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From Politico: Elaine Chao favored Kentuckians in meeting with officials seeking grants

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Transportation secretary met far more often with constituents of her husband Mitch McConnell than officials from any other state.

By TANYA SNYDERTUCKER DOHERTY and ARREN KIMBEL-SANNIT

In her first 14 months as Transportation secretary, Elaine Chao met with officials from Kentucky, which her husband Mitch McConnell represents in the Senate, vastly more often than those from any other state.

In all, 25 percent of Chao’s scheduled meetings with local officials of any state from January 2017 to March 2018 were with Kentuckians, who make up only about 1.3 percent of the U.S. population. The next closest were Indiana and Georgia, with 6 percent of meetings each, according to Chao’s calendar records, the only ones that have been made public.

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