Ernie Fletcher
Ernie Fletcher
Ernest Lee "Ernie" Fletcheris an American physician and politician. In 1998, he was elected to the first of three consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives; he resigned in 2003 after being elected the 60th Governor of Kentucky and served in that office until 2007. Prior to his entry into politics, Fletcher was a family practice physician and a Baptist lay minister. He is the second physician to be elected Governor of Kentucky; the first was Luke P...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 November 1952
CountryUnited States of America
The geography of Kentucky is drawn not only on the map but also on the culture. Everyone here, regardless of age, lives as part of a generation that has yet to know the full power of true unity as Kentuckians, one and all.
the single most disturbing thing about this whole investigation.
I had a very successful fundraiser here in Louisville. We raised about $150,000,
Five years from now Medicaid will consume 20 percent of the state's budget if we don't make changes,
Over the next couple of years we will work very hard to serve the people. And then I'll leave the future in their hands,
I never dreamed we would win by the margin we won by. That's something else, ... It's a new era in Kentucky.
We will attract more people to Kentucky by lowering our income tax rate. In fact, lowering the income tax rate is the single most important thing we can do to create opportunity.
I cannot allow state government to continue to be consumed by this game of political 'gotcha.'
Whenever I am among my fellow Governors, I am struck by how many face the same education improvement issues.