KY-SEN: Amy McGrath in

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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/13/booker-mcgrath-mcconnell-kentucky-senate-316201

Politico has an excellent profile of the Democratic Primary here. Apparently Charles Booker has momentum, endorsements from Bernie Sanders, AOC, and the two largest newspapers in Kentucky.

McGrath has $19 million on hand as of the beginning of this month, which is more than Mitch McConnell's 2014 opponent Alison Lundergan Grimes spent during her entire race at all.

I think McGrath would be the stronger candidate to face McConnell in terms of winning the race, but wouldn't it be awesome to replace Mitch with an actual progressive?

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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/17/charles-booker-endorsements-kentucky-326536

Booker has picked up the endorsements of Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and the progressive group Indivisible.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/503624-protesters-gather-at-mcconnells-kentucky-home-no-justice-no-sleep

Protesters descended on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) Kentucky home to demonstrate on an array of issues to commemorate Juneteenth.

Activists with the progressive Sunrise Movement, an environmental group that advocates for a slate of  left-leaning issues, were seen making noise and holding signs reading, “No justice, no sleep.”

“No justice, no sleep Mitch. You let our economy tumble into free-fall, our people be gunned down in the streets by killer cops, & our planet be ravaged by your oil CEO friends. This #Juneteenth, we’re wide awake. In November when we vote you out, maybe you’ll wake up, too,” the group tweeted.

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/31/politics/seth-moulton-red-states-playing-politics-covid/index.html

A Democratic congressman from Massachusetts said "we certainly have this perception in the Northeast that all the red states are getting what was coming to them because they refused to follow these mandates, and they're playing politics" with Covid-19, as cases continue to surge in conservative-leaning states like Texas and Florida.

Rep. Seth Moulton's comments came in a conversation on Monday with Amy McGrath, a Democrat who is running for the US Senate in Kentucky, hosted by the 92nd Street Y. A spokeswoman for McGrath's opponent in the race, Sen. Mitch McConnell, then tweeted a clip Moulton's comment calling him out for his comments and for McGrath's response in which she "smiles and nods."

Needless to say, McConnell and McGrath are using this to attack each other (even though the only person who really should get hurt by this is Seth Moulton for his horrible choice of words.)

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https://apnews.com/article/louisville-kentucky-voting-2020-a9b7e2f33a94ec269b31f0e9e88b5d70

A U.S. Postal Service worker is no longer employed there following an investigation into the discovery of 112 unopened absentee ballots inside a dumpster in Kentucky.

A contractor renovating a home in eastern Jefferson County found the ballots Thursday, news outlets reported. The ballots were intended for voters in the 40299 ZIP code and had not been filled out.

Postal Service Office of the Inspector General special agents also found two political flyers. The ballots and flyers were returned to the Postal Service to be properly delivered, Special Agent Scott Balfour said in a statement.

Dirty tricks from the McConnell campaign?

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The Lexington Herald-Leader endorses McGrath