On Thursday, former Kentucky Democratic Party Chairman Jerry Lundergan, the father of former Democratic Party senatorial candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes, who unsuccessfully challenged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2014, was convicted of funneling illegal corporate campaign contributions into his daughter’s campaign.
According to Kentucky.com. Lundergan was convicted on 10 charges; federal prosecutors had stated that Lundergan and Democratic political consultant Dale Emmons had not sought reimbursement from the campaign after giving the campaign $200,000 in 2013-14. Each man could serve 20 years in prison.
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