Kentucky Edition

Kentucky picks its replacement for Senator Mitch McConnell, Democrat Zach Dembo flips Kentucky's 6th U.S. House District from red to blue, some familiar faces won't be back in Frankfort come January, Kentucky voters approve a state constitutional amendment that limits a governor's pardoning power, and when people can't go to the store then this store goes to them.

Kentuckians head to the polls to vote on local, state, and U.S. House races as well as a replacement for Senator Mitch McConnell and a constitutional amendment involving pardons. The long-time head of the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy reflects on his 22-year career as he prepares to retire. The U.S. Department of Agriculture gives a boost to cattle processors in the commonwealth.

Kentucky’s secretary of state reports that early voting numbers have surpassed 2022 midterms by more than 100,000 voters, some conservative voters in Louisville voice frustration over city’s new nonpartisan races, a look at Fayette County historic mayoral race, and the new initiative working with employers in the state to help find childcare solutions for their employees.

Federal election monitors are in Fayette County and the county clerk says she’s grateful to have them, union leaders rally for U.S. Senate Democratic nominee, Charles Booker, in Louisville, Republicans could be looking at Kentucky's 6th District race as an early sign on election night, and Kentucky artists create a Canvas of Silks in honor of the Breeders’ Cup.

Kentuckians line up to cast their ballots as early voting starts in the Commonwealth, candidate for U.S. Senate, Andy Barr, continues campaigning for fellow Republican Ralph Alvarado, Governor Andy Beshear calls the U.S. Justice Department’s choice of locations to send election monitors suspicious, and conference aims to bring more teachers to Eastern Kentucky.

Kentucky's 6th District congressional candidates meet for a student-moderated debate at Estill County High School, Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, Charles Booker, is out with his first television ad of the campaign, Nelson County becomes home to the state’s newest climate monitoring station, and a Harlan County educator is awarded the ‘Oscar of Teaching.’

Congressman Massie says he'll push to impeach Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, two Kentucky candidates running for Congress discuss issues important to them, local county clerks discuss what federal election observers will and won't be allowed to do on election day, and go inside the Louisville Slugger Museum.

Secretary of State Michael Adams on what Kentucky voters need to know before they head to the polls, the clerk of Kentucky's largest city responds to the Department of Justice's plan to send federal monitors to the city on election day, Republicans make a final push in Lexington before the midterms, and U.S Senator Mitch McConnell slams President Donald Trump’s current policies toward Russia.

Kentucky’s 6th District candidates meet face-to-face in their only scheduled debate, lawmakers push for harsher penalties for those who cause fatal accidents and flee the scene, and Fayette County Public School’s interim superintendent discusses the ongoing effort to get the district back on track after a tumultuous year.

Lawmakers hear how a new federal scholarship tax credit program could impact private and public school students, Kentucky’s attorney general pushes for the execution of the state’s longest-serving death row inmate, the plan that could make one Kentucky county home to the largest nuclear power plant site in the nation, and a conversation with Kentucky basketball legend turned author, Dan Issel.