funding for Kentucky Universities. In a December 14 article in the Louisville Courier-Journal Horne was quoted saying: He has focused efforts towards Republican incumbent Mitch McConnell while facing two millionaires, Greg Fischer (CEO of Dant Clayton) and Bruce Lunsford in the Democratic Primary. Fischer has talked to current Governor Steve Beshear about his campaign, which Beshear has mentioned previously that he plans on supporting the Democrat nomination following the primary. He dropped out of the race on February 12, 2008. Although he declined to give a reason initially, the Courier-Journal reported his campaign was unhappy the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee was supporting Lunsford. Congressional candidate In 2006, Horne was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Kentucky's 3rd congressional district seat. According to the Louisville Courier Journal, Horne declared his candidacy on December 14, 2005, and was subsequently endorsed by Ohio politician, Iraq War veteran and former United States Senate candidate Paul Hackett. He would then go on to receive endorsements from former congressional district 3 seat holder Mike Ward and General Wesley Clark. Andrew Horne covered some controversial issues such as criticism of President George W. Bush over the Iraq war, criticism of the Louisville Gas & Electric plant in Trimble County, Kentucky regarding hiring workers locally, and calling for Republican Anne Northup to return campaign funds received from Tom DeLay. Horne's campaign addressed several concerns from health care to the Ohio River Bridges Project in addition to the more controversial topics. Horne lost to John Yarmuth in the Democratic Primary on May 16, 2006. Yarmuth went on to defeat the incumbent Republican Anne Northup. Other political activity On March 31, 2007, Horne was chosen to deliver the Democrats' weekly radio address. He spoke on the issue of the H.R. 1591 : "Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes". Horne was on the Board of Advisors for VoteVets.org, but resigned upon the announcement of his run for the Senate. See also References External links Anderson and Horne, PLLC Andrew Horne Homepage Andrew Horne for Senate official campaign website Andrew Horne's video announcement of candidacy for the U.S. Senate on the Page One blog Draft Andrew Horne for U.S. Senate 2006 official campaign website https://web.archive.org/web/20070311214233/http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/3800 https://web.archive.org/web/20060206160325/http://www.bandofbrothers2006.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20060615032249/http://vetpac.org/ Living people Year of birth missing (living people) United States Marine Corps personnel of the Iraq War Lawyers from Louisville, Kentucky University of Louisville