Andy Barr is definitely NOT a solid conservative (then again, neither is his district), but he could hardly be worse than McTurtle. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it, but perhaps Barr will move to the right as a Senator since he represents the entire state and not just one squishy district. Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves though; he isn't elected yet.
You are very smart.
If I’m mistaken, you are the same person that took data from completely different types of election races to compare instead of the same type of election race to make a non-existent point. You claimed that we should compare presidential race data to governors races vs. governors races to governors races, which makes absolutely no sense, especially in a state like Kentucky. You even compared Trump’s performance vs. Biden and Hillary as somehow noteworthy vs. the governor race results, even though Biden and Hillary certainly did not have 65% approval ratings in Kentucky...probably wasn’t even 30% for them...yet you argued the comparison was valid. Comparing him to prior Republican candidates for governor he historically performed well. This is not refutable.
Daniel Cameron was running against a very popular incumbent office holder with approval ratings in the mid to high 60s. That is reality. Extremely difficult scenario for any candidate to prevail under as a challenger. And you know that. And he had the guts to make the run. These other guys did not. But, having just run for governor and lost, he can indeed look like an “also ran” for jumping back into the saddle so quickly after that loss - which would be a completely valid point against his candidacy.
There’s also a third prominent candidate possibly looking to run - Nate Morris.