So Amy McGrath spent $90 million to lose by 20 points

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What an epic fail.

[RI]

Well she didn't...

[Never Made it to Graceland]

[SNJ1985]

She lost even harder than Grimes did in 2014, a more Republican year. And she won fewer counties. For the first time ever, McConnell won Elliott in a general election.

[MT Treasurer]

I wouldn’t call it an epic fail, more like an epic grift.

[SWE]

Well, she accomplished one of her two goals. McConnell got reelected but her efforts weren't enough to help Trump.

[Red Wall]

The biggest grifter of 2020.

[Stranger in a strange land]

He would have lost too, and probably by more. At least he wouldn't have wasted as much money though. And also, things like this and AOC's opponent spending $10 million against her show that the main impact of Citizen's United seems to have been to enable hopeless grift campaigns. Which is bad, obviously, but not as bad as establishing a permanent conservative lock on power due to endless fundraising.

[Thunder98 🇮🇱 🤝 🇵🇸]

McGrath was cat nip for the woke low info Twitter crowd.

[SWE]

Booker also would have lost however he probably would not have used his campaign funds to run pro-Trump ads in Ohio

[KYRockefeller]

McGrath never really defined herself in this race.  One week she was progressive, the next she was moderate, the next she was going to be some conservative Dem, then she was progressive again, and then suddenly she was a fighter for Kentucky.  I did think she had a good debate but it wasn't nearly enough to shed preconceived notions about her.

I still think Rocky Adkins would've made this an interesting race (and Dems should still consider him for 2022).  And recruiting to go against Mitch was hard BUT when the state Dems had to pick someone who couldn't beat Andy Barr in the 6th in a blue wave year that's just sad and pathetic.

[TiltsAreUnderrated]

I still think Rocky Adkins would've made this an interesting race (and Dems should still consider him for 2022).  And recruiting to go against Mitch was hard BUT when the state Dems had to pick someone who couldn't beat Andy Barr in the 6th in a blue wave year that's just sad and pathetic.

Not in this kind of national environment. They shouldn't waste him on a Democratic midterm race either, unless he's running for local office. After seeing what happened to Bullock, do you still think there's a path for Adkins to beat Rand Paul in a 2022 Democratic midterm? I just don't see any level of candidate quality overcoming the national environment there.

[KYRockefeller]

If there's no path for Adkins, its really tough to see how there's even a path for Beshear back to the Governor's Mansion the following year.  Adkins would face some strong headwinds but he's still arguably the best candidate they've got that appeals outside of Lexington and Louisville.

I guess we better get ready for Charles Booker vs. Rand Paul, with Rand winning 60%+ of the vote in 2022.