Amy McGrath Launches Second Kentucky Senate Bid
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Amy McGrath joins race to fill U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell's seat.
Amy McGrath announced Monday she is making a second Senate run, hoping to fill U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell's seat. McConnell announced earlier this year he was retiring, leaving his seat open. McGrath, who is a Democrat, lost to McConnell in 2020. In a video for her campaign launch, McGrath says the stakes are too high for the seat to be filled by someone who will align themselves with Trump.
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Amy McGrath Launches Second Kentucky Senate Bid
Clip: Season 4 Episode 71 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Amy McGrath announced Monday she is making a second Senate run, hoping to fill U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell's seat. McConnell announced earlier this year he was retiring, leaving his seat open. McGrath, who is a Democrat, lost to McConnell in 2020. In a video for her campaign launch, McGrath says the stakes are too high for the seat to be filled by someone who will align themselves with Trump.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipThe field of candidates vying for U.S.
Senator Mitch McConnell's Senate seat is widening.
The latest candidate, someone who has run for the seat before.
Amy McGrath.
Their retired Marine fighter pilot announced this morning she's making a second Senate run.
McGrath, who is a Democrat, lost to McConnell in 2020.
She also ran unsuccessfully for the U.S.
House in the sixth District back in 2018.
McConnell announced earlier this year he was retiring, leaving his seat open.
In a video for her campaign launch, McGrath says the stakes are too high for the seat to be filled by someone who will align themselves with President Donald Trump.
I know what courage looks like right now.
Way too many politicians don't.
And Americans are being thrown under the bus by cowards in Washington without the moral backbone to serve our nation with honor.
Three other Democrats and three Republicans are also running for Senate or McConnell's seat.
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