Close fundraising battles emerge among US House candidates in central Kentucky

Close fundraising battles emerge among US House candidates in central Kentucky

Former GOP state senator Ralph Alvarado is back in Kentucky and running for Congress, after serving as the commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health.(Ralph Alvarado campagin / Website)Most congressional incumbents in Kentucky have yet to draw a serious challenger for their race next year, but several candidates in both parties are raising hundreds of thousands of dollars in their bid to replace Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr in his cent…