.Booker4KY has collected endorsements from BernieSanders, ewarren, and AOC as well as from Kentucky's biggest newspapers, unions, and legislators
and go on to battle Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in November. But then Charles Booker, a 35-year-old progressive and Black Lives Matter activist, entered the chat, and Booker vs. McGrath became one of the most exciting and promising races of 2020. Today, voters will decide who will compete to end McConnell's 36-year career.
While Booker has raised nowhere near the $41 million McGrath has in her coffers, a new poll has found him surging against McGrath,. He's also collected endorsements from progressive leaders such as Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as well as from Kentucky's most influential newspapers, unions, and legislators. Suddenly, McGrath's win is not as locked in as was formerly thought.
Voting rights experts say Kentucky is not prepared for high voter turnout on election day, having drastically — Booker's campaign was quick to call this voter suppression. “Fewer than 200 polling places will be open for voters in Kentucky’s primary Tuesday, down from 3,700 in a typical election year,”last week. “Amid a huge influx in requests for mail-in ballots, some voters still had not received theirs days before they must be turned in. And turnout is expected to be higher than in past primaries because of a suddenly competitive fight for the Democratic Senate nomination.
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