In a race they’re calling second in importance to only the presidential contest, Santa Barbara Democrats are actively supporting Amy McGrath in her bid to unseat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. More than 100 people have responded to an invitation to meet her at a fundraiser at the Santa Barbara Club on December 14, with the asking price of admission ranging between $250 and $2,800.
“We’ve raised in the high five figures already,” said organizer Tom Parker of progress toward the goal of $100,000 for the Kentucky Democrat, who is neck-and-neck with McConnell in the polls.
Kentucky is in play, with its hotly contested governor’s race recently a confirmed win for Democrat Andy Beshear over very unpopular Republican governor Matt Bevins. With a voting populace almost evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, the state went for Trump by 62 percent.