EPA Rules Play Into Kentucky Senate Race As McConnell, Challenger Look to General

摘要

Alison Lundergan Grimes, the Democratic nominee to represent Kentucky in the U.S. Senate, used her primary election victory speech to blame her opponent, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), for Environmental Protection Agency regulations targeting carbon dioxide emissions from power plants that would affect the coal state. "It's on Mitch McConnell's watch, not mine, that overburdensome EPA regulations have been imposed upon the commonwealth of Kentucky," Grimes said. "This election will be about holding you, Senator McConnell, accountable for all that has happened on your watch." Both McConnell and Grimes are fighting for Kentucky's Senate seat, occupied by McConnell since 1985. Observers and polls suggest it will be among the most competitive races this cycle.