Hopkinsville's State Senator Whitney Westerfield has filed his candidacy for Kentucky Attorney General, a day after saying he may enter the race.
His announcement makes him the only Republican in the race.
Westerfield, 34, says his goal is to make the Attorney General's office more efficient.
"I will use the full power of the office of Attorney General to stand up against Frankfort and Washington liberals that overreach into our private lives and small business," said Westerfield. "Kentuckians deserve an Attorney General that can say their oath is to the law, not to the highest bidder."
Democrat Andy Beshear, son of Gov. Steve Beshear, has already raised more than $1.5 million since declaring his candidacy in November.
Westerfield currently serves as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee after only two years in the State Senate. But he says he's the most qualified candidate to hold the office.
"I'm a prosecutor, Andy Beshear is not," said Westerfield. "I have experience reforming Kentucky's justice system, Andy Behsear does not. I'm the only person who has filed for this office who is actually qualified to hold it and I will aggressively make that case during this campaign. Simply having the last name of your parents doesn't qualify you to be Kentucky's top prosecutor."
Beshear and Westerfield are the only candidates in the race so far. The deadline to file for the May primaries is Jan 27.
