From the Lexington Herald-Leader: Will Rocky Adkins be on the ballot in 2020? He says he’s being courted for big races.

By DANIEL DESROCHERS 

FRANKFORT -- Kentucky House Minority Leader Rocky Adkins said he has been approached about running for the Democratic nomination to challenge U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell next year after a strong showing in the Democratic gubernatorial primary this spring. 

Adkins, who is from Sandy Hook in Eastern Kentucky, won 67 of Kentucky’s 120 counties on his way to a six percentage point defeat at the hands of Attorney General Andy Beshear in a crowded primary election. No major Democratic candidate has declared their intention to challenge McConnell. 

“Right now I’m really trying to get rested up from the governor’s race,” Adkins said. “I’ve had several different people contact me to look at different options ... I’m not looking in any direction, I’m keeping my options open.”

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