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10%
2 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Publisher signals
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Former President Barack Obama endorsed Democratic nominee Charles Booker in the Kentucky Senate race on Sunday, two days before Election Day.
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Obama → endorse → Day
"I'm proud to support Charles Booker for the U.S. Senate," former President Barack Obama said in a statement shared first with CBS News.
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Obama → support → News
"Charles cares deeply about the people of Kentucky, and by sending him to Washington, working families across the Commonwealth would have a leader who understands their struggles and has what it takes to make real change.
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it → care → change
Booker said he was 'humbled and honored" to receive the endorsement.
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he → say → endorsement
He is running against Republican Rep. Andy Barr to succeed Senator Mitch McConnell.
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He → run → McConnell
McConnell, 84, announced his retirement last year and is Kentucky's longest serving senator.
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McConnell → announce → retirement
"Mitch McConnell essentially built a career leveraging Kentucky to become one of the most powerful politicians in our country, and we know that by flipping Kentucky, we flip the U.S. Senate," Booker told CBS News in an interview earlier this year.
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Booker → build → interview
While Kentucky is not among the states listed in CBS News Senate battleground tracker, Booker's campaign says it has internal polling that indicates the race could be tightening.
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race → list → polling
The race is considered solid Republican by Cook Political Report.
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race → consider → Report
Aides are also citing an increase in Democratic turnout during early voting last week as a sign of potential momentum.
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Aides → cite → momentum
According to the Kentucky State Board of Elections, more than 267,000 individuals had cast ballots.
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individuals → accord → ballots
At least 95,645 registered Democrats had already voted compared to 83,726, Secretary of State Michael Adams said in a post Friday.
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Adams → register → post
"A lot of it has been encouraging people to pay attention and to know that there is a race here, that it is competitive, and that there is a path to win," Booker said.
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Booker → encourage → attention
Booker challenged Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul in 2022 and lost by nearly 24 points.
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Booker → challenge → points
Although Kentucky is a deep-red, Democrats are hoping the national envorinment will help them make inroads in some unlikely places.
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them → hop → places
Barr has cast Booker as a "socialist experiment" and "the most extreme candidate in the history of our state."
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Barr → cast → state
President Trump has endorsed Barr and visited the Commonwealth last month.
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Trump → endorse → Commonwealth
"He's been an amazing congressman," Mr. Trump said during an Oct. 17 rally in Highland Heights.
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Trump → say → Heights
Obama's endorsement follows a slew of other high-profile endorsements for the Kentucky Democrat, including from a group of senators, including Sens. Michael Bennet, Mark Kelly, Lisa Blunt Rochester, Chris Van Hollen, Raphael Warnock and Elizabeth Warren, who announced their support on Saturday.
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who → follow → Saturday
Booker is also backed by Govs. J.B. Pritzker and Wes Moore and he stumped with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and DNC Chair Ken Martin last week.
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he → back → Beshear
The former president has issued nearly two dozen endorsements for Democratic candidates and rallied for Senate candidates in Georgia, Michigan and Ohio late last month.
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president → issue → Georgia
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