Farm, picnic volunteers serve up tons of barbecue (pork and the regional favorite, mutton) while crowds gather at the speakers' platform to cheer—or jeer—their chosen candidates.
For more information on the picnic, see the official Fancy Farm web site.