Ninety-year-old Gurley Martin filed to run in the 2014 U.S. Senate race in Kentucky Wednesday — on his birthday — giving Minority Leader Mitch McConnell a challenger who’s 19 years his senior.
Mr. McConnell has already brought in $17 million in his quest for a sixth term, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported. Political neophyte Matt Bevin is challenging Mr. McConnell in the GOP primary and Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes is the frontrunner on the Democratic side.
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Mr. Martin received less than 1 percent of the vote in a 2010 GOP primary bid against Sen. Rand Paul, who is backing Mr. McConnell.
