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Grimes, McConnell Hit the Road as Poll Favors GOP

Grimes, McConnell Hit the Road as Poll Favors GOP
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By The Associated Press
Oct. 17, 2014 | FRANKFORT, KY
By The Associated Press Oct. 17, 2014 | 04:41 PM | FRANKFORT, KY
Kentucky's U.S. Senate candidates hit the road next week as Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes campaigns with Bill Clinton, and a trio of Republican congressmen stump for Sen. Mitch McConnell.

It's the third visit for Clinton, who won the state twice as a presidential candidate and remains popular with Kentuckians. But his visit comes after a new Gallup survey shows more Kentuckians lean toward Republicans.  

Democrats maintain a sizeable advantage in registered voters. But the Gallup survey, conducted from January to June, shows 45 percent of Kentuckians identify as Republicans while 39 percent identify as Democrats. The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.   Republicans say it reflects the party's recent gains in voter registration.

Democrats note they won six statewide constitutional offices in 2011.

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