Mitch McConnell 'no better or worse off' for 2020 election despite GOP losing Kentucky governorship, political analyst says

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Mitch McConnell 'no better or worse off' for 2020 election despite GOP losing Kentucky governorship, political analyst says
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Republican Matt Bevin lost to his Democratic rival in Kentucky's gubernatorial election but other races on that day were dominated by the GOP.

that"Kentucky was not an upset" and that"those who were surprised by Democrat Andy Beshear's declared victory weren't paying close enough attention."

"The decision to urge Kentucky voters to see their ballots as sending a message to the nation as a whole was the right strategy for the governor and Republicans. Republican candidates scooped the roles of attorney general, agriculture commissioner, auditor, secretary of state, and treasurerJosh Holmes, a political strategist at his firm Cavalry and former chief of staff to McConnell, pointed to the Kentucky attorney general race in particular, which was won by Daniel Cameron.—and made Cameron the state's first black attorney general.

"The only candidate identified with McConnell on the ticket was his former counsel Daniel Cameron," Holmes"Dems ran ads linking McConnell to Cameron down the stretch. Daniel outpaced Bevin by more than 100k votes and won in a blowout to become the first black AG in KY history."that Democrats and their Senate candidate in Kentucky, Amy McGrath, will use Bevin's loss to raise campaign money.

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