If anyone else could win you can bet they would be running, Judd's a threat to status quo so you hear local media bash her who is also feeding at ALEC's troth because a lot of their advertisers are members.
Americans need to stop accepting all the bullshit we hear on for profit media,When you hear Judd is too liberal to win there is motive behind that message, it is not common sense simply because you hear it parroted.
Getting out the vote is exactly what she would do,most voters are not as informed as you and I her celebrity and love of Kentucky basketball would bring out not only a high number of Democrats but Independents as well, She is also the only Democrat who is going to pull republican voters who don't understand the difference between the two party's for the reasons i mentioned above, no one else is going to do that.
With out her we would be lucky if half the state even knows there is a election which means we auto concede to Older Church going voters who are reminded by their right wing pastors to vote.