There's a reason people run negative ads... it's because they work.

She also attempted to exploit Yarmuth's lengthy record in print repeating in campaign ads some of his potentially unpopular statements (such as allegedly supporting the legalization of marijuana) and holding a press conference to complain that not all of his old columns had been made available to her campaign. 1998
In 1998 Northup defeated Democratic candidate Chris Gorman a former state attorney general by just 4 percentage points. The competitive race—the candidates were in a dead heat in early polls—was of national interest in a year when Democrats were trying to regain control of the house.

The seat is a Republican seat by statute and is the choice of the Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. Prior to her election to the United States House of Representatives Northup had served in the Kentucky House of Representatives. S.