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U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning endorsed Anne Northup in her bid for governor today, giving the former congresswoman a boost in her race against Gov. Ernie Fletcher in the Republican primary. Bunning a republican from Kentucky announced his preference in states GOP gubernatorial primary during a breakfast in Washington DC sponsored by the Kentucky Right to Life Association in Washington. The endorsement comes days after Northup entered the governor's race and introduced Jeff Hoover, the top Republican in the Kentucky House, as her running mate. Northup served five U.S. House terms from the Louisville-area 3rd District until losing to Democrat John Yarmuth in last November's election. In 2003, Fletcher ran with the GOP establishment firmly behind him in becoming Kentucky's first Republican governor in a generation. But Fletcher's term has been marred by an investigation into whether his administration illegally rewarded political supporters with state jobs after he took office.