Kentucky businessman Matt Bevin is set to announce next week he’ll challenge Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in the 2014 GOP primary, according to a report by the Louisville-based WHAS11.
And Bevin is already planning TV ads against the Republican leader.
BREAKING: Tea Party challenger to Mitch McConnell plans announcement next week. Sources say Matt Bevin campaign plans ads next week #KySen
— Joe Arnold (@joearnoldreport) July 19, 2013
Bevin, who has the backing of some tea party advocates, is a partner and adviser at the investment management firm Waycross Partners, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal.
McConnell’s campaign manager, Jesse Benton, attacked Bevin as an “East Coast con man,” telling local media that “[w]hile it is sad to see someone who claims to be a Republican doing Barack Obama’s bidding, his campaign is nothing more than a nuisance. Mitch McConnell will never waiver in his fight for our Kentucky values.”
