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Sam Youngman is a veteran Washington political reporter and political writer for the Lexington Herald-Leader.

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Huck Hijacks Kentucky Clerk’s 15 Minutes

#DonateToHuck

Mike Huckabee made sure he was the star of a rally Tuesday featuring the right’s new sweetheart—anti-gay marriage government clerk Kim Davis.

Sam Youngman | Published Sep 08, 2015

Inside the Kentucky Debate Duel

That’s Your Answer?

Voters looking for clarity on the Senate minority leader’s doublespeak on ‘all those gosh darn proposals’ or his challenger’s 2012 presidential pick were left disappointed Monday night.

Sam Youngman | Published Oct 14, 2014

Hee Haw Meets Gong Show at Fancy Farm

Red Meat

It’s the biggest political gathering in Kentucky politics, and with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s job on the line, it’s now one of the most important in the country.

Sam Youngman | Published Aug 03, 2014

Mitch McConnell Breaks the Tea Party

BACK OFF

Kentucky’s senior senator wants to be majority leader more than anything else and he has been determined to crush conservative opposition in Tuesday’s primary to do it.

Sam Youngman | Published May 20, 2014

Can Jesse Benton Unite the GOP?

Kentucky Derby

He helped Ron and Rand Paul tear down the Republican establishment. Then the ‘sellout’ went to work for Mitch McConnell. Meet the operative who just might bring the party back together.

Sam Youngman | Published Mar 28, 2014

Kentucky Wonder: Who’s Matt Bevin?

Dark Horse

Mitch McConnell’s Tea party opponent in the Kentucky race for the U.S. Senate is largely unknown, but his best shot may be to change his name and run as Not Mitch McConnell.

Sam Youngman | Published Feb 08, 2014

The Audacity of Nope

2016

Rand Paul suing Obama over domestic surveillance is just the beginning of his plan to make civil liberties the cornerstone of a potential presidential campaign.

Sam Youngman | Published Jan 06, 2014

Defying Reagan on Apartheid

That Mitch?!

The Senate minority leader, under fire from Democrats and Tea Partiers alike, wasn’t always so easy to hate. McConnell explains why he voted to override Reagan’s veto on sanctions.

Sam Youngman | Published Dec 10, 2013

How Not to Beat Mitch McConnell

Kentucky Wonder

Alison Grimes’s campaign for McConnell’s Senate seat has gotten this far for one reason: she’s not McConnell. Now she needs to say who she is and what she stands for.

Sam Youngman | Published Nov 30, 2013

Rand Paul Controls the Wacko Bird Flight

Calculated

Rand Paul is running to win the nomination, and he doesn’t mind using Ted Cruz as a comedic foil to help him do it.

Sam Youngman | Published Sep 29, 2013

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