McConnell and Grimes Kick Off An Epic Battle

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Alison Lundergan Grimes (D) emerged victorious from their respective primaries in Kentucky Tuesday night, “setting up a bruising battle this fall as Grimes tries to deny McConnell a sixth term,” the Lexington Herald Leader reports.

“The primary winners used their victory speeches to outline the cases they will take to Kentuckians beginning Wednesday, as Grimes vies to become the state’s first female senator and McConnell hopes to claim the title of majority leader in the Senate.”