No. Just because Beshear managed to pull off a narrow upset last year does not mean that McConnell is vulnerable. Bear in mind that every other statewide Republican won while Matt Bevin was going down, and that except for the Secretary of State's race, that they won by double-digit margins. Moreover, Trump will be carrying Kentucky with more than 60% of the vote again, and even someone like Adkins would not be able to gain the necessary level of crossover votes to eke out a victory. And as is well known, McConnell is ruthless, and would tear down Adkins just like he has torn down all of his previous opponents. This race is Safe R.
I disagree that it'll be a double-digit wipeout, but after last night's special election result, I see McConnell winning vs. Adkins about 52-44. Any other Dem makes this at least 56-40.
The above seems to be the only reference on Atlas to the GOP win in the KY 99 race to fill the Adkins seat after he took a Governors’s appointment. It had been a Democrat seat for 33 Years.
The results: Richard White (R) 4,750
Bill Redwine (D) 3,731
That must have been some swing.
Some of you do not understand McConnell’s Low approval rating vs. his repeated re-elections. Some GOPers consider him not a true righteous Republican. So they express Disapproval of him.
But they would never vote for any Democrat running against him.
That was still a very respectable showing for a Democrat in that seat. Trump won it on the order of about 40 points, and Beshear was the only Democrat to win it last fall. Pretending like this is some huge accomplishment that Republicans flipped an R+20 PVI seat is something else.
