After former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced in February his intention to retire at the end of his current term, it set off a wave of speculation over who would jump into the race to replace the elder GOP statesman.
So far, only Daniel Cameron, who served as attorney general of Kentucky from 2020 to 2024 (with a stint as acting attorney general before that), has officially joined the race.
Cameron previously drew an endorsement from Donald Trump during the 2023 Republican primary in the Kentucky governor’s race, but he lost the general election to incumbent Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear. Beshear, a Democrat, beat Cameron by about 5 percentage points.
Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., is also contemplating a run for the Senate seat, which the seven-term McConnell.
“As I’ve said before this announcement, I am considering running for Senate…
