Kentuckians want a senator, not a rubber stamp

By: Al Cross

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: April 8, 2026

Words: 823

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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This column was written before Tuesday night’s debate among four candidates in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate.

“Kentucky is in play this year. Believe it,” U.S. Senate candidate Amy McGrath told her email list last week. Perhaps she felt obliged to add those two words because so few people think Democrats have a chance to win the seat of retiring Republican Mitch McConnell.

McGrath, primary front-runner Charles Booker and other Democrats have to …

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