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From the Lexington Herald-Leader: ‘Kentucky is the front line’: Charles Booker, DNC chair rally draws hundreds in Louisville

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EDITOR'S NOTE. The Kentucky State AFL-CIO unanimously endorsed Booker.

By TESSA DUVALL

Look at any given list of the U.S. Senate seats most likely to flip this November, and Charles Booker doesn’t make the cut. Not according to NPR, The Hill, Politico, CNN and others.

In fact, FiveThirtyEight gives Booker less than a 1% chance of defeating incumbent Rand Paul in the general election.

But a defiant Booker, joined by Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison, told a crowd of hundreds in Louisville Tuesday night that together, they’ll prove them all wrong.

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