Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell sweeps to victory over Alison Lundergan Grimes, Republicans win U.S. Senate
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and his wife Elaine Chao ride in the Adairville Strawberry Festival parade while campaigning for the Republican primary May 17, 2014 in Adairville, Kentucky. Win McNamee/Getty Images By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. (Kathy Wray Coleman is a 21-year investigative and political journalist and legal reporter who trained for 17 years under five different editors at the Call and Post Newspaper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) / ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, and an aggressive President Obama foe, defeated Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes 56 percent to 41 percent on Tuesday, another win following his primary victory in May against Matt Bevin, a local businessman who once appeared to be a threat be