Trump-backed Andy Barr wins GOP nomination for Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat in Kentucky
Rep. Andy Barr, riding an endorsement from President Donald Trump, has won the Republican primary in the race for retiring Sen.

Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) is projected to win the Republican primary for Senate in Kentucky, putting him on a glidepath to replace retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (R), the longest-serving Senate leader in history. Barr defeated former state Attorney General Daniel Cameron in a competitive primary that marked the first race without McConnell on the ballot…
Rep. Andy Barr, riding an endorsement from President Donald Trump, has won the Republican primary in the race for retiring Sen.
Rep. Andy Barr topped an 11-person Kentucky Republican Senate primary, powered by Trump's endorsement, to vie for retiring Sen. McConnell's seat.
President Donald Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent Senator John Cornyn in the state’s Republican Senate primary shortly after early voting began Tuesday. Greg Giroux of Bloomberg Government has more. (Source: Bloomberg)
The candidate backed by President Donald Trump to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) won quickly after the polls closed in Kentucky Tuesday evening.Despite only 7% of precincts reporting, CBS News declared Rep. Andy Barr (R) the winner after he garnered an impressive 62.7% of the vote, compared to 28.7% for his closest competitor, former Kentucky…
President Donald Trump and his top messengers took a victory lap on Tuesday night after Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-KY) primary loss to Republican Ed Gallrein, who had the president’s backing. “He was a bad guy,” Trump told reporters when asked about Massie’s primary loss. “He deserves to lose.” With 74% of votes counted, Gallrein was…