Both Booker and McGrath are two-time losers in runs for national office. Booker lost his initial primary campaign to McGrath in 2020. He won the Democratic Party’s nomination in a Senate run two years later, only to come in for a drubbing against Republican Sen. Rand Paul.

His thoughtfulness and commitment to our Constitution will serve him well as he carries out his new duties,” McConnell wrote.

The Republican-led U.S. Senate on Thursday voted 48-45 in favor of Chad Meredith becoming a life-tenured judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky after President Donald Trump nominated him to the bench in June.

Jefferson County Republicans have nominated their pick for an open seat in the Kentucky Senate. The party’s executive committee team selected Calvin Leach as the GOP nominee for a special election in the 37th Senate District.

The United States Senate has confirmed Chad Meredith from Lexington to serve as a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

Making his pitch to connect with a Republican crowd that instantly recognized him, Kentucky Senate candidate Daniel Cameron likened the gathering to a family reunion — a feel-good reminder of his status as a party stalwart in the Bluegrass State.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Stephen Chad Meredith as a federal judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, succeeding Judge Danny C. Reeves who is retiring. U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, who recommended Meredith for the federal bench,

Louisville Democratic Party members chose Gary Clemons for the Kentucky Senate seat vacated by David Yates, who became interim Jefferson County Clerk days earlier.

Clemons is a lifelong resident of Louisville's South End, an Army veteran and the president of the United Steelworkers Local 1693 union.