Kentucky Senate primary pits establishment favorite against progressive insurgent
Primary candidate Charles Booker has gained traction in recent weeks over Amy McGrath.
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Primary candidate Charles Booker has gained traction in recent weeks over Amy McGrath.
Most are using their campaign ads to highlight their efforts to help Americans through the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Trump said earlier he was "forced" to seek another location after North Carolina's Governor Roy Cooper wanted the RNC to scale back the convention.
After dropping Charlotte, the RNC is searching for a new city to host the nominating convention. Officials are expected to visit Phoenix and Dallas later this week.
There are 35 seats up for election in 2020, and Democrats are hoping to crack the GOP's slim 53-47 majority in November.
Obama has said he'll go all in for Biden.
The conservative LIBRE Initiative Action PAC is rolling out endorsements for incumbent Senators Cory Gardner in Colorado, Thom Tillis in North Carolina, and John Cornyn in Texas.
Through press releases and social media posts, conservative groups have launched a flurry of attacks targeting candidates in competitive races.
The DNC took a step toward holding a nominating convention that could be at least partly virtual.
The move is the latest sign that the quadrennial tradition of packing diehard activists into an arena to hear from the party's presidential nominee is likely to be scrapped, if not significantly curtailed.
The Republican National Committee is bringing in Jeffrey Runge, former chief medical officer for DHS, to ensure the convention is safe for the 50,000 people expected to attend.
Bernie Sanders will not have the chance to appear on the ballot in the state and Joe Biden, the presumptive nominee, will get all the delegates.
Democratic Senate hopefuls outraised GOP incumbents in key battleground races in first quarter, but most GOP Senators still have cash advantage.
Democratic Senate campaigns and outside groups have been racking up big ad buys to highlight flaws in the healthcare system and slam Republicans over access to coverage.
The New York congresswoman said of the sexual assault allegation against Biden that "silencing of all dissent" is "form of gaslighting."