The May Power in Partnership monthly breakfast of the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce will feature a forum with the candidates for 1st District Congress. The breakfast is being held on May 12 at 7:30 a.m. at the Julian Carroll Convention Center. Swift & Staley is the sponsor.
Each candidate will have a five minute segment to present their information about themselves and their platform. Audience attendees will be asked to follow these guidelines:
- No campaign banners, brochures, buttons, pens or other campaign materials or promotion activities will be permitted by attendees.
- Supporters must be respectful and courteous. No unruly behavior will be allowed. Those who do not follow these rules will be asked to leave.
- Recorded images may not be utilized for advertising or marketing purposes by the candidates or their campaigns.
- The audience will be asked to remain silent during the Forum and to refrain from responding to any candidate’s comments.
The candidates include:
Democrat:
Sam Gaskins is a Marine Corps and Army veteran with combat experience in Iraq. He was medically retired due to his service in Iraq. During the 2006-2008 deployment to Iraq, he worked as a liaison to the 2nd Iraqi Army Division. He lives in Herndon, with his wife Debbie, her son Gabe, and their son Sammy.
Republicans:
Jason Batts is from Hickman County where he started and grew his own small business and serves as the County Attorney. Batts is a Captain in the Army Reserve, where he spent over three-and-a-half years as an Army prosecutor before being appointed Chief of Military Justice in December with a unit of soldiers in Fort Campbell. Jason and his wife Tonia live in Clinton.
Miles Caughey is a 42-year US Army veteran with 35 years in combat units. He served 14 years as an Airborne Ranger Infantryman and a Special Forces A Team Member and flew 29 years as a Master Army Aviator. He has been raising cattle for 21 years in Pee Dee (KY).
James Comer is owner of Comer Family Farms, a cattle, timber, hay, and grain farming operation. From Monroe County, he was a Kentucky State Representative for eleven years. Comer served as Kentucky’s Commissioner of Agriculture. He and his wife TJ are the parents of three children.
Mike Pape has served as the District Director for Congressman Ed Whitfield for 21 years. A resident of Hopkinsville, he and his wife have three children with a daughter at Murray State and son starting college next year.
Below are the details of the breakfast:
When: Thursday, May 12, 7:30-8:30 a.m.
Where: Julian M. Carroll Convention Center, Ohio Room
Program: First District Congressional Forum
Sponsor: Swift & Staley
Cost: $15 members, $25 non-members
Special Note: The breakfast is being held one week later due to the Mayor’s and Judge's Prayer Breakfast
If you are not a Power Card holder, please make your reservations by Tuesday, May 10, by 5 p.m. to the Chamber at 443-1746 or info@paducahchamber.org
