Amy McGrath is running for Congress again—this time for the Senate
“Everything that’s wrong with Washington had to start someplace,” she said in a“Well, it started with this man who was elected a lifetime ago, and who has — bit by bit, year by year — turned Washington into something we all despise, where dysfunction and chaos are political weapons, where budgets and health care and the Supreme Court are held hostage,” she said of McConnell.
McGrath is a major recruit for Democrats, but she faces a serious uphill challenge against the Kentucky Republican, who was first elected to the Senate in 1984 and has been the Republican leader since 2007. McConnell won his most recent race in 2014 by nearly 16 percentage points, and President Donald Trump carried Kentucky by nearly 30 points in 2016. But Democrats hope McGrath, who pulled in more than $8 million for her House race in 2018 and has a proven online fundraising base, will be able to raise the money and has a profile that will make her competitive against McConnell. GOP Rep.defeated McGrath last year, 51 percent to 48 percent, in a district Trump won by 15 percentage points in 2016.
McGrath acknowledged in an interview on MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" that McConnell is “formidable” and that Kentucky is “a very pro-Trump state.” But she said her message would be that “the things that Kentuckians voted for Trump for are not being done."Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.She also immediately tried to separate herself from the 2020 Democratic presidential field, calling herself a “moderate” and saying she thought many of the presidential candidates were “pulling a little too far to the left” during the presidential debates.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Democrat Amy McGrath challenges GOP Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2020 Senate raceMcGrath likely faces an uphill climb against McConnell, who has been in the Senate since 1985.
Read more »
Amy McGrath announces bid for Mitch McConnell's Senate seatAmy McGrath, a Marine combat aviator who narrowly lost a House race to an incumbent Republican in Kentucky, has set her sights on an even more formidable target: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. McGrath, whose campaign announcement video in her House race showcased the viral power of social media
Read more »
Former Rep. Scott Taylor announces US Senate bid in VirginiaRepublican former Rep. Scott Taylor says he&39;s running for U.S. Senate in Virginia, hoping to unseat Democrat Mark Warner in a state that&39;s become increasingly hostile to the GOP. Taylor is an ex-Navy SEAL and state delegate who was once a fast-rising star in the Republican Party.
Read more »
Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach announces US Senate bidTrump ally Kris Kobach enters contest for U.S. Senate seat held by retiring GOP Sen. Pat Roberts. The move follows a failed gubernatorial bid in 2018, in which he lost to Democrat Laura Kelly.
Read more »
Who is Amy McGrath? Veteran fighter pilot to take on Mitch McConnell in 2020 Senate raceIn her launch video, she spoke about writing to McConnell when she was 13-years-old about her fighter pilot ambitions, and he never wrote back.
Read more »