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Related: About this forumMcGrath defeats Booker in closely-watched Kentucky Senate primary, will face McConnell in November
Amy McGrath, a former Marine fighter pilot, fended off a challenge from an upstart progressive, Charles Booker, ABC News projects, nabbing the Democratic nomination on Tuesday to take on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in November.
McGrath's victory comes a full week after voters headed to the polls last Tuesday in the hard-fought Senate primary -- a delay brought on by the influx of absentee ballots due to the coronavirus and the tougher-than-expected contest shaped by the national unrest over racial injustice and police brutality.
The race wasn't expected to be tight just one month ago, but the campaign was upended in its closing weeks by the fallout from the deaths of African Americans at the hands of law enforcement, including two in the state of Kentucky since mid-March.
Despite having the backing of national Democrats and a formidable war chest, McGrath found herself in an increasingly competitive battle for the nomination with Booker, 35, the youngest black state lawmaker in Kentucky from the Louisville-area.
McGrath's victory comes a full week after voters headed to the polls last Tuesday in the hard-fought Senate primary -- a delay brought on by the influx of absentee ballots due to the coronavirus and the tougher-than-expected contest shaped by the national unrest over racial injustice and police brutality.
The race wasn't expected to be tight just one month ago, but the campaign was upended in its closing weeks by the fallout from the deaths of African Americans at the hands of law enforcement, including two in the state of Kentucky since mid-March.
Despite having the backing of national Democrats and a formidable war chest, McGrath found herself in an increasingly competitive battle for the nomination with Booker, 35, the youngest black state lawmaker in Kentucky from the Louisville-area.
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McGrath defeats Booker in closely-watched Kentucky Senate primary, will face McConnell in November (Original Post)
PoliticAverse
Jun 2020
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McConnel and GOP was hoping to face a slam dunk win against Booker, McGrath not so much
beachbumbob
Jun 2020
#2
Jefferson and Fayette ended up being way closer than the early returns suggested
jorgevlorgan
Jun 2020
#3
but theres also some of the rural counties still left, so I doubt it will change too much.
jorgevlorgan
Jun 2020
#5
grumpyduck
(6,650 posts)1. Okay, Amy, lock and load.
Get that fucking Moscow Mitch outta there.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)2. McConnel and GOP was hoping to face a slam dunk win against Booker, McGrath not so much
jorgevlorgan
(10,707 posts)3. Jefferson and Fayette ended up being way closer than the early returns suggested
kickitup
(355 posts)4. 6000 votes not counted in Fayette.
jorgevlorgan
(10,707 posts)5. but theres also some of the rural counties still left, so I doubt it will change too much.