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By Amy Curtis
We’re a year away from the 2026 midterms, and across-the-board races are heating up. In Kentucky, voters will have the first open Senate election since 2010 and the first for this seat since 1972, as incumbent Mitch McConnell will not be seeking reelection.
Two of the Republicans vying to replace McConnell are already coming out swinging.
Rep. Andy Barr (KY-06) attacked businessman Nate Morris after Morris said he was proud to have grown up in a working-class union household.
Speaking at Kentucky’s Industry Forum on October 29, Barr said, “There are some candidates in here that say they come from a union background or union family. I’m very proud to say that I’ve been an annual supporter of the Employee Rights Act, and I believe in employee freedom, not forced unionization.”
Those comments, understandably, did not sit well with Morris or his supporters. Morris himself responded in a lengthy post on X, saying he was the “proud son of a single mother who worked her tail off to give me a better life” and that Barr was “handed everything he has on a silver platter.”
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