Trump endorsed candidate in KY wins Primary

Andy Barr wins Kentucky GOP Senate primary

This sets up the November fight for McConnell's seat

Rep. Andy Barr fought his way through an 11-candidate Republican primary in Kentucky to claim the party's nomination for U.S. Senate, a victory that positions the seven-term congressman to replace the longest-serving Republican leader in Senate history.

The seat belongs to retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell. Come November, Barr will face a Democratic opponent for the right to fill it. And the man who helped clear his path through a bruising primary was President Donald Trump, whose late endorsement earlier this month reshaped a race that had no clear frontrunner.

The Kentucky Republican Senate primary drew one of the largest fields of any GOP contest in the country. Barr emerged from the pack, beating former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron and nine other candidates.

The win hands Trump an ally in a chamber where his legislative agenda, including the stalled SAVE America Act, has run into resistance from members of his own party.

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