Republican U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell officially filed to run for re-election at the Kentucky Secretary of State’s office Friday afternoon.
Kentucky Attorney General-elect Daniel Cameron and State Treasurer Allison Ball served as co-signers for Senator McConnell’s declaration.
McConnell released the following statement:
“Serving the people of Kentucky continues to be the honor of my lifetime and I am proud to officially file for re-election as President Trump’s partner to Make America Great Again,” said Senator McConnell. “Because the gulf between Washington Democrats and Kentuckians couldn’t be wider, the gravity of the 2020 election couldn’t be greater. At stake is whether to open our borders or build the wall, whether to pass the job-killing Green New Deal or protect our Commonwealth’s coal communities, as well as whether to kick Americans off of their employer-based health insurance or keep what works. The path to stopping such extreme liberal schemes runs right through Kentucky – right through this race. I look forward to continuing the fight against the socialist agenda adopted and adored by all entrants of the growing Democrat primary.”
As of Friday, two other Republican candidates have filed to run for the U.S. Senate seat. Paul John Frangedakis of Lexington and Louis Grider of Elizabethtown filed their papers with the Secretary of State’s office in mid-November and will face McConnell in the primary election on May 19, 2020.
Democrats Andrew Maynard of Georgetown and John Sharpensteen of Bonnieville have also officially filed for the U.S. Senate seat.
The deadline for candidates to file for the 2020 election is January 28, 2020.
McConnell, who currently serves as the U.S. Senate Majority Leader, was first elected to the Senate in 1984 and has been re-elected six times. He is the longest-serving U.S. senator in the state’s history and the longest-serving Republican U.S. Senate leader in history.
