Democrats invested heavily in the Kentucky Senate race.
Amy McGrath, the Democrat challenger to Republican Mitch McConnell, spent tens of millions of dollars on her campaign.
It didn’t matter in the end. McConnell easily defeated her and won.
The Hill reports:
McConnell wins reelection
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was projected to win his seventh term, defeating Democratic nominee Amy McGrath, according to The Associated Press.
McConnell, 78, is expected to seek reelection to his post as Senate GOP leader, regardless of whether the party is able to retain the Senate majority amid steep political headwinds.
McGrath, a former Marine fighter pilot, faced an uphill battle as she sought to unseat McConnell, who has been a top antagonist for national Democrats since he ascended to the GOP leader spot in 2007 and became the Senate majority leader at the start of 2015.
McGrath tried to paint McConnell as a symbol of Washington’s dysfunction during a global health pandemic that has seen Congress and the White House struggle to reach an agreement on another relief package despite a new wave of cases and a rocky economy…
“I’m confident that I’m going to be successful. … I’ve made my case to the people of Kentucky, I think it’s a convincing case,” McConnell said during a recent campaign stop as he made his closing argument to voters.
This will make Democrats pretty angry. They really wanted to get rid of Mitch.
BREAKING: Mitch McConnell wins U.S. Senate race in Kentucky, NBC News projects. https://t.co/1aU8vBlROt pic.twitter.com/opfuRPQWDd
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 4, 2020
ELECTION UPDATE: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has defeated Democrat Amy McGrath to win reelection in Kentucky, according to a race call by the AP.https://t.co/2dTVdMFKyJ pic.twitter.com/5l3ELkJ477
— NPR (@NPR) November 4, 2020
Congratulations, Senator McConnell!
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