Joke U.S. Senate Candidate Gets Some Serious Funding

Though "Honest" Gil Fulbright claims to be running for Senator Mitch McConnell's seat in the great state of Kentucky, he isn't actually on the ballot. McConnell, running in a tight race for reelection this November, can breathe easy

In fact, Fulbright doesn't actually exist at all. He's a fictional candidate played by movie and TV actor Frank Ridley, veteran player of minor roles in shows such as Orange is the New Black and movies such as Inside Llewyn Davis, and he's in Kentucky to make a point about money in politics — in much the same way Stephen Colbert's Super PAC did.

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