Teacher:In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes hopes to topple Mitch McConnell. (Associated Press) 
  
 With Congress gearing up for the August recess, Mitch McConnell can focus on his reelection campaign in Bluegrass State. It looks like the Senate minority leader will have his work cut out for him. 
  
 McConnell faces fights on two fronts in his quest for reelection. First, businessman Matt Bevin announced a primary challenge from the right last week. Bevin's an underdog, but he's got the backing of influential conservatives including Erick Erickson, and as we learned in 2010, longstanding GOP senators can't take reelection for granted these days. Rand Paul also upset establishment pick Trey Grayson in the 2010 primary for the other U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky. 
  
 Assuming McConnell knocks off Bevin, however, he'll face a second challenge from Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, the Kentucky secretary of state. A poll by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling, conducted for the liberal Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Democracy for America and out this morning, suggests Grimes will give McConnell a run for his money. Not only is the senator's approval underwater, he also trails Grimes head-to-head: 
  
 Do you approve or disapprove of the way Republican Mitch McConnell is handling his job as U.S. Senator? 
  
  
  
 Approve .............................. ............................ 40% 
  
 Disapprove.................... .............................. .... 51% 
  
 No opinion....................... .............................. .. 9% 
  
 (Asked of 1,210 Kentucky voters MOE 2.8%) 
  
  
  
 If the general election for U.S. Senate were held today, and the choices were Republican Mitch McConnell and Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, for whom would you vote? Mitch McConnell .............................. ............... 44% 
  
 Alison Lundergan Grimes .............................. . 45% 
  
 Undecided..................... .............................. .... 11% 
  
 (Asked of 1,210 Kentucky voters MOE 2.8%) 
  
 That follows on previous polls that showed a tight race, though previous ones have never shown her leading. In April, PPP found McConnell leading Grimes 45-41, while a late May poll by the same firm found them tied up at 45. PPP had a stellar record in 2012, despite their partisan affiliation. On the other hand, it's well within the margin of error, and a Republican firm found McConnell up eight points, 48-40, just last week. But this is the first poll since Grimes' official campaign launch. Her soft launch was widely derided -- when she announced she would run, Grimes didn't even have a website -- but she held a formal event to jump into the race Wednesday. Back on July 1, Nate Silver examined the race and found McConnell a favorite but not a slam dunk for reelection. But Grimes has the potential to be a formidable candidate, as Dave Catanese pointed out here earlier this month. Though she's only run for office once, she upset a Democratic incumbent and sailed to victory, and her father is a powerhouse in state circles -- and a friend of Bill Clinton's. Poll numbers like this only reinforce how serious McConnell's challenge is. ||||| McConnell leads Bevin by almost 40 points, and Grimes by 8 points, the poll finds. | AP Photos Poll: McConnell leads Bevin, Grimes 
  
 A fresh Republican poll shows Mitch McConnell crushing his GOP primary challenger and comfortably leading his Democratic opponent in Kentucky. 
  
 The Wenzel Strategies survey, in the field Tuesday and Wednesday nights, puts the Senate minority leader ahead of Matt Bevin by almost 40 points, 59 percent to 20 percent, among Republican primary voters. The rest said they are undecided. 
  
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 Bevin, a wealthy Louisville businessman who announced his candidacy Wednesday, is largely undefined. He is viewed positively by 15 percent of respondents and negatively by 21 percent; two-thirds of voters indicated that they don’t have an opinion. 
  
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 This makes Bevin vulnerable to the blistering attacks that McConnell already has unleashed to challenge his conservative bona fides. 
  
 McConnell leads Democratic Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes by 8 points, 48 percent to 40 percent, with 12 percent undecided. This is essentially unchanged from a survey they conducted a month ago. 
  
 Almost everyone has a view on the 28-year Senate veteran. In the poll, he is viewed favorably by 53 percent and unfavorably by 46 percent. Forty-one percent said they will definitely vote to reelect him, and 39 percent said they will definitely vote for someone else. Twenty percent said they will consider others besides McConnell. 
  
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 One-quarter of voters still have no opinion of Grimes, whose father is a former chairman of the state Democratic Party. She’s seen favorably by 35 percent and unfavorably by 41 percent. A month ago, she was seen unfavorably by only 25 percent. 
  
 “My sense is that Kentucky voters are not excited about what they see so far in her candidacy but seem to be willing to give her at least one more look before passing an electoral judgment,” pollster Fritz Wenzel wrote in a memo accompanying the numbers, which were obtained exclusively by POLITICO. 
  
 Rand Paul, whom Wenzel polls for, appears to be the most popular politician in the state. The junior senator, who has endorsed McConnell, is viewed favorably by 61 percent. Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear is seen favorably by 56 percent. 
  
 The statewide telephone survey included 624 likely voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percent. 
  
 Looking at the Republican primary, 27 percent said they could change their mind and 15 percent said they are “very open” to changing their mind. But 58 percent described themselves as “very firm” about whom they will support. 
  
 If Bevin’s long-shot primary bid succeeded, he would narrowly lead Grimes, 35 percent to 30 percent. But the plurality of voters are undecided. |||||
Student:
Mitch McConnell might be in for a nail-biter of a reelection campaign in Kentucky. A new poll from Public Policy Polling shows McConnell in a dead heat with Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, with Grimes ahead by a chin at 45% to 44%, with 11% undecided. That's well within the margin of error, but it's still a significant change compared to PPP's April poll, which showed McConnell up 45-41. The poll also showed that more voters disapproved of his Senate work (51%) than approved of it (40%). The poll is the first since Grimes formally announced her candidacy, the Atlantic points out. PPP is a Democratic polling firm, but it was fairly reliable in the 2012 cycle. Then again, Republican firm Wenzel Strategies last week had McConnell up 48-40, Politico reports, so things might not be as close as they look. Grimes isn't McConnell's only problem, either; he's also facing a primary challenge from conservative Matt Bevin, though last week's poll shows McConnell trouncing Bevin 59-20.