Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced Thursday that he was running to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell's R-Ky in the upper chamber of Congress.
Cameron, Kentucky's first black attorney general, announced his Senate campaign just minutes after McConnell said he wouldn't seek reelection in 2026.
“It's time for a new generation leadership in the US Senate, Kentucky, and let's do this,” Cameron wrote in X, and the child found on the website of his own, his wife, and Daniel Cameron's US Senate campaign. We shared screenshots of them.
Fox News Digital reached out to Cameron's campaign for comments but did not respond immediately.
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Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron will provide his live address to the virtual 2020 Republican National Convention, primarily in Washington, DC, on August 25, 2020. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo)
On his 83rd birthday, Senator McConnell announced he would not seek re-election and retire at the end of his term. McConnell recently voted for President Donald Trump's Cabinet: National Intelligence Director Tarsi Gabbard, Health and Human Services Director Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. McConnell voted in favor of Kash Patel, who the Senate confirmed as Trump's FBI director on Thursday.
In a statement obtained by Fox News Digital, Tim Scott, Rs.C, chairman of the National Republican Senators Committee (NRSC). However, McConnell said “he dedicated his life to the public service and the nation he loves” and “our country is grateful for his leadership. He confirmed justice with a conservative judge. , a legacy of protecting Republican Senate majority.”
“Because Kentucky is a red state, we are confident that our ultimate candidate is the first conservative in America, where we are principled.
Cameron has been groomed for a long time to replace McConnell. He became governor in 2023 against two-term Democrat Andy Beshear.
In her first year as Attorney General, Cameron handled an investigation into the shooting death of Breana Taylor in a March 2020 Louisville police attack when the George Floyd era protested and the riots swept the country. did.
Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) asked a question from a reporter at a press conference following the weekly Senate Republican Policy Luncheon held at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on November 19, 2024. I'll do it. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
His office ultimately refused to request two officers who fired fire, but charged a third of Wanton's dangers against a bullet that entered a neighbor's apartment. The officer was acquitted at a state trial, but the Department of Justice has brought federal charges against all three.
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Rep. Andy Barr reiterated Thursday that “We are considering running for the Senate as Kentucky deserves to be a senator fighting for President Trump and America's first agenda.”
“I've done it every day at home and I'll do that in the Senate,” Burr said. “I am encouraged by the support and the pours of my family and I will soon make a decision about our future.”
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY.) was shoved into a wheelchair at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Nate Morris, an entrepreneur who serves as chairman and CEO of Louisville-based Morris Industries, was still thinking about running McConnell's seat last week, but other potential candidates have come back first. He said he was waiting for him to do so.
“If you're asking Mitch McConnell for permission to run for a Kentucky office, you shouldn't run in the first place,” Morris said. “The last thing Kentucky needs is another doll for Mitch McConnell to run for office.”
As for the Democrats, Besher spokesman Eric Hyers said in a post from X that the governor hasn't run to fill McConnell's seat.
According to the Courier Journal, Louisville Democrat Pamela Stevenson has long raised funds to run for McConnell's seat.
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Kentucky has leaned red in federal elections such as Senate races, but is becoming more competitive in governors' contests.
Paul Steinhauser of Fox News contributed to this report.
