Top Democrat left $20K in consultant’s couch

Published August 31, 2019 8:33pm ET



Kentucky businessman and former state representative Jerry Lundergan reportedly left $20,000 in cash and a $25,000 check in a political consultant’s couch.

According to the Lexington Herald Leader, the money was intended as reimbursement for work the consultant did for Lundergan’s daughter, Alison Lundergan Grimes, who sought reelection in 2015 to become Kentucky secretary of state.

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