KY-SEN: Pressley endorses Booker in Kentucky Senate primary
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) endorsed Kentucky state Rep. Charles Booker (D) on Wednesday in his primary race to win the party nomination and face Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in November.
Pressley said Booker has spent the past decade fighting for the people of Kentucky “at all levels of government.”
“Charles can defeat Mitch McConnell — who has caused so much pain for so many families — and he will be a powerful advocate for the people of KY in the U.S. Senate,” she tweeted.
Booker is one of five candidates Pressley endorsed Wednesday, including Jamaal Bowman, a progressive challenging Rep. Eliot Engel (D) in New York’s 16th District.
Pressley also endorsed Democrats Jaime Harrison, a Senate candidate in South Carolina, Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Senate candidate in Georgia’s special election, and Dr. Cameron Webb, a candidate running in Virginia’s 5th Congressional district.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/503240-pressley-endorses-booker-in-kentucky-senate-race
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Kentucky native here, and I think there's a misunderstanding from people outside Kentucky about how enthusiastic we actually are about McGrath. I respect her and her service, but she has developed a reputation for equivocating and being over-advised. Regardless of what the polls show against McConnell, McGrath lost her House race in a district that included Lexington, and in a Democratic wave election year, no less. If all you've seen are her (admittedly excellent) fighter pilot ads, it's easy to think she's more of a force in Kentucky politics she really is.
I hope the polls that show her essentially tied with McConnell are accurate and that she's more popular than I perceive her to be. I'm happy to be wrong 
