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Kentucky lawmaker who ran for governor faces assault charge

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FRANKFORT, Ky. – A Kentucky lawmaker who challenged the state’s governor in last year’s Republican primary was arrested Tuesday on strangulation and assault charges.

State Rep. Robert Goforth was arrested by the Laurel County sheriff’s office in his hometown of East Bernstadt, according to the Laurel County jail.

He was booked into the jail shortly after 4 a.m. The jail didn’t provide any details about what led to the arrest. Goforth, 44, was arrested on charges of strangulation, fourth-degree assault and terroristic threatening, the jail said.

He was being held on a $25,000 cash bond, according to the jail’s website. His initial court date was set for Wednesday. No attorney was listed for him on the jail’s website.

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