After calls from various quarters for a final debate in the Democratic campaign for U.S. Senate, all three major campaigns have agreed to an appearance on June 1 hosted by Kentucky Educational Television.
KET sent certified letters to all three campaigns on May 8th, and heard back from all three between May 11 and May 14. Once all three had responded, the news broke.
JUST IN:
The McGrath campaign says they'll participate in the June 1 KET debate. That means we'll get one more debate with the three major Democrats running for U.S. Senate in Kentucky.
— Daniel Desrochers (@drdesrochers) May 14, 2020
Mike Broihier’s campaign had begun going after McGrath a few weeks ago, coming out with strong ads attacking her. Charles Booker followed suit a little later.
I reached out to @AmyMcGrathKY to let her know our campaign will begin to lay out key differences on policy, politics, and a vision for the future.
She wants to advance Trump’s agenda. I urgently disagree with that. Kentuckians have a choice in the primary. It will be clear.
— Charles Booker (@Booker4KY) May 12, 2020
As a part of his campaign messaging, Broihier had begun calling for a final debate before the primary. He was the first to announce the new debate, and the first to accept.
https://twitter.com/MikeForKY/status/1260630505101373445
The Booker campaign accepted some time later, but it took a few days for the McGrath campaign to come on board. Broihier claimed victory.
https://twitter.com/MikeForKY/status/1261041948430917634
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