Ex-Kentucky senator who lost to Mitch McConnell in 1984 dies
Walter "Dee" Huddleston, new Democratic senator from Kentucky is shown at Capitol in Washington, Nov. 29, 1972. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin)/ LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Walter "Dee" Huddleston, a former two-term U.S. senator who lost his re-election bid in 1984 to Republican Mitch McConnell in one of Kentucky's most storied and pivotal political campaigns, died Tuesday. He was 92. The ex-senator died in his sleep at his son's home in Warsaw, Kentucky, said his son, Steve Huddleston. He said his father embodied "the quintessential 20th century ...
Click
To Read Full Article