FRANKFORT, KY. — LONGTIME DEMOCRATIC HOUSE LEADER ROCKY ADKINS HAS OFFICIALLY FILED TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR IN KENTUCKY. ADKINS STRESSED HIS RURAL ROOTS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY AND SAID HE CAN WIN BACK DEMOCRATS WHO ABANDONED THE PARTY TO SUPPORT REPUBLICANS. SPEAKING WITH REPORTERS AT THE STATE CAPITOL THURSDAY, ADKINS ACKNOWLEDGED SOME VIEW HIM AS THE UNDERDOG IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY SINCE THIS IS HIS FIRST STATEWIDE RACE BUT HE IS HOPING TO EARN THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE OF VOTERS. ADKINS IS THE THIRD DEMOCRAT TO FILE FOR GOVERNOR, JOINING CURRENT ATTORNEY GENERAL ANDY BESHEAR AND GEOFF YOUNG. ADKINS’ RUNNING MATE IS STEPHANIE HORNE, AN ATTORNEY AND BUSINESS OWNER.