Larry Forgy

Larry Forgy is a Republican politician and former candidate for office from Lexington, Kentucky.

Forgy ran for Governor of Kentucky in 1991, losing in the Republican primary to Larry Hopkins. Forgy again ran for Governor of Kentucky in 1995, losing [http://www.kdla.ky.gov/resources/KYGovernors_pg7.htm 500,787 (51.1%) to 479,227 (48.9%)] to Paul E. Patton. Forgy later ran an unsuccessful race for the Kentucky Supreme Court, losing to James E. Keller in a special election in 1999. He was reportedly considering running in the United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2008‎ [cite news|publisher=Herald-Leader|date=2007-12-08|title=Democrats line up to face McConnell|author=Ryan Alessi|url=http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/252980.html reported the following: "Larry Forgy, a Lexington Republican, also is considering challenging McConnell as an independent."] , but he did not file as a candidate for the office.

Forgy was Bryan Coffman's co-chair when Coffman ran unsuccessfully for Central Kentucky's 6th congressional district in 2004.cite news|publisher=PR Web|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/4/prweb120783.htm|title=Larry Forgy, former gubernatorial candidate, joins Coffman for Congress|date=2004-04-24] Forgy's previous experience includes working as an attorney and serving as President of the Health Kentucky non-profit. [cite news|publisher=Health Kentucky press release|url=http://www.healthkentucky.org/forgy.html|title=Larry Forgy Appointed President of Health Kentucky|date=2004=10-1] Forgy was also Republican National Committeeman for Kentucky, the Kentucky Chair for Ronald Reagan's successful presidential election bids, Vice Chair of Kentucky Council Higher Education, Chairman of Finance Committee of University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, and the General counsel and Budget Director for the Commonwealth for Governor Louie B. Nunn

Forgy attended the University of Kentucky, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta social fraternity. He transfered to The George Washington University, where he received both a bachelor's and law degree. While in law school at GWU, he became friends with U.S. Sen. Harry Reid [http://polwatchers.typepad.com/pol_watchers/2007/08/an-odd-couple.html] .

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