With a pledge to fully back President Donald Trump’s agenda, Kentucky Republican Rep. Andy Barr on Tuesday jumped into the race to succeed retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell.
“I’m running for Senate to help our president save this great country,’’ Barr says in a video announcing his campaign. “Kentucky is the heart of America. We work hard, play fair, never give up, and that’s what it’s going to take to win this fight.”
The seventh-term congressman from Kentucky’s 6th District enters a primary field that already includes former commonwealth Attorney General Daniel Cameron, the GOP’s losing 2023 gubernatorial nominee.