became majority leader of the senate, the most powerful man of the senate. and that ends up being super important as it relates to tod enman s most recent job. this is the lead of a politico.com piece that just dropped today. quote, the transportation department under secretary elaine chow designated a special liaison to help with grant applications and other priorities specifically from her husband, mitch mcconnell s state of kentucky pachbing the way for grants totaling at least $70 million for projects. elaine chow s aide, todd enman who stated in an e-mail he helped advice the senator and local kentucky officials on grants with special significance for mcconnell including a highway improvement project and mcconnell political strong hold that had been twice rejected for previous grant applications. so elaine chow, secretary of
running for the united states senate sometimes requires a really big effort even if you have been an incumbent senator for decades. in 2014 when he was facing a strong challenge that year kentucky republican senator mitch mcconnell got help with his campaign back home from a fixture in local republican local kentucky republican politics. he turned as he had before to a kentucky republican fixture, a campaign operative named tod inman. he helped organize a pro-coal tour of kentucky for mcconnell in 2014. according to enman s résume he produced all of the instate national media campaign rallies and buster events and press conferences for senator mcconnell s re-election campaign. 60 stops along a three-week tour. mitch mcconnell ended up winning that race in 2014, ultimately
transportation, married to mitch mcconnell, she hires her husband s former campaign aide to be her own staffer, and then she designates him specifically to help pave the way for transportation department funded projects in her home s state, things that would be particularly valuable to him as he runs for re-election. quote, chow s designation of enman for special intermediary for kentucky, a privilege other states do not enjoy, which could in turn benefit his political interests, each member of a couple benefits personally from the success of the other. politico.com saying secretary chou declined to comment for this piece. the transportation department told political that no state receives special treatment except for the one that has the special intermediary. for his part todd enman says he was proud to work for secretary chow and praised the department s career staff.