Republicans have won every KY senate race since 2000. 6 for 6. Only one of those races was close, Jim Bunning beat Daniel Mongiardo by 2 points in 2004. In the two most recent races, Rand Paul won by 15 points in 2016 and McConnell won by 14 points in 2014. Would love to see the Turtle lose, but just don't KY changing enough for McConnell lose his seat next November.
In my lifetime, there has never been an election remotely like this one.
Former Illinois Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti, facing an uphill slugfest in her GOP congressional primary against former state Rep. Jeanne Ives, on Friday dropped out of the contest, setting up a likely showdown between Ives and freshman Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill.
“There has been enough destruction in the Republican Party from past election cycles, and I choose not to contribute further to it by engaging in a costly and negative campaign against my opponents,” Sanguinetti said in a statement announcing her departure from the primary.
Ives comes from the anti-GOP establishment, pro-President Donald Trump wing of the party while Sanguinetti is a more centrist conservative. Both women oppose abortion, while Casten supports abortion rights.
One issue in a Casten-Ives general election contest would be where the moderate Republicans in the district land and the impact of the ongoing Trump impeachment inquiry - and potential impeachment.
Sanguinetti had the endorsements of current and former Illinois Republicans who have politically thrived in the suburbs: Rep. Adam Kinzinger, former Sen. Mark Kir, former Rep. Judy Biggert, former Lt. Gov. Corinne Wood and Dan Cronin, the DuPage County chairman.
The National Republican Congressional Committee, the House GOP political organization, was giving an assist to Sanguinetti, adding her name to their “Young Guns” program.
She had a tough competitor and it's clear that she's not as liberal as her district.
Oh, and I see she made the announcement on Hannity, and delivered right wing talking points on impeachment. Lovely.
If Tulsi runs 3rd party and keeps this up...she very well may pull more votes from trump than a democrat.