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bearsfootball516

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2. It's easy. It's a very red state.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 19, 2025, 10:23 AM

Dec 19

Beshear has pulled it off because he's a governor and people are more willing to split their ticket for races like that, PLUS his father was a super popular governor, so the name recognition helps.

At this moment though, winning a Kentucky senate seat is basically impossible. Doesn't mean we shouldn't try, and do the work towards flipping it longterm. But present moment? Zero percent chance.

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Nah. There's just something we don't understand about that seat. bucolic_frolic Dec 19 #1

It's easy. It's a very red state. bearsfootball516 Dec 19 #2

Maybe jaymac Dec 19 #3