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Published July 18, 2009 03:22 pm - Greenup County dermatologist Jack Ditty is the Republican nominee in an Aug. 25 special election to fill the 18th District state Senate seat vacated by Charlie Borders who resigned to accept a position on the Public Service Commission. Republicans nominate Ditty for special senate election Democrats to nominate their candidate Tuesday RONNIE ELLIS CNHI News Service FRANKFORT — Greenup County dermatologist Jack Ditty is the Republican nominee in an Aug. 25 special election to fill the 18th District state Senate seat vacated by Charlie Borders who resigned to accept a position on the Public Service Commission.
Ditty, 60, was chosen unanimously at a meeting of Republican county executive committees Saturday morning at the Lewis County Courthouse in Vanceburg. Democrats will choose their nominee Tuesday evening at an executive committee meeting in Greenup. State Rep. Robin Webb, D-Grayson, and Todd Eastham, a Greenup business safety consultant, are seeking that nomination. Ditty said Saturday afternoon after a campaign stop at a Bluegrass Festival in Olive Hill that he’s excited about the race and expects a competitive campaign compressed into the short time frame. “I’m very competitive. I’ve been involved in competitive athletics all my life,” said Ditty, who played tennis in high school and at the University of Kentucky. His daughter, Julie, plays on the World Tennis Association tour. But he doesn’t expect it to be negative. “This really isn’t a personal campaign at all,” Ditty said. “The race I’m going to run is going to be a positive campaign.” Gov. Steve Beshear helped create the vacant seat by offering Borders the appointment to the PSC. That came after Beshear saw his signature legislative issue - expanded gambling at horse tracks – pass the Democratic controlled House but fail in the Republican controlled Senate. During his gubernatorial campaign, Beshear also promised to return the Senate to Democratic control. Ditty said he’s opposed to expanded gambling. “I’m very much for doing everything we can to promote the thoroughbred industry,” Ditty said. “But I am opposed to slot machines because I think that diminishes the image of the thoroughbred industry.” Ditty said his medical expertise will make him a voice in the Senate on health and fitness issues and he thinks those will be campaign issues along with jobs. “We need to do everything we can to enhance local industry,” Ditty said. There were plenty of signs the Republican Party isn’t prepared to just give up Borders’ seat in the Democratic majority registration district which covers Bracken, Carter, Greenup, Lewis, Mason and Robertson counties. State Senators Katie Stine, R-Southgate, and Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, were at Vanceburg Saturday. Ditty’s campaign will be managed by Jeremy Hughes, the campaign manager for Fourth District U.S. Congressman Geoff Davis. The 18th District lies within Davis’ Congressional District. “We’re going to fight for every vote in the district,” Hughes said. Davis’ campaigns are known for strong get-out-the-vote efforts, and Hughes said that’ll be the case with Ditty’s as well. 
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