KY Democratic chair demands investigation of GOP state senator's payments from nonprofit
FRANKFORT — The chair of the Kentucky Democratic Party is calling for an investigation into the financial dealings between a political nonprofit called Kentucky Strong Inc. and its president state Sen. Julie Raque Adams.
Democratic Party chair Colmon Elridge called on the state attorney general and the Legislative Ethics Commission to launch investigations in response to the Kentucky Lantern’s report that Kentucky Strong has been totally financed in recent years by interests that lobby the General Assembly. The nonprofit’s only expenses over that time have been payments totaling $80,500 to Adams, who is a Louisville Republican. The transactions highlighted by the Lantern all came from financial reports Kentucky Strong was required to file with the Internal Revenue Service.
Elridge said, “As chair of the Licensing and Occupations Committee, she (Adams) took and continues to take, money from the very industries she is tasked with regulating. … This looks like textbook pay-to-play. The ethics commission and attorney general should investigate immediately, especially as her decisions on energy, health care, and the horse industry have an immediate and critical impact on Kentuckians’ finances.”
Kentucky Strong was created in 2015 by Adams and two other Republican women from Louisville to train Republican women to seek and hold public office.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/04/06/ky-democratic-chair-demands-investigation-of-gop-state-senators-payments-from-nonprofit/