Scoop: A potential candidate for a Senate in Kentucky exploded by Daniel Cameron as the McConnell heir starts
First on the fox: Only after he announced his offer for a former Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell Seat, Daniela Cameron is scored because of her choice or lack of that potential opponent of GOP.
“When President Trump and Andy Barr joined in their elections in 2018, they won at the strictest Congression race in Kentucky against Amy McGrath and Trump’s resistance,” spokesman Tyler Staker for Tail. Andy Barr, R-Ky.said Fox News Digital in an exclusive statement.
“When President Trump approved Daniel Cameron as Governor, Daniel embarrassed the president and our party losing in the country that President Trump won with over 30 points – including lost Andy Barra district for 19 points. We need proven winners, not people who I can “t win even with the support of the greatest president we have ever seen,” he continued.
The struggle for the success of Mitch McConnell in Senate began. (Reuters)
Brandon Moody, Cameron’s Senate Senate Campaign strategist, told Fox News Digital in the statement: “Daniel Cameron is on the latest public survey throughout the country. So Andy is a little confused about the electorality. Probably too much wine last night from his hundred lobby dinner the moon. “
McConnell announced On Thursday, not to ask for a re -election when his headquarters became in 2026, opening an opportunity for new candidates in Red Kentucky.
“I never liked to invite too much attention to today’s date, February 20th. But I concluded that my birthday would be a good day as well as to share with our colleagues, the decision I made last year about how I would approach 119. Congress, “said a long -standing Republican leader on the Senate floor.
“My current term in Senate will be my last,” he revealed.
McConnell announced on his birthday that he would not seek a re -choice. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Immediately after the news, Cameron announced his campaign for the place. He served significantly as the Attorney General in Kentucky before running unsuccessfully for the governor, losing to the Andy Nezhear government, D-Ky.
The Chairman of the National Republican Senator Committee (NRSC) Tim Scott, Rs.c., published the next retirement statement of Senator Mitch McConnell: “Senator Mitch McConnell dedicated his life to the public service and the state he loves. Our country is grateful for his leadership and heritage and heritage Certificates of conservative judges and judges and protection of most Republican Senate will be a principled candidate, an American first conservative who will join the struggle of our majority for the golden era of our country. “
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Barr did not say if he would jump to the Senate race on Thursday, but he wrote on X, “As I said before this announcement, I think about running for the Senate because Kentucky deserves a senator who will fight for President Trump and the US FIRST plan.
James Comer’s House Supervisory Board, R-Ky. Austin Hacker spokesman said in the statement: “Congressman Comer will not run for Senate 2026, but strongly considers the candidacy for governor 2027.”
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Comer said he was interested in potentially nomination for the governor instead. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Kentucky is strongly favored for Republicans in the 2026 Senate race, but it is expected that Democrats will invest significant money and effort to become competitive.
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A spokesman for the Democratic Senator Campaign (DSCC) David Bergstein said in a statement: “The Republicans have already faced a heavy folder of the Senate, and now another open place has created an additional defensive headache for them.”
