Barr wins Republican primary for Kentucky Senate seat, US media projects
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U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY) speaks at the final campaign event in Kentucky, U.S., November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo
May 19 (Reuters) - Republican voters in Kentucky nominated Andy Barr on Tuesday as their candidate in November's election for the U.S. Senate seat held by Senator Mitch McConnell for four decades, according to projections from NBC News and the Associated Press.
McConnell, 84, is one of the most powerful members of the Republican Party and served as Senate majority leader from 2015 to 2021.
Barr is the representative for Kentucky's 6th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.
(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya and Ryan Patrick Jones, Editing by Michael Learmonth)
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