The campaign finance reports of Kentucky's U.S. Senate candidates reveal that Democrat Jack Conway and Republican Trey Grayson are the chosen candidates of some heavy hitters within their respective national parties.

As reported in
CQ Politics:

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., is backing state Attorney General Jack Conway in the Democratic primary over Lt. Gov. Dan Mongiardo. Hoyer's leadership PAC, AMERIPAC, gave $2,500 to Conway's campaign.

Hoyer was a backer of Conway's unsuccessful 2002 campaign for a House seat.

On the Republican side, Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson has collected contributions from Republican members of Congress ahead of a primary in which he faces a determined opponent in Rand Paul, an eye surgeon whose father, Rep. Ron Paul , R-Texas, enjoyed fundraising success in his losing campaign for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination.

Grayson's third-quarter contributors included Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Arizona and NRSC Chairman John Cornyn of Texas, who gave from their leadership PACs.

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