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Perennial candidate Geoff Young—a Democrat who dreams of unseating Republican Rep. Andy Barr in Kentucky’s 6th district—has gained attention this election cycle for parroting Kremlin talking points on the war in Ukraine and failing to get leaders of his own party to endorse him.
But a review of Young’s campaign filings by The Daily Beast uncovered some other eyebrow-raising arrangements behind the scenes of his campaign: one of his top consultants allegedly threatened a firefighter with a semi-automatic weapon, while another is a confessed child molester.
The financial disclosures reveal that Young’s main consultant in the race has been a little-known firm called Bolder Fundraising & Strategy, which has worked for other long-shot progressive candidates and with the Pakistani-American Public Affairs Committee. Materials submitted to the Federal Elections Committee show that Bolder aided Young free of charge, its services registered as individual in-kind contributions from members of its team.