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TexasTowelie

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Sat Nov 5, 2016, 06:32 AM Nov 2016

No spotlight on Kentucky Senate race in busy election year

OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — Aluminum worker Steven Petri just wants the politicians to help him keep his job.

The 39-year-old from Knottsville, Kentucky, was laid off for about a year while his company idled most of its workforce — all while a nearby business was buying cheaper aluminum from China. And he says Kentucky's candidates for U.S. Senate aren't addressing the problem.

As an undecided voter, Petri has watched Republican Rand Paul focus his attention on Hillary Clinton while Democrat Jim Gray attacks Paul for his failed presidential bid.

"Our plants are going overseas. I'd like them to do something to keep them here in the United States," Petri said.

Read more: http://kentuckytoday.com/stories/no-spotlight-on-kentucky-senate-race-in-busy-election-year,5753

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