It's taking a full week after the June 23 primary to sort out a possible photo finish in the Democratic U.S. Senate contest.
One of Kentucky’s most unpredictable political races in years is headed toward the wire Tuesday, but it’s taking a full week after the June 23 primary to sort out a possible photo finish in the Democratic U.S. Senate contest.
The lead in the Democratic primary has flipped back and forth between Booker and McGrath as results of individual counties’ absentee tally trickle in. McGrath had a lead of 1,106 votes as of 4:30 p.m. Monday, but both campaigns were awaiting absentee counts from the state’s two most heavily populated counties, Jefferson and Fayette. Booker, who is from Louisville in Jefferson County, had led earlier in the day by a mere 20 votes.
by Louisville police. Booker touted a universal basic income and “Medicare for all” — ideas that McGrath has resisted. His progressive stances won him support from Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren , among others.“We are thrilled with the absentee results so far,” said McGrath’s campaign manager, Mark Nickolas. “Amy is winning the vast majority of the counties by double-digit margins, and [we] are eager for the final numbers tomorrow.
If disproportionate numbers were returned early before voters got to know Booker, that’s “really the only thing that I think is a threat to us winning the race,” Lauderdale said.
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