With less than three months to go before Election Day, Amy McGrath, the Democratic nominee for a U.S. Senate from Kentucky, has hired a new campaign manager.
McGrath, a former Marine fighter pilot, raised more than $ 17 million in the second quarter as part of her effort to not seat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, but to continue in the polls, according to Politico.
The candidate’s new manager is Dan Kanninen, a campaign veteran for both Hillary Clinton and former President Barack Obama. He will take over for Mark Nickolas, the campaign said.
Rabbits also worked earlier this year on former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg.
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Nickolas will remain on the campaign as a senior adviser, according to The Hill.
McConnell’s campaign quickly shot back on the news.
‘They needed to find someone with better expertise in lighting millions on fire,’ tweeted his campaign in an apparent reference to Rabbits’ work on Bloomberg’s costly run.
Rabbits also issued a statement.
“There is no Washington more destructive than Mitch McConnell – he is the architect of the dysfunction that hurts Kentuckians,” Kanninen said in a statement, according to Politico. “Amy has served her country for more than 20 years, and she will continue to fight for Kentucky as a senator. I’m honored to be a part of that fight. ”
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McGrath was the favorite leader in Kentucky’s Democratic primary in late June, but she was forced to spend significantly more than planned on an unexpectedly difficult challenge from Kentucky state Rep. Charles Booker, a progressive supporting American screenwriter Bernie Sanders and US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
McGrath beat Booker by three percentage points.
Two recent general election polls have both McConnell leading McGrath by 5 percentage points and 17 percentage points.
