wlwt.com: https://www.wlwt.com/article/kentucky-primary-voters-to-decide-crowded-race-for-mitch-mcconnells-senate-seat/71341455

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Kentucky primary voters to decide crowded race for Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat Skip to content NOWCAST WLWT News 5 at 6:00 Watch on Demand Menu Search News Policies News Local News National News Investigates Entertainment Health Money Monday Get the Facts News We Love Upload Weather Radar Alerts Map Room Traffic Politics Sports Bengals Reds FC Cincinnati High School Sports Olympics Community Project Community Let&#039;s Talk Cincy Ruth Lyons Holiday Guide Home Furnishings Mental Health Resources Pre-Owned Autos Advertise with WLWT Memorials About News Team MeTV Contact Very Local Titan TV Guide Privacy Notice Terms of Use SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL Weather Search Press enter to search Type to Search Search location by ZIP code ZIP Advertisement Kentucky primary voters to decide crowded race for Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat Kentucky primary voters to decide crowded race for Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat ASSAULT CHARGES. REPORTING LIVE IN HAMILTON. KAREN JOHNSON, WLWT NEWS FIVE. KAREN, THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT. NOW TO THE BIG STORY HERE. ALL EYES ARE ON THE BLUEGRASS STATE AS VOTERS ARE GETTING READY TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS TOMORROW IN THIS YEAR’S PRIMARY. THERE ARE SEVERAL KEY ISSUES ON THE BALLOT, INCLUDING THE RACE TO REPLACE LONGTIME U.S. SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL. THAT’S RIGHT, WLWT NEWS FIVE ANCHOR MIKE DARDIS IS HERE WITH A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CROWDED FIELD AND THE STANDOUTS THAT ARE HOPING TO WIN THIS SEAT. MIKE. HI, ASHLAND. HI, SHEREE. YEAH, IT’S IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT. KENTUCKY IS SO ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE. 12 PEOPLE ON THE BALLOT HOPING TO MAKE IT TO THAT NOVEMBER ELECTION. REPUBLICANS, BY THE WAY, HAVE CONTROLLED KENTUCKY’S TWO U.S. SENATE SEATS FOR A LONG TIME, SINCE 1999. A HANDFUL OF DEMOCRATS FIGHTING FOR A CHANCE TO CHANGE ALL OF THAT. SEVEN PEOPLE RUNNING TO BE THEIR PARTY’S NOMINEE. WHILE IT’S A PACKED FIELD, THERE ARE SOME NAMES THAT OF STAND OUT CREAM RISING TO THE TOP HERE. AS FAR AS THE POLLS ARE CONCERNED. SO LET’S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE AND THE PRIMARY, THE BIG NAME TO BE WATCHING WILL BE U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ANDY BARR, REPRESENTING KENTUCKY’S SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES LEXINGTON. AND HE HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP, FORMER KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL DANIEL CAMERON IS RUNNING AGAINST BARR. CAMERON RAN FOR GOVERNOR BACK IN 2023, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, BUT LOST TO THE INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT, ANDY BESHEAR. AS FOR THE DEMOCRATS, AMY MCGRATH, REMEMBER THAT NAME? SHE RAN FOR MCCONNELL’S U.S. SENATE SEAT BACK IN 2020. SHE’S GETTING BACK INTO THE POLITICAL RING. THE FIGHTER PILOT FACING OFF WITH ANOTHER NOTABLE CANDIDATE, FORMER STATE REP CHARLES BOOKER. BOOKER PREVIOUSLY RAN AGAINST U.S. SENATOR RAND PAUL, THE REPUBLICAN, BACK IN 2022. BOTH BOOKER AND MCGRATH ARE HOPING THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY WILL GIVE THEM THE CHANCE TO FLIP ONE OF KENTUCKY’S TWO U.S. SENATE SEATS. TALL ORDER THOUGH NORTHERN KENTUCKY, ALWAYS A BIG PLAYER IN STATEWIDE ELECTIONS AND ALL EYES WILL BE ON WHAT VOTERS DO. OF COURS

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