Mitch McConnell Quickly Projected As Winner Despite Dem Challenger Getting Flooded With Cash

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has been projected as the winner of the Kentucky Senate race against Democrat Amy McGrath, a failed 2018 congressional challenger whose Senate bid led many Democratic donors to flood the race with cash. 

Fox News projected McConnell as the winner in the race shortly before 8pm EST. As of 8pm, Fox News showed McConnell with about 61% of the vote and McGrath with about 35% of the vote, with about 35% results in. FiveThirtyEight projected ahead of the election that McGrath only had about a 4% chance of beating McConnell.