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Voters Head to Polls in 3 US States on Tuesday

Ken Bredemeier

   Voters headed to the polls in three U.S. states Tuesday, deciding a
   too-close-to-call Senate Democratic primary contest in the southern
   state of Kentucky for a spot to face Republican Senate Majority Leader
   Mitch McConnell in November, and a contentious Democratic primary
   challenge to longtime Congressman Eliot Engel in New York.

   In the Kentucky race, polls indicate a tight race between former Marine
   fighter pilot Amy McGrath, who narrowly lost a 2018 bid for a seat in
   the House of Representatives, and Charles Booker, a 35-year-old state
   lawmaker.

   To combat the fears about the spread of the coronavirus, the state's
   biggest city, Louisville, with 600,000 residents, had only one polling
   place open -- at the state fairgrounds. But dozens of voting stations
   were available at the site, and lines of voters seemed to be moving
   quickly at midday.

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