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Bench. well i'm here to tell you tonight my fellow kentuckians, i am not an empty dress, i am not a rubberstamp and i am not a cheerleader. i am a strong kentucky woman who is an independent thinker, who when i am kentucky's next united states senator, the decisionize will make will be best for the people of the commonwealth of kentucky. not partisan interests. [ applause ] as kentucky, kentucky's next united states senator, i'll answer to the people of this state. i won't answer to the president, no matter who he or she might be. as a proud kentucky woman, i

>> now mitch mcconnell wants to tell you who i am. and he has said -- he claims that kentucky will be lost if we trade in his seat for a woman kentucky woman who he believes will sit on the back bench. well with, i'm here to tell you tonight, my fellow kentuckyians. i am a not an empty dress, a rubber stamp or a cheerleader. i'm a strong kentucky woman who's an independent thinker and the decisions i make will be what's best for the people of the commonwealth of kentucky, not partisan interests. [ applause ]. >> mitch mcconnell is a 30-year veteran of the state from kentucky and nempb the stat...

Will speak for myself and no kentucky woman, mitch mcconnell, will sit on the back bench. we all know washington is broken, it's not working for kentucky. and after 30 years, it is mitch mcconnell at the center of the gridlock, obstruction and extreme partisanship that we see. kentucky is tired of a senator who proudly calls himself the doctor of no, the guardian of gridlock. i am running because kentucky deserves better. we deserve a senator for the people of this state. [ applause ] this election, it is not about party control, it is about two very different visions for the common wealth of ...

Kentucky. [ applause ] senator mcconnell, this race is between you and me. that's the name that appears on the ballot. and as you said -- as you said so many years ago -- it is my number one priority to make sure mitch mcconnell doesn't see another term. >> now, mitch mcconnell, he wants to tell you who i am and he said, he claims that kentucky will be lost if we trade in his seat for a kentucky woman who he believes will sit on the back bench.

>> i will answer to the people of the state and not answer to the president no matter who he or she might be. as proud kentucky woman, i will speak for myself and no kentucky woman, mr. mcconnell, will sit on the back bench. >> margie, speaking of the polling, this is a statistical dead heat, and this is a contest that everybody is watching. it is critical to take control of the senate, and what are you looking for now that mitch mcconnell won so handily last night? >> well, he is hailed as a hero today, because he beat this challenger -- >> ell wshwell, maybe a little exaggerated. >> well, in...