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Booker launched his campaign during a rally at the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage in Louisville.
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1st District Congressman James Comer has called for a congressional investigation into the election amid what he called “troubling reports of irregularities and improprieties.”
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A public break with an unpredictable president could split the Republican Party into Trump and anti-Trump factions, alienating Trump’s base from party leaders.
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The Kentucky lawmaker is the longest-serving Republican leader in Senate history.
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The attorney general has not responded to questions about whether he thought Kentucky mail-in ballots received after Election Day should be thrown out.
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A big drop in third-party candidate votes gave both the Democratic and Republican candidates get a larger share of the total vote than they did in 2016.
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This marks the third time a positive case has forced all or part of the courthouse to close.
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The senator's response is in sharp contrast to last year, when he publicly urged then-Gov. Matt Bevin to move on after the election despite Bevin’s unfounded claims of voter fraud.
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The total number of people voting in the 2020 general election was a local record but the percentage fell short of Christian County’s turnout in other presidential elections.
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McConnell, who easily secured his seventh term in the U.S. Senate, said,, “claiming you win the election is different than finishing the counting.”
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Unofficial results show Kentucky voters will again approve the constitutional amendment known as Marsy’s Law, aiming to expand rights for crime victims.
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In District 2, Tiffany Mumford Brame was the winner over Nichole Eastman.
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