The biggest race in the Kentucky primaries isn’t on the May 17 ballot, but the presumptive November clash between two-term Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and his Democratic challenger, state Rep. Charles Booker.
Both are so heavily favored to secure their party’s nod in the primaries that their campaigns are already targeting each other.
Paul faces five little-known, marginally financed hopefuls in his Republican primary and has amassed $20 million in campaign funding, according to his April Federal Elections Commission (FEC) filing.
Booker is projected to easily defeat three other candidates in his party primary, and his campaign reported $3.367 million in its coffers in its April FEC filing.
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