(WKYT) – Primary election day is Tuesday, with polls opening at 6 a.m.
Races from mayoral campaigns to the U.S. Congress are on the ballot. The Kentucky race for U.S. Senate to succeed longtime Senator Mitch McConnell has drawn significant attention.
On the Republican side, Congressman Andy Barr is running for the seat, along with former state Attorney General Daniel Cameron.
Trump calls in to Barr rally
President Donald Trump called in to an election-eve rally at Lexington Sporting Club Monday night, continuing his endorsement of U.S. Senate candidate Congressman Andy Barr.
“It’s an important primary election in your commonwealth. I’m asking you to get out and vote for Andy Barr for U.S. Senate,” Trump said.
Barr said he is the only candidate in the race with the president’s full endorsement because he has consistently stood with Trump.
“It is to the benefit of Kentucky that your next U.S. Senator has a terrific relationship with this president and this administration,” Barr said.
Barr said before the president’s early May endorsement, he was already confident in his campaign but since then, he said support has skyrocketed.
“The endorsement that ultimately matters obviously is the endorsement that we’re seeking and that’s the endorsement of the voters of the Commonwealth of Kentucky,” Barr said.
Cameron campaigns in hometown
Barr’s opponent, former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, spent the evening before the primary campaigning in his hometown of Elizabethtown.
Cameron said he is confident in his campaign, boosted by the recent withdrawal of candidate Nate Morris.
“Tonight is the last event of that statewide tour. At every stop, people have said, ‘Hey, we’ve got your back, we’re encouraging you, we’re praying for you,’” Cameron said.
Cameron said although he did not receive the president’s endorsement, he is confident he and Trump will work together if he wins the nomination. Cameron said he wants Washington focused on the issues Kentuckians talk about at the dinner table — gas prices, groceries, and healthcare.
“Because at the end of the day, it’s about how are we going to ensure that folks here in our communities thrive — how are we setting the conditions in Washington that allow people to thrive here at home,” Cameron said.
Barr said he has received an outpouring of support from veterans across the state. He said his experience in Congress will allow him to get straight to work for veterans and all of Kentucky on day one.