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FIRST ON FOX: Conservative CNN pundit Scott Jennings is being privately and publicly inspired to run for Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell’s open Senate seat in 2026, sources, together with a Republican operative acquainted with the race, informed Fox Information Digital Wednesday.
Some conservative personalities floated the chance publicly on X. The pundit is understood for his advocacy of the Trump administration on the airwaves, and he frequently goes viral for debating liberal pundits on the cable tv community.
He served as a longtime advisor to the outgoing Kentucky senator and beforehand labored within the George W. Bush administration.
“May I nominate [Scott Jennings] for the US Senate from the Commonwealth of Kentucky? He’d be a hell of a McConnell substitute,” pundit Erick Erickson tweeted.
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CNN’s Scott Jennings (CNN)
“I’d completely help my good friend [Scott Jennings] for U.S. Senate. However he’d additionally make a effective governor for the good state of Kentucky as effectively,” Republican strategist Dustin Grage tweeted.
As for McConnell, the previous Senate majority chief mentioned final week he wouldn’t search one other time period, leaving the door vast open for contenders in 2026.
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Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., for a gathering with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in regards to the struggle effort towards Russia Sept. 26. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
“Seven occasions, my fellow Kentuckians have despatched me to the Senate,” McConnell, who first took workplace in 1985, mentioned on the Senate flooring whereas asserting his retirement.
“Each day in between, I’ve been humbled by the belief they’ve positioned in me to do their enterprise right here. Representing our commonwealth has been the glory of a lifetime. I can’t search this honor an eighth time. My present time period within the Senate will likely be my final,” he added.
Former Kentucky Legal professional Normal Daniel Cameron has already entered the race, and Rep. Andy Barr can also be mulling a bid. Cameron ran for governor in 2023, however he narrowly misplaced to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear.
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Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, left, and former Republican Kentucky Legal professional Normal Daniel Cameron (Getty Photographs)
In a current marketing campaign video, Cameron talked about McConnell by title for voting towards the nominations of Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth, Director of Nationwide Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Well being and Human Providers Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“It’s best to anticipate a senator from Kentucky to vote for these nominees to advance the ‘America first’ agenda,” Cameron mentioned.
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Neither Trump nor McConnell have introduced an endorsement within the race.
Fox Information Digital reached out to Jennings however didn’t obtain remark.
Cameron Arcand is a politics author at Fox Information Digital in Washington D.C. Story ideas might be despatched to [email protected] and on Twitter: @cameron_arcand
