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Im not Barack Obama, she says after demonstrating her prowess with a pump-action skeet gun. I disagree with him on guns, coal and the EPA, she added, referring to the Federal Environmental Protection Agency which is reviled as a regulatory burden in much of rural and conservative America.

Democrats currently control the 100-member senate - with 53 members and two Democrat-leaning independents - but most predictions show they are now likely to lose their majority in November, further emasculating the Obama presidency.

Democrats had hoped Ms Grimes could win an important victory, but she is currently trailing her opponent, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell by 5 points according to the RealClearPolitics aggregate of polls.

Mr McConnell, 72, was first elected in 1984, and in the ad Ms Grimess mocks the ageing senators attempt to curry favour with conservative voters when he brandished a musket at a major conservative conference in Washington earlier this year.

Mitch, thats not how you hold a gun, the youthful Ms Grimes taunted her opponent in closing the 30-second ad.

Mr McConnells campaign shrugged off the insult. An inexperienced Obama liberal with a gun is no less dangerous for Kentucky families than one without, his campaign told Politico.

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Kansas Democrat Chad Taylor, who quit the U.S. Senate race there on Sept. 3, has found his exit blocked by a Republican who wont let him off the ballot.

Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach rejected Taylors withdrawal letter as deficient, forcing the Democrat to stay in the contest where he could siphon votes from independent Greg Orman, who is running neck-and-neck with Republican incumbent Pat Roberts.

Taylor has sued to be removed from the ballot, which must be finalized by Sept. 19. The Kansas Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments today in Topeka.

The court battle comes as Republicans fight for a net gain of six seats in the Nov. 4 election that would give them control of the U.S. Senate. Democrats now hold 55 seats and are defending 21 of them. Republicans are defending 15 seats.

Roberts, whos held his post since 1997, trailed Orman 37 percent to 36 percent, according to SurveyUSA poll results released Sept. 8, in which voters were asked how they would vote knowing Taylor no longer wants to run yet will remain on the ballot. Ten percent said theyd vote for Taylor.

By keeping my name on the ballot despite my explicit and timely withdrawal, the Secretary of State is conscripting me to run for office, in violation of my First Amendment rights, Taylor said in court papers.

A state prosecutor in Kansass Shawnee County who struggled to raise money in the race, Taylor claims his withdrawal letter was approved by an official in Kobachs office before being rejected by the secretary of state.

Lawyers for Kobach said in court papers that the Democratic nominee failed to declare hes incapable of fulfilling the duties of the office if elected, as required by law, making his withdrawal letter ineffectual.

The letter was delivered to Kobachs office in the late afternoon of Sept. 3, the last day Taylor could legally drop out of the race, according to the secretary of states lawyers. The court said it will hear 20 minutes of argument from each side.

The case is Taylor v. Kobach, 14-112431-S, Kansas Supreme Court (Topeka).

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) The Democrat challenging Secretary of State Mark Hammond is generating interest in the down-ballot race by criticizing his 183-mile round-trip commute to Columbia that's funded by taxpayers.

There's nothing illegal about Hammond's commute from Spartanburg. His assigned 2007 Dodge Durango is considered a job benefit.

"I just think it's wrong," said Ginny Deerin, a Democrat running on cutting government waste and putting more of the office's bureaucratic functions online.

Hammond, first elected in 2002, is not alone in having a taxpayer-funded ride. State law dating to 1978 actually requires that statewide officers and agency directors be offered a state vehicle. The law also specifically exempts elected officials from reimbursing for their commute, though they must calculate their personal miles for tax purposes.

"I claim my mileage from home to office as personal miles," Hammond said.

He is among four elected officials and 10 agency heads who drive a state vehicle and charge gas fill-ups to a state card, according to information provided to The Associated Press through a public records request. The data excluded the governor and lieutenant governor, who are driven around by their state-provided security detail.

Of the four officers all of whom receive a $92,000 salary Hammond logs the most miles and charges the most gas, largely because of the long commute. Last fiscal year, he reported 45,600 miles and $8,400 worth of fuel, down from 59,200 miles logged and $8,700 charged in 2011-12. His driving ranks second-highest among the 14 total listed, behind the director of the Department of Natural Resources.

According to forms Hammond filed with the state, half of the miles he logs are from commuting and other personal use. Last year, his reported personal miles resulted in $3,400 being added to his W-2 as taxable income, based on an IRS formula used by all four elected officials with state vehicles.

The secretary of state is responsible for administrative functions such as filing documents for businesses and corporations, regulating charitable organizations and acting as the state's cable franchise authority.

Deerin, co-founder of a nonprofit that aims to help more women get elected in South Carolina, says the officeholder should either live in Columbia or personally pay for a daily commute, adding that she's willing to move from Charleston County.

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