Bruce Maples

I have always followed politics closely, as my father was a journalist who wrote about local government and the courts. It was not until the early 2000’s, though, that I did more than read and vote.

I became interested in the Howard Dean campaign in 2004, making my first political donation and attending my first campaign meeting, a Dean Meetup in Louisville. Once John Kerry became the nominee, I became active in the Kerry Kentucky movement. After Kerry lost, a number of the Kerry Kentucky people became active in the Metro Democratic Club, and I was one of them. I wound up serving as the VP of the club, then the President, then the Treasurer. I have also served on the Democratic Party Executive Committee in Louisville.

I began blogging in 2004. I founded Forward Kentucky in the wake of the state elections in 2015, because I was so frustrated at the lack of a strong progressive voice in that campaign and the ones before it.

I have lived in Louisville since 1992 with my wife and two sons, and absolutely love this city. I retired from a local company in order to work on Forward Kentucky full-time.