Bluegrass Candidates Initiate Campaigns

At KYA, we have an array of presiding officers to carry out many different tasks. However, before one can serve as a presiding officer next year, he or she must begin with candidacy now.

The very first KYA 4 conference has seen 12 candidates for office, including two Bluegrass candidates. They presented speeches to argue their platforms and gain the support of their audience of voters.

We pulled aside the Bluegrass candidates and asked them the reasoning behind their decisions to run for office. Coral Ghrist of Oldham County High School, for example, believes that her platforms are issues that are close to our communities.

“Last year at KUNA, I ran and got a taste of what it means to be someone who advocates for problems in the community,” Ghrist said. “I love KYA, even more than KUNA, because it’s so much closer to home and we get to experience what we see in our everyday lives.”

She continued to explain her unique solution to promote health in Kentucky.

“That was the one I did my service project, which was educating children about making healthier choices at fast food restaurants through these board games I gave them,” Ghrist said.

Ghrist’s opponent is Hunter Coady of South Oldham High School, who argued that his position on coal was for the good of Kentucky.

“My platform is just about slowly transitioning and offering people jobs with renewable resources. It’s not like we’re all out of jobs,” said Coady.

Coady also emphasized the importance of his platform of implementing black and LGBTQ history in schools.

“We’re trying to bring black history back into schools and prevent future problems with homophobia or racism,” he said.