Former Attorney General in Kentucky Daniel Cameron on Thursday announced that he was running to replace Senator Mitch McConnellR-ky., In the upper chamber of Congress.
Cameron, who was the first Black Attorney General in Kentucky, announced his Senate campaign just minutes after McConnell said he would not seek re -elections in 2026.
“Kentucky, it’s time for a new generation of leadership in the US Senate. Let’s do it,” Cameron wrote on X, sharing a recording of the screen of himself, his wives and their children seen on the campaign of the campaign Daniel Cameron US Senate.
Fox News Digital addressed Cameron’s comment campaign, but he didn’t answer immediately.
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Kentucky’s Lawyer Daniel Cameron brings a live address to the mostly virtual Republican national Convention 2020 in Washington, DC, August 25, 2020. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo)
A seven -native senator, McConnell announced on his 83rd birthday that he would not seek a re -choice and that he would withdraw at the end of his term. McConnell recently voted against several selection of President Donald Trump’s cabinet: National Director of the Tulsi Gabbard Intelligence Service, Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Juna and Defense Minister Peta Hegsetth. McConnell voted for Kash Patelwhom Senate confirmed on Thursday as Trump’s director of the FBI.
In a statement received by Fox News Digital, President of the National Republican Senator Committee (NRSC) Tim Scott, Rs.c., said McConnell “dedicated his life” to the public service and the state he loves “and” Our country is grateful for his leadership and heritage of confirmation of conservative judges and judges and the protection of most Republican Senate. ”
“Kentucky is a red state, so NRSC is convinced that our eventual candidate will be a principled, American first conservative to join the struggle of our majority for the golden era of our country,” Scott said.
Cameron has long been refined to become McConnell’s replacement. He unsuccessfully ran for Governor 2023 against the courtyard Democrat Andy Nezhear.
In his first year of Chief Lawyer, Cameron acted with an investigation The death of Breonna Taylor During March 2020. The Louisville Police Rap on the time when George Floyd protests and riots broke into the nation.
Mutch McConnell’s minority Senate leader, R-Ky, asks a question from journalists during a press conference after a Republican policy lunch in the weekly Senate at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, November 19, 2024. (Andrew Hardik/Getty Images)
His office eventually refused to collect two officers who opened the fire, but accused a third of the cheeky threat of the bullets that entered the neighbor’s apartment. This officer was acquitted at the state trial, but the Ministry of Justice presented federal accusations against all three.
Sen Mitch McConnell announces that they will not run for a re -choice
Cameron, electricity Executive Director of Exchange 1792, A non-profit organization aims to consider companies responsible for pushing “extreme left ideology”, it could face the primary competition of GOP.
Tail. Andy Barr, R-Ky, repeated on Thursday to “think about running for the Senate, because Kentucky deserves a senator who will fight for President Trump and the first program of America.”
“I did that every day in the house and I would do that in Senate,” Barr said. “I encourage the punching of my support and my family and I will soon make a decision on our future.”
Senator Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Thursday was pushed in a wheelchair at the American Capitol in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodeville/Getty Images)
Nate Morris, an entrepreneur who performed the post of President and CEO Morris Industries based in Louisville, said he still thought last week about running for McConnell’s headquarters, while scoring other potential candidates waiting for McConnell to return first.
“If you are looking for a permit to run for an office here in Kentucky from Mitch McConnell, then you should not run in the first place,” Morris said. “The last thing Kentucky needs is another puppet for Mitch McConnell’s office candidate.”
As for Democrats, Beshear’s spokesman Eric Hyers said in a post on X that the governor would not run to fill McConnell’s place.
Democratic state envoy Pamela Stevenson of Louisville has long been raising funds to run for McConnell’s place, according to The Courier Journal.
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Kentucky leaned against federal elections, such as Senate Races, but was more competitive during gubernator competitions.
Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
