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<p>Two years after nearly causing a major upset in Democratic politics, it is Charles Booker’s turn to be the Democratic nominee for Senate in Kentucky where he’ll take his progressive message for a spin against Republican Sen. Rand Paul.</p>
<p>But, unlike Amy McGrath, the former fighter pilot who was <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/dems-burned-hundreds-of-millions-on-failed-senate-campaigns">feted by Democrats in 2020 until the moment she was decimated by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell</a>, Booker has largely been ignored by national Democrats—in part because the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/democrats-hail-mary-is-state-attorney-general-candidates-who-wont-enforce-abortion-laws">feeling of impending Democratic doom grows stronger</a> as the midterms draw closer.</p>
<p>Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) told The Daily Beast that compared to Kentucky, there are other races the organization is watching more closely.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/progressive-charles-booker-insists-he-can-beat-rand-paul-in-kentucky-why-are-democrats-ignoring-him?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/AP
Two years after nearly causing a major upset in Democratic politics, it is Charles Booker’s turn to be the Democratic nominee for Senate in Kentucky where he’ll take his progressive message for a spin against Republican Sen. Rand Paul.
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) told The Daily Beast that compared to Kentucky, there are other races the organization is watching more closely.
