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At the Races: Republicans in revolt? - Roll Call

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including a special election and a Trump pardon.

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Kentucky's Rand Paul defeats Charles Booker to secure third US Senate term

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Rand Paul easily secured a third term in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday night, quashing Democratic challenger Charles Booker, who was underfunded and hamstrung by national headwinds facing his party.

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Sen. Rand Paul seeks 3rd term, faces Democrat Charles Booker

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul’s bid for a third term is before Kentucky voters, who are deciding between the conservative former presidential candidate and his rival from the other end of the political spectrum: progressive Democrat Charles Booker

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Kentucky candidates make final pitches ahead of election

Republican Sen. Rand Paul is stressing his faith in a “hands off” federal government in final campaigning across Kentucky

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Charles Booker touts abortion rights in Kentucky Senate bid

Democratic Senate candidate Charles Booker is bidding to stop Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky from winning a third term

The Independent UK

In Kentucky’s Senate race, Democrats brace for another defeat. But how bad?

WASHINGTON — Charles Booker still says he’s going to defeat Rand Paul and deliver “the shocker of the 2022 election cycle.”

Tribune News Service

Kentucky's Rand Paul relishes outsider role in 3rd term run

With two terms in office, Rand Paul still relishes the role as a political outsider

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No debate: Why Kentucky Republicans are ignoring their Democratic challengers

WASHINGTON — Rand Paul has largely ignored Charles Booker this year – except for a moment when his Democratic challenger for U.S. Senate had the chance to command statewide attention.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Rand Paul seeks third term stoking controversy, railing against authority

WEKU

McConnell "never needed free lunch"

Why have an expanded Child Tax Credit and universal free school meals both been stymied by Republicans in Congress?

Salon

Rand Paul skips debate with Charles Booker, releases ad instead

WEKU

Booker brands GOP Sen. Rand Paul as 'barrier' to progress

Democrat Charles Booker has railed against Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul as a “barrier” to progress in a solo appearance on statewide television

The Independent UK

Rand Paul declines to debate Charles Booker on KET

Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul did not respond to an invitation to debate Democratic challenger Charles Booker on Kentucky’s statewide public television network, KET.

WEKU

Rand Paul raises $3.1 million in second quarter for Senate re-election

WASHINGTON — Rand Paul is set to report raising $3.1 million over the last three months for his U.S. Senate race against Democratic nominee Charles Booker this fall.

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Biden cut anti-abortion deal with Mitch

"This is some bullsh*t," said Democratic Senate candidate Charles Booker, calling it a "complete slap in the face"

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Supreme Court faces historic case backlog as fractious term comes to an end

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Kentucky Democrat wears noose in new ad attacking Rand Paul

Kentucky Democrat Charles Booker appears on camera with a noose around his neck in a new online ad attacking his election opponent, Republican Sen. Rand Paul

McClatchy Washington Bureau

‘Confronting the trauma of our history.’ Booker campaign video invokes lynching with noose

A striking new digital video by Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Charles Booker uses a noose around his own neck to highlight Sen. Rand Paul’s temporary blockage of an anti-lynching law.

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US progressives show strength in primaries and predict more wins ahead

Stronger-than-expected showing in elections has energized the movement and set the stage, they hope, for more successes

McClatchy Washington Bureau

It’s officially Charles Booker vs. Rand Paul in the fall for Kentucky’s US Senate seat

WASHINGTON — Charles Booker became the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Kentucky on Tuesday, setting up his long-shot challenge to Sen. Rand Paul in November.

The Independent UK

Likely Senate contest in Kentucky pits ideological opposites

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul rarely targets his likely Democratic challenger by name in Kentucky

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Once a lone objector, Rand Paul’s name is now on the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act

WASHINGTON — Nearly two years after Sen. Rand Paul objected to legislation that would make the brutal act of lynching a federal hate crime, the Kentucky Republican signed on as a co-sponsor of a revised version that is now set to become law.

Los Angeles Times

Progressive Democrats' early midterm successes reignite debates over electability

Eight years ago, Jessica Cisneros was Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar's intern.

Tribune News Service

New poll says Beshear’s approval rating is on the rise. Paul has big lead over Booker

A poll released this week showed that Gov. Andy Beshear’s approval rating is on the rise in Kentucky.

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