BOB MENENDEZ

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Louisville): Politicker Photo

During a swing through the Northeast last weekend, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Louisville) got some fundraising help at a reception hosted by the Republican leader of the New Jersey state Senate, Tom Kean Jr.

The Sunday fundraiser was the second hosted by Kean for McConnell this election cycle.

In 2005, McConnell was on the other side of the fundraising relationship with Kean, during the New Jerseyan’s own bid for the U.S. Senate. McConnell’s Bluegrass Committee PAC provided $10,000 to Kean’s campaign coffers during that effort. Kean ultimately lost to then-U.S. Rep. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.).