me was how honest and open she was about things she knew dang well werent going to be popular here he saidmr carlson attends dozens of community meetings a month and prides himself on being able to gauge sentiment she was accessible he said of ms mcgraths campaign appearances people love the marine corps thingthey do not like her position on guns he said because ms mcgrath calls for background checks and banning bump stocks on weapons this is very very very progun country mr carlson said an assault rifle ban will go over like a lead balloon there are more ar15s in this county than you can shake a stick atimagecreditmaddie mcgarvey for the new york timesin another rural area donna barnes the chairwoman of the republican party in montgomery county agrees the people here are passionate about the second amendment she said ms mcgrath has changed her stance on gun control and when she did that she actually lost some of the interest of montgomery countyms barnes also said that voters needed to hear more about ms mcgrath than her biography basically all we are hearing is i am a veteran vote for mefor many others though ms mcgraths military service will be appealing and could help to inoculate her on a number of issues to break through she has opened a number of field offices in rural counties including clark where her staff has a presence on the historic main street in winchesterimagecreditmaddie mcgarvey for the new york timesed burtner the mayor of winchester and former marine who served in vietnam is no fan of mr trump because of the presidents criticism of senator john mccain republican of arizona but he said the presidents support runs deep here i havent found a single person that said they voted for trump that has also not said they wouldnt do it again mr burtner saidweve got that conservative base and in some cases ultra conservative base he said and she has to recognize thats here and thats going to be in a lot of the communities where she is runninghenry branham a local judge and democrat said that people did not engage him on the subject of the president but that hardly meant an embrace of his party clark county is so far from nancy pelosi its pathetic mr branham saidrepublicans tried to quickly define ms mcgrath as too liberal for the districtpeople accepted gay marriage they dont like it mr carlson said of people in anderson county transgender in the military a lot of the feedback was i really like her but boy she is awfully liberalimagecreditmaddie mcgarvey for the new york timesbut her military rsum provides a strong counterpoint lawrenceburg the anderson county seat has a healing field with flags to honor every kentuckian who has been killed in the war on terrorism the american legion is the largest civic groupmr chandler whose grandfather a b chandler was governor and senator before becoming the commissioner of major