The Races: Keonig v. Krey, House 69
Boone, Campbell, and Kenton Counties
Republican Representative Adam Koenig is defending his House seat against Democrat Merrick Krey.
Where Rep. Koenig ranked #6 in 2007, he fell to #12 in 2008, both with underwhelming scores in the 60s.
In 2008, Koenig boldly voted against a health insurance mandate (HB 148) that passed the House 80-7, and against penalizing businesses for already corrected employee classification mistakes (HB 654). He did, however, support the budget that depended on those tax increases (HB 406) and the spending hikes in the legislative budget (HB 407). In a recent debate, he championed tort reform and reform of prevailing wage laws.
In the debate, Krey would not acknowledge that Kentucky's prevailing wage system is not representative of any local wage and unfairly cost taxpayers money. He also opposed important changes to reduce health care costs such as medical liability reform or reductions in health care mandates that make health insurance more expensive for everyone.
