Kentucky voters will learn on Tuesday which Democrat will challenge Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in November: Black progressive Charles Booker, or establishment favorite Amy McGrath.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pauses while addressing reporters after the Senate Republicans weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington U.S., June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
McGrath, a former combat pilot who was endorsed by Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and raised $41 million in campaign funds, was long thought of as the frontrunner. A moderate, she stressed in ads that she was the “only candidate who can win” against McConnell. Booker, a 35-year-old state legislator, took part in marches in Louisville over the death of Breonna Taylor, who was killed when police investigators burst into her home in March.
Two of the three major U.S. nonpartisan elections ratings services showed the seat as “likely” safe for McConnell, the second-securest rating. One rated it the most-secure “solid” Republican.
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