Geoff Davis Bows Out, And Good Riddance

My GOP Congressman and local pain in the ass Geoff Davis is bowing out of re-election.

In a letter to constituents, Kentucky 4th District Congressman, Geoff Davis says in order to spend more time with his family he will not seek re-election.

Davis spoke highly of his staff and of his work as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources. He also thanked his wife and children.

So boom, just like that, gone.  And it's not like redistricting was going to cost Davis his seat, either, even with Dems winning ground in KY and even Dem House Speaker Greg Stumbo's plan wouldn't mess with the 4th much at all.

Under Stumbo’s plan, the 1st, 5th and 6th districts — two of which are represented by Republicans — would become more Democratic, while the 2nd District would become more Republican. There would be little change to the 3rd and 4th districts. The 3rd District is confined to Jefferson County.

So there's got to be another reason why Davis is out.  He's not supposed to have much in the way of a serious challenge at all, but now he's hanging it up.  What's the story here?

I'd like to know.  Joe Sonka doesn't know either, but he has several educated guesses as to who will run for Davis's suddenly wide open seat.  He sees Nathan Smith versus Lewis County Judge and TP favorite Thomas Massie.

And that would be one hell of a race, based on Joe's description of Massie.

I saw this guy speak at a Tea Party rally in Scott County this year, and this is how I would describe him. Rand Paul, only with charisma and without an annoying whine. He spoke without notes for over a half hour and had the People of

Tea in the palm of his hands, talking about how he came into this good ole boy Democratic office and cleaned house. He is some kind of MIT numbers wizard who actually lived off of the grid for years, then decided to run for office and won. That sounds odd, but this guy has the rhetoric down and has talent. Also, KY Tea Party guru David Adams loves him.

I actually called him and spoke to him a few months ago, because I had heard rumors that he was thinking of primarying Mitch McConnell in 2014. He said he wasn’t interested, and might get out of politics after his term is up. The thought of Congress kind of intrigued him, but he was a huge Geoff Davis fan and assumed that he would be serving there for many many years.

But he isn’t. So… now?

Now maybe he's one of those guys that loves his current job too much to gamble on a run.  Maybe he's got skeletons, I don't know.  But man, Joe's not kidding when he says Boone County is TP central.  This is die-hard NOBAMA country, and you risk your vehicle with a Team O bumper sticker round these parts.

The friggin' high school mascot?  The Boone County Rebels.  Yeah, it's like that.

We'll see.