 On January 13, 2015, Scott kicked off his Republican campaign for governor Tuesday by announcing that former Menifee County Sheriff Rodney Coffey would be his running mate.On January 30, Scott became the first candidate in the race promising to shut down Kentucky's ObamaCare exchange upon taking office, after opponents James Comer and Hal Heiner said they would leave it in place.Scott urged Kentuckians to contact Senator Rand Paul and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and ask them to help push the Obama Administration to move ahead faster with oil and gas drilling in the Alaskan Arctic.