Local election officials reported more than 15,000 early and absentee ballots combined through Friday. County Clerk Mike Kem expects the final tally to exceed 25,000.
A poll released last week showed McGrath trailing McConnell by nine points statewide and leading the six-term incumbent only in the Louisville Metro area.
Walmart has pulled guns and ammunition from store shelves, citing worries that civil unrest could prompt looting and theft of the merchandise. The items are still for sale, but customers must request them.
In this general election, 5,140 Christian County voters requested an absentee ballot. As of Wednesday, more than 3,000 had been returned to the county clerk's office.
With just a little more than a week before Election Day and with a challenge to the health care law coming before the high court, health care is on both the ballot and the docket. And for the Ohio Valley — a region with some of the nation’s worst health outcomes — the stakes are high.
The Kentucky Court of Appeals vacancy, created by Shea Nickell's election to the state Supreme Court, will be filed by either Chris McNeill or Jenny Hines following the general election.
The president proposed a $1.8 trillion package, and has urged Republican lawmakers to “go big or go home” on a new bill. Speaking Thursday in Princeton, McConnell said Republican senators want to stick to the smaller plan.
