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2022 Midterm Election Black Winners and Losers [Updated]
The Root takes a look at the results from important races from across the country.
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Charles Booker, Kentucky Democrat, Wears Noose in New Campaign Ad and Calls out Sen. Rand Paul
The first Black Kentuckian to receive a Democratic nomination for Senate wearing a noose in the emotional ad chronicling America's lynching history
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Long Lines for Black Voters Anticipated as Kentucky Cuts More than 95 Percent of Polling Places Ahead of Its Democratic Primary
Since the coronavirus pandemic hit earlier this spring, voting rights advocates have voiced concern over the country’s ability to operate free and fair elections. Tomorrow, all eyes will be on Kentucky, which will be running its most anticipated Democratic primary in years with only a sliver of in-person polling locations available. Instead of the typical…
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Watch: Kentucky U.S. Senate Candidate Charles Booker Calls for Defunding the Police and Term Limits
Kentucky State Rep. Charles Booker (D-Louisville) told The Root that momentum is moving in his favor and he doesn’t have to change his tone or adjust how he articulates his progressive brand of politics for white folks, either. Amy McGrath, the Democratic Party establishment’s favorite in the June 23 Kentucky primary, was supposed to cakewalk…
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The Root Interviews Kentucky U.S. Senate Candidate Charles Booker On Instagram Live Today
If there was ever a moment when a black progressive could win national primary in Kentucky and convince the America people that the state is ready to move beyond Mitch McConnell, state Rep. Charles Booker (D-Louisville) is ready to claim it. National protests spurred by the police killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna…