EXCLUSIVE — Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) raised more than $250,000 for Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) and another six figures for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) in his first fundraising swing since Labor Day, the Washington Examiner has learned.

Thune traveled to Lexington, Kentucky, for a Thursday evening fundraiser on behalf of Barr, the GOP nominee to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in the Senate. The following day, he visited Mississippi to raise money for Hyde-Smith, who is running for her second full term in November.

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