Amy McGrath emerged early as the front-runner in the race to win the Democratic Party's nomination and run against McConnell this fall.
for U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell's Senate seat, the Associated Press announced early Tuesday afternoon, in a slim victory over state Rep. Charles Booker.
McGrath emerged early as the front-runner in the race to win the Democratic Party's nomination and run against McConnell this fall.$41 million in campaign contributions as of early JuneMcGrath also had been in the race longer, launching her campaign about six months earlier than Booker, and secured the support of the powerful Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
The protests Booker joined have focused heavily on Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman and ER technician who died after Louisville police officers shot her in her own home in March. Taylor's case brought a lot of attention to Louisville and, by extension, to Booker and the calls for justice he has made in solidarity with other protesters.
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