Did you know we have FOUR special newsletters you can get? Former Governor Matt Bevin found that out in 2018. McGrath led Booker by about 2 percentage points as the state counted the final mail-in ballots a week after the election. As the coronavirus pandemic led certain states to expand voting by mail to promote safety, Kentucky expected roughly 800,000 votes by mail — many of them cast days before the election, according to The Washington Post. 'This Is a Bad Idea... 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Warren Slams Disney for 28,000 Fired Workers Amid Stock Buyback Spree, Imperial Irony: New York Times Announces Halt to 'At War' Section Even as Endless US War Continues. Black executives address racial wealth gap in America. Among those who planned on voting in the Democratic primary, Booker was the choice of 44% of respondents, while 36% chose McGrath. Amy McGrath address supporters after her loss during her Election Night Event at the EKU Center for the Arts on November 6, 2018 in Richmond, Kentucky. Without Your Support We Simply Don't Exist. A fresh Data for Progress poll puts Booker at 44 percent versus 36 percent for retired Marine fighter pilot and Democratic primary candidate Amy McGrath… Hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots that will likely determine the outcome of the race have not yet been counted and will not be for days. In a statement Thursday afternoon, Booker said, “We’re going to have to wait a few days for final results, but we are fired up by what we’re already seeing in the early returns.". The current tally includes only votes cast in person at the polls on Tuesday. —Joe Dinkin, Working Families Party. It’s the … We don't want advertising dollars. Senate candidate Charles Booker at a campaign stop at Pikeville City Park in Pikeville, Ky., on June 22, 2020. Reach reporter Joe Sonka at jsonka@courierjournal.com or 502-582-4472 and follow him on Twitter at @joesonka. On Politics: The Booker bunch shows House Democrats aren't sold on Amy McGrath. They want to defeat one of the worst senators in history, Mitch McConnell. The survey of 898 Kentucky voters also found Booker—who is running on a platform including Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, and universal basic income—performing better than McGrath in a hypothetical general election head-to-head with McConnell. As recently as Wednesday evening, with 10 percent of precincts reporting, McGrath led Booker 44 percent to 39.6 percent, a margin of slightly over 2,000 votes. But not to worry: Mitch is still cacklling about it "like a Confederate Voldemort." Booker edges ahead of McGrath in too-close-to-call Kentucky Senate Democratic primary The winner will go up against Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in November. © 2020 CNBC LLC. Democrat Amy McGrath defeated Charles Booker in a close Senate primary race in Kentucky shaped in its final stretch by a reckoning over systemic racism, NBC News projected. Support Our Work -- Join the small group of generous readers who donate, keeping Common Dreams free for millions of people each year. Jamaal Bowman, a Black middle school principal, leads Rep. Eliot Engel in the Democratic primary for New York's 16th District, while Black lawyer and activist Mondaire Jones leads the primary to succeed retiring Democratic Rep. Nita Lowey in the state's 17th District. In the overall Senate race, McConnell beat McGrath 53-33, and beat Booker 52-38. Booker attended numerous protests and marches in Louisville and was perceived by many Democrats as a leader on the issue, while some questioned the lack of action by McGrath. The senator won his last election in 2014 by more than 15 percentage points. What is clear is that both are tied in a heat with him in polls if the race were held today. 44.4 percent to 40.4 percent, or by just over 2,700 votes, according to NBC News. The Kentucky secretary of state said that 161,238 people voted in-person on Tuesday. Ryan C. Hermens / Lexington Herald-Leader via AP. It is not known how many will mail back their completed ballot or how many Democrats sent one in before the apparent Booker surge in June. Partisanship is determined by who sponsors the poll, rather than who conducts it. McGrath, who is backed by several establishment Democrats, saw an early surge of enthusiasm for her candidacy after she launched her campaign last year. "Thousands of our members donated to Amy McGrath early on—not because they love her, but because she was assumed to be the Democratic nominee," said Stephanie Taylor, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, which endorsed Booker last week. Our work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. This in spite of the fact that McConnell is underwater in his approval ratings, with only 43% having a favorable opinion of him and 48% having an unfavorable opinion. With Donald Trump losing by massive percentages against Joe Biden ahead of the 2020 elections, the effect his potential loss could have on Republican members of the senate are disquieting. Among those who planned on voting in the Democratic primary, Booker was the choice of 44% of respondents, while 36% chose McGrath. McGrath faces a difficult task in trying to unseat Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in November. Sampled individuals were emailed by Civiqs and responded using a personalized link to the survey at civiqs.com. (Photo: @AmyMcGrathKY/Twitter). Kentucky's two largest newspapers, the Courier-Journal and the Lexington Herald-Leader, both endorsed Booker in recent weeks, with the former writing, "Frankly, it's time to shake up the establishment.". There are many battles to be won, but we will battle them together—all of us. McGrath faces a challenge in trying to unseat McConnell. Common Dreams has been providing breaking news & views for the progressive community since 1997. If you can help today—because every gift of every size matters—please do. Booker, who is running on a platform that includes "Medicare for All" and the "Green New Deal," is challenging Amy McGrath, who has been endorsed by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. To inspire.To ignite change for the common good. Every donation—large or small—helps us bring you the news that matters. * Polls marked with an asterisk are partisan polls. The latest results show that another 2 percent of precincts have been counted, most of which appear to be from Jefferson County, which includes Louisville, where Booker is from. So right-wing, pro-Trump SuperPAC @restorationpac has released 3 swing state polls showing Trump getting…demolished??? ", A poll released Thursday showed Amy McGrath eight points behind state Rep. Charles Booker in the Democratic primary for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's seat. A Division of NBCUniversal. A new model says COVID deaths may double by February to at least 396,000, even as harrowing stories emerge from the slaughter. It is not yet clear who Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s opponent will be in Kentucky in the race for his Senate seat in November. All Rights Reserved. The survey, conducted from June 13 to 15 by the online polling company Civiqs, found Booker leading McGrath 44 percent to 36 percent. Amy McGrath beats Charles Booker in tight Kentucky Democratic Senate primary, NBC News projects Published Tue, Jun 30 2020 12:19 PM EDT Updated Tue, Jun 30 2020 3:32 PM EDT Jacob Pramuk @jacobpramuk Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. Our Mission:To inform. First, breakdown by party and gender, for both McConnell–McGrath and McConnell-Booker.
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