I’m not sure if it’s case of him calling off the dogs so much as having the dogs unleashed on him. Either way, Democrats quickly coalesced yesterday around Attorney General Jack Conway as the nominee for U.S. Senate in Kentucky, so Lt. Gov. Dan Mongiardo called off his demand for a recanvass, which seems appropriate since Mongiardo had already conceded on election night.

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