US EditionAmy McGrath Launches New Bid for McConnell’s Senate Seat
McGrath aims to leverage her military background and prior campaign experience to win the open Senate seat following McConnell's retirement after over 40 years.
- Democrat Amy McGrath, a retired Marine aviator, launched a Senate campaign in Kentucky, vowing to be a bulwark against authoritarianism in her bid for Mitch McConnell's seat.
- McGrath joins a growing field of Republicans and Democrats competing in the 2026 midterms for the Senate seat occupied since the mid-1980s by the retiring McConnell.
- McGrath flew 89 combat missions against al-Qaeda and the Taliban during her 20-year Marine career and condemned Republican President Donald Trump in her candidacy announcement video.
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Amy McGrath launches new bid for McConnell’s Senate seat
Retired Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath (D) announced on Monday that she would be launching a second bid for retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) Senate seat in Kentucky next year, after losing to the former Senate leader in 2020 by close to 20 points. “You might know me. I’m Amy McGrath. When I joined the…
Retired Marine Aviator Amy McGrath Launches Comeback Bid in Seeking the Seat of Retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell
Democrat Amy McGrath, a retired Marine aviator, entered the Senate campaign in Kentucky, vowing to be a “bulwark against authoritarianism” in launching a comeback bid after being trounced by Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell in 2020.
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Democrat Amy McGrath launches comeback bid in seeking the seat of retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell
Democrat and retired Marine aviator Amy McGrath has entered the Senate campaign in Kentucky. She vows to be a “bulwark against authoritarianism” in launching her campaign Monday.
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UpstractFormer Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath launches a second U.S. Senate bid
Former fighter pilot Amy McGrath enters the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Kentucky. (Campaign photo)Former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath has launched a campaign for Kentucky’s open U.S. Senate seat, her second U.S. Senate bid after losing to longtime Republican incumbent Sen. Mitch McConnell in 2020. McGrath in a social media post Monday morning featured a video of her walking up to a lone chair while saying, “This isn’t just a chair…
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