IMAGES l Politicans take the stage at 2022 Fancy Farm
- Updated
Kelley Paul, left, wife of Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), speaks with Representative James Comer (R-Ky.), right, before the start of the program at the Fancy Farm Picnic at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron addresses the audience gathered during the Fancy Farm Picnic at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Cameron is a candidate in the Republican primary for Kentucky Governor. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Kentucky State Auditor Mike Harmon addresses the audience gathered during the Fancy Farm Picnic at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Harmon is a candidate in the Republican primary for Kentucky Governor. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Republican Kentucky State Representative Savannah Maddox addresses the audience gathered during the Fancy Farm Picnic at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Maddox is a candidate in the republican primary for Kentucky Governor. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Kentucky Agricultural Commissioner Ryan Quarles addresses the audience gathered during the Fancy Farm Picnic at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Quarles is a candidate in the Republican primary for Kentucky Governor. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Kentucky Democratic candidate for Senate Charles Booker, addresses the audience gathered during the Fancy Farm Picnic at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Booker is running against Rand Paul (R-Ky.) for his Senate seat. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Kentucky Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives Jimmy Ausbrooks, addresses the audience gathered during the Fancy Farm Picnic at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Ausbrooks is running against James Comer (R-Ky.) for his House seat. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Kelley Paul, wife of Senator Rand Paul, (R-Ky.), addresses the audience gathered during the Fancy Farm Picnic at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Paul represented her husband at the political event. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Kelley Paul, left, wife of Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), speaks with Representative James Comer (R-Ky.), right, before the start of the program at the Fancy Farm Picnic at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron addresses the audience gathered during the Fancy Farm Picnic at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Cameron is a candidate in the Republican primary for Kentucky Governor. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Kentucky State Auditor Mike Harmon addresses the audience gathered during the Fancy Farm Picnic at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Harmon is a candidate in the Republican primary for Kentucky Governor. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Republican Kentucky State Representative Savannah Maddox addresses the audience gathered during the Fancy Farm Picnic at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Maddox is a candidate in the republican primary for Kentucky Governor. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Kentucky Agricultural Commissioner Ryan Quarles addresses the audience gathered during the Fancy Farm Picnic at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Quarles is a candidate in the Republican primary for Kentucky Governor. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams addresses the audience gathered during the Fancy Farm Picnic at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Kentucky State Treasurer Allison Ball addresses the audience gathered during the Fancy Farm Picnic at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Kentucky Representative James Comer, R-Ky., addresses the audience gathered during the Fancy Farm Picnic at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Kentucky State Democratic Chair Colmon Elridge addresses the audience gathered during the Fancy Farm Picnic at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Kentucky Democratic candidate for Senate Charles Booker, addresses the audience gathered during the Fancy Farm Picnic at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Booker is running against Rand Paul (R-Ky.) for his Senate seat. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Kentucky Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives Jimmy Ausbrooks, addresses the audience gathered during the Fancy Farm Picnic at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Ausbrooks is running against James Comer (R-Ky.) for his House seat. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Kelley Paul, wife of Senator Rand Paul, (R-Ky.), addresses the audience gathered during the Fancy Farm Picnic at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Paul represented her husband at the political event. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, right, and First Lady Britainy Beshear, left, talk with residents that have been displaced by floodwaters at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, in Prestonsburg, Ky. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
As featured on
The event is a rite of passage for statewide candidates, who are tested in stump-style speeches in the August heat while facing taunts and shouts from partisans from the other party.
