The Louisville Republican Party announced Tuesday its executive committee selected retired U.S. Army veteran Calvin Leach as its candidate for the upcoming special election to fill the recently vacated state Senate seat in Louisville’s South End.

The day before, the Louisville Democratic Party announced that Gary Clemons is its nominee. The two lifelong residents of Louisville’s South End will battle to fill the seat vacated by former state Sen. David Yates, a Democrat.

Leach retired from the U.S. Army in February and previously worked at Electrolux, UPS, JustFab and Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. He has also been a legislative assistant with Louisville Metro Council and interned with Kentucky Refugee Ministries while in graduate school.

Don Fitzpatrick, the chair of the

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