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Two candidates entered the race for attorney general today, a day after the incumbent Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced he was taking a chance at higher office. Republican state Rep. Stan Lee of Lexington and Democrat Jack Conway of Louisville threw their names into an attorney general field that now tallies six - two Democrats and four Republicans. Stumbo, a Democrat in his first term, declared Monday he was foregoing a second term to serve as millionaire Bruce Lunsford's running mate. With hours left before today’s filing deadline, Lee announced his candidacy before filing the required paperwork making it official. Conway, who lost a tight congressional race to former U.S. Rep. Anne Northup in 2002, also filed Today.