Tucked safely out of national view behind the white-hot Senate primaries in Pennsylvania, Arkansas and, uh, Kentucky is a nasty fight to the finish between the Democrats vying to run for the retiring Sen. Jim Bunning’s (R-KY) seat. The race pits two of top state officials — Lt. Gov. Dan Mongiardo and Attorney General Jack Conway — who are running neck-and-neck in the homestretch. That’s generally the perfect environment for a campaign to go negative, and this one has been no exception.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=126387