Booker, the Democratic nominee, attended a chapel service at Simmons College, a historically Black college in Louisville, where he spoke about civil rights and urged people to vote. He said he felt “tremendous momentum” across Kentucky and was ready to “make history” on Nov. 3.

Booker also connected his campaign to the state’s history of slavery and racial violence, and said many people in his Louisville neighborhood are focused on day-to-day survival rather than the Senate. He argued that federal lawmakers should be paying attention to their lives.

The candidate is seeking support across party lines through a “Republicans for Booker” initiative. He also criticized Barr’s debate performance, calling the Republican’s conduct an effort to distract from what Booker described as a failed congressional record.

Barr’s campaign, meanwhile, released an advertisement criticizing Booker’s positions on police funding and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. At a campaign stop in Northern Kentucky, Barr received endorsements from the Kentucky Fraternal Order of Police and the Kentucky Professional Fire Fighters.

Barr said backing first responders would be among his responsibilities if elected and cited his votes for the Thin Blue Line Act and the Protect and Serve Act, which address penalties for crimes targeting law enforcement officers.

Booker was scheduled to campaign Wednesday at Eastern Kentucky University and in Berea. Barr planned to appear Saturday at a Lexington rally with U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and Ralph Alvarado, the Republican candidate for Barr’s 6th Congressional District seat.

The candidates’ stops and messaging put civil rights, law enforcement and partisan outreach in focus as they seek votes across the commonwealth in the final stretch of the campaign.