KY-SEN: Amy McGrath in

[Storr]

Record turnout, bigger than 2008 so far.

"I am worried that no-nothing, angry people from New York and California will call us and they'll block out people from rural and urban Kentucky who are trying to find out where to go vote," [Republican Attorney General Michael] Adams said. "That is voter suppression."

Uhhh....what?

[DINGO Joe]

Record turnout, bigger than 2008 so far.

"I am worried that no-nothing, angry people from New York and California will call us and they'll block out people from rural and urban Kentucky who are trying to find out where to go vote," [Republican Attorney General Michael] Adams said. "That is voter suppression."

Uhhh....what?

#Populist 

[ON Progressive]

Record turnout, bigger than 2008 so far.

"I am worried that no-nothing, angry people from New York and California will call us and they'll block out people from rural and urban Kentucky who are trying to find out where to go vote," [Republican Attorney General Michael] Adams said. "That is voter suppression."

Uhhh....what?

This is, in fact, happening:
https://twitter.com/drdesrochers/status/1275158726803152901

[RogueBeaver]

Dems confident McGrath wins.

[Landslide Lyndon]

https://twitter.com/jeffzeleny/status/1275372740082622464

[This user has not been convicted of 34 felonies]

https://twitter.com/jeffzeleny/status/1275372740082622464

Oh, so it can fit the entire county in there and also transport everyone who needs to vote there? I don't care if Beshear signed off on this, it's still dangerous and a threat to voting rights.

[This user has not been convicted of 34 felonies]

This is genius:

https://twitter.com/Booker4KY/status/1275425404556316672?s=20

[Blair]

The politico article said that McGrath spend £3 million on ads in the last week.

I wonder if that was planned...

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

The bad news for McGrath or Booker is that McConnell doesnt have to lose his seat to be in the Minority. The donors have been donating to defeat McConnell and if the Rs lose their majority,  he wont be the Majority,  but Minority Leader.

Harrison is the only African American that can really win in this environment,  SC and GA are becoming more like VA and FL, whereas NC is trending R, so slightly

[JRP1994]

The bad news for McGrath or Booker is that McConnell doesnt have to lose his seat to be in the Minority. The donors have been donating to defeat McConnell and if the Rs lose their majority,  he wont be the Majority,  but Minority Leader.

Harrison is the only African American that can really win in this environment,  SC and GA are becoming more like VA and FL, whereas NC is trending R, so slightly

NC has trended towards the Dems in every presidential election from 2004 through 2016

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

NC did trend R in 2012 and 2014 that's why McCrory won Gov and Tillis won in 2014

[KaiserDave]

Day 1 Biden and Dem Congress needs to make election day a federal holiday.

[Oryxslayer]

Halfway through the process, we are getting results from this experiment of titanic-scale voting centers that can handle the capacity and COVID safety. In Louisville, as posted above, there are no lines other than the morning rush, and the only problem voters have stated is navigating the parking lot. In Lexington, the smaller of the two big cities, it is just under an hour wait (after the morning rush) from the back of the line. The difference appears to be that Louisville implemented their early voting better than Lexington, so more voters had another option.

Smaller cities are matching Louisville. Frankfort, the Cincinnati suburbs, and Paducah have 5 minute waits. In those cases, the huge polling centers, usually sports arenas or convention centers, are more than enough to capture capacity for the area.

Probably hurts McGrath that it's Lexington with the lines - her campaign is helping distribute masks and water to those waiting inside the stadium.

[NOVA Green]

KY- (D) SEN:    (254 / 3,685 Precincts initially reporting)

McGrath--- 2,675 (46.3%)
Booker---   1,455  (25,2%)
Broihier-----   846 (14.6%)

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Booker ahead in critical suburbs for now

[Gracile]

We probably won't get a good idea of Booker's chances until Jefferson (where poll hours have been extended until 9 PM tonight) and Fayette come in.

[NOVA Green]

Which site we all gonna do it in, this one or the other?

Don't want to keep going back and forth on the US-SEN/House Board between two threads?

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Yeah, I'd much rather be Booker atm.

Could be a plus for the Dems. Booker is a better candidate than McGrath (but we all know which party will control this seat in January lol) and her loss would stop the rich suburban wine moms from spending on a hopeless race.

[Gass3268]

We probably won't get a good idea of Booker's chances until Jefferson (where poll hours have been extended until 9 PM tonight) and Fayette come in.

We can really only confirm that ~15% of the vote will be counted today.

https://twitter.com/mcimaps/status/1275570907310891008?s=20

[2016]

We probably won't get a good idea of Booker's chances until Jefferson (where poll hours have been extended until 9 PM tonight) and Fayette come in.

Booker will lose here by a hair I think. McGrath Absentee Ballot Advantage might be too much to overcome.

[NOVA Green]

Candidate   Votes   Pct.   
Amy McGrath
10,354   44.0%   
Charles Booker
8,271   35.1   
Mike Broihier
2,108   9.0

[anthonyjg]

Booker ahead in critical suburbs for now

That Kenton number stunned me. Even though it will eventually narrow, that should be right in McGrath’s wheelhouse

[2016]

BTW,
The last time a Democratic Senate Candidate backed by the DSCC (Democratic Senate Campaign Committee) lost the Primary was then switched to Democrat Senator Arlen Specter in 2010 who lost to Joe Sestak who then lost to Pat Toomey in the General Election.

[KaiserDave]

Elliot County to McGrath! But only by 18 votes...her margins in blue collar counties are bad.

[2016]

Booker ahead in critical suburbs for now

That Kenton number stunned me. Even though it will eventually narrow, that should be right in McGrath’s wheelhouse

You can't draw to too many conclusions tonight! I expect Booker potentially ahead at the end of this Night because of the In-Person Vote. Will that hold up when the Absentee Votes are counted later this week. I seriously doubt it!

NBC has only 15 % of Kenton in while AP has 100 %.