Amy McGrath announces new campaign for Mitch McConnell's Senate seat

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Democrat Amy McGrath announced Monday she is running for Mitch McConnell's Senate seat, once again.

Who is Amy McGrath?

McGrath is a decorated Marine Corps veteran, who, after her retirement, started a non-profit focused on "leadership development for women with a service background and encouraging those women to run for elected office", according to her website.

Here's how she summarizes her campaign on her website:

Kentuckians know how to work hard. We get up early, put in the hours, and provide for our families. But Washington insiders created chaos, and that chaos is costing us.

Chaotic trade wars and across-the-board tariffs are hidden taxes, raising grocery bills, energy costs, and crushing Kentucky farms and our bourbon industry. Wages haven’t kept up with the cost of living, and corporations post record profits while families fall behind. Politicians point fingers, but the bills keep coming due at the end of the month.

That is no way to run a country. In the Marines, chaos meant lives were at risk. You don’t succeed without clear objectives, accountability, and results. Government should work the same way: set the mission, measure the outcomes, fix what isn’t working. That’s the discipline Amy will bring to the U.S. Senate.

Not her first time running

She first ran in 2019, that time against Mitch McConnell. According to campaign reports, that race was one of the most expensive Senate races in Kentucky's campaign history. She also tried to run for the US House in 2018. The Democrat narrowly lost that race to Republican Andy Barr.

A look at the 2025 Senate run

Amy McGrath will face state Rep. Pamela Stevenson, attorney and former Secret Service agent Logan Forsythe, and Joel Willett, an ex-CIA and military, in the Democratic primary in May.

Rep. Andy Barr, former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, Michael Farris from E-town and businessperson Nate Morris will face off in the Republican primary.

This story has been updated to add Michael Farris to the list of republicans running for Senate.

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