Meet the three Democrats aiming to end Republican Mike Harmon's role as state auditor
FRANKFORT -- Mike Harmon was jubilant the night of Nov. 3, 2015. Outspent by about 20-to-1 and unable to buy TV ads, Harmon had just rode a Republican wave into the state auditor’s office.
The insurance agent from Danville, who had been in the state House since 2003 and was an unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor in 2011 on a ticket with Louisville businessman Phil Moffett, had knocked off the well-heeled Adam Edelen.
In his victory speech, Harmon, who often tries to provide comic relief on the campaign trail with folksy jokes, compared himself to the Biblical shepherd David and Edelen to the giant Goliath.
This year, three Democrats are tossing their “political stones” at Harmon in hopes of vanquishing him from the state office that audits all accounts and financial transactions of state government spending agencies.
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