Washington’s top Democrat is reportedly coming to the aid of Kentucky U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes.
C-N-2 Politicsreports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will hold a fundraising luncheon for Grimes in Las Vegas on October 11th. The event is being organized by Seachlight Leadership Fund, the political action committee that Reid founded in 1997.
When asked to confirm the fundraiser and whether Grimes will attend, her Press Secretary Charly Norton told WKU Public Radio the campaign would not comment on their fundraising schedule.
The Kentucky Republican Party criticized the fundraiser and highlighted Reid’s past statement that “coal makes us sick.”
Grimes is the presumed Democratic nominee who will challenge Republican U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell in a race to be decided next November. McConnell must first win a primary contest against Tea Party candidate Matt Bevin.