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mybbqrules posted...

Kentucky?

Yeah, keep fucking dreaming.

Unlikely, but not impossible. A Democrat won reelection in the governor's race last year. If Beshear decides to step out a year early and run for Senate, he could get it.

I actually live in Kentucky.

The thing is, Mitch has had several proteges over the years that always underperformed. The first one, Jim Bunning, was older than Mitch, and barely won reelection in 2004 (he would have lost if Kentucky Democratic legislators weren't idiots and Republicans-Lite). He retired after that term was up.

Mitch's second disciple was a fresh-faced young good-looking man with no scandals named Trey Grayson. He had actually been a Democrat before he switched parties and turned to the Dark Side. After that, he and McConnell were thick as thieves. He was the former Secretary of State of Kentucky and ran for Bunning's seat. He lost the Republican primary to upstart Rand Paul. He then went off to Massachusetts to work for some lobbying firm.

His most recent protege is Daniel Cameron. Cameron was the Kentucky Attorney General who is largely responsible for the response (or lack thereof) in the Breonna Taylor case, a young black woman shot in her sleep by cops, who were in the wrong house. Daniel Cameron is also black. He ran against Beshear last year for governor and lost. I don't know what he's doing now, but if he hasn't run off to New England too, he might want to throw his hat in the ring for Mitch's seat in 2026.