‘Comment’ focuses on U.S. Senate race; ‘KY Tonight’ will discuss energy
The latest in the U.S. Senate race in Kentucky between Republican incumbent Mitch McConnell and Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes will be discussed on this weekend's "Comment on Kentucky,"...
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Centre College drops efforts to host U.S. Senate debate
By Jack Brammer jbrammer@herald-leader.com Centre College has hosted two vice presidential debates this century but could not get the U.S. Senate campaigns of Republican incumbent Mitch McConnell and...
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Jesse Benton’s full statement regarding his resignation from McConnell campaign
Here is Jesse Benton's full statement to the Herald-Leader regarding his resignation as campaign manager for U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell: There is no more important cause for both...
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Poll shows McConnell opening up clear lead over Grimes in Kentucky
By Sam Youngman syoungman@herald-leader.com A new poll released Sunday morning shows U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell opening up a clear lead over Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes in...
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AFL-CIO brings ‘Koch Sisters’ to Lexington airwaves for minimum wage push
By Sam Youngman syoungman@herald-leader.com As U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell returns to Washington after the August recess, a union working overtime to deny McConnell a sixth term is...
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Fact-checkers find fault with several claims made in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race
Fact-checkers at The Washington Post and PolitiFact, a project of the Tampa Bay Times, have been busy researching the claims made by Kentucky's U.S. Senate candidates (Senate Minority Leader Mitch...
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The question Alison Lundergan Grimes refuses to answer
By Sam Youngman syoungman@herald-leader.com Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes has refused seven times in the past seven days to say whether or not she voted for President Barack...
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Washington Post fact-checker says ‘Grimes should be ashamed of herself’
By Sam Youngman syoungman@herald-leader.com Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes is running what is "likely the worst ad of a nasty campaign year," according to Glenn Kessler, The...
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Judge denies Grimes’ request to stop GOP mailers
By Jack Brammer jbrammer@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT — A judge denied a request Monday from Alison Lundergan Grimes' U.S. Senate campaign to stop mailers from the Republican Party of Kentucky that...
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Controversial McConnell mailer wins campaign awards
By Sam Youngman syoungman@herald-leader.com A direct mail piece that Mitch McConnell's campaign sent to Eastern Kentuckians in the closing days of last year's U.S. Senate race, prompting a lawsuit...
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