CNN)In the wake of Kentucky Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's almost-certain loss on Tuesday, the conventional wisdom soon began to congeal: This is bad news for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's chances of winning a seventh(!) term next year in the Bluegrass State.
I mean, maybe? State races are a different animal from federal contests. And McConnell's track record is long and successful. There's no doubt he will have a real race but I'm not sure Bevin, who McConnell beat in a Senate primary in 2014, going down to defeat tells us all that much about McConnell.
What I am sure of is that McConnell cemented a part of his legacy in the state -- and may have put in place his successor -- on Tuesday with the election of Daniel Cameron as the state's attorney general.
Cameron is the first black candidate ever elected as attorney general in Kentucky and the first Republican to hold that office in seven decades. He is also a McConnell protege, having served as the senator's general counsel from 2015-2017.
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