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Republican veterans in the Senate, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, face primary battles. (Associated Press)
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Alison Lundergan Grimes, a Democrat who is opposing Sen. Mitch McConnell in Kentucky, invited him to a local gun range for target practice. (Courtesy of Alison Lundergan Grimes)
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FILE - This March 6, 2014 file photo shows Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks onto the stage holding a rifle before speaking at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference at National Harbor, Md. McConnell now has an endorsement to go with his gun. The National Rifle Association's political action committee announced Friday it has endorsed McConnell in the May 20 Republican primary. McConnell made headlines last month when he appeared at the Conservative Political Action Conference waving a rifle over his head. The rifle was a lifetime achievement award McConnell presented to Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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FILE - This March 25, 2014 file photo shows Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans in the 2014 midterm elections can’t seem to reach an official party line on that the old Washington practice of writing the federal budget to benefit the folks back home. Sure, top Republicans like McConnell _ now Senate minority leader _ and former Senate Appropriations Chairman Thad Cochran of Mississippi begrudgingly banned so-called earmarks more than three years ago. They were reacting both to the tea party’s rise and a push from conservative House Republicans like Georgia Rep. Jack Kingston, now a House Appropriations subcommittee chairman. McConnell is accompanied by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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FILE - This March 5, 2014 file photo shows Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., accompanied by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. The senate minority leader was raised in Louisville, got his B.A. there, and by most accounts is a rabid Cardinals fan. But he got his law degree from Kentucky. AP's intrepid congressional reporter, Donna Cassata, tried to get him on the record last year about which team he backs. She looked on helplessly Tuesday as McConnell _ who was in the middle of a back-and-forth with reporters about the Ukraine _ sidestepped the question yet again, ahead of Friday night's Louisville-Kentucky clash at the Sweet 16 in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
