Amy McGrath Speaks In 2018
From her kitchen table, a teenage Amy McGrath wrote her senator to ask him to change the rules so that women could fly fighter planes. Thirty years and 89 combat missions later, the Kentucky native has flown her way into the history books. Amy was the first female to pilot the F-18 fighter jet in a combat mission. The U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel graduated from the Naval Academy, served in the Marines for 20 years, and retired to her home in Kentucky to raise her family. In 2018, as a Democrat, she sought to unseat Rep. Andy Barr. Though she outspent him by three million dollars, she lost the election by 3 points. In 2019, she announced she would challenge Mitch McConnell for his senate seat, a seat he first won in 1984. While her 2018 campaign stayed positive, with Amy refusing to run attack ads, her 2019 campaign was different as she kicked things off by calling Mitch everything that was wrong in Washington.
Amy McGrath On The Campaign Trail
During her 2018 campaign, Amy McGrath ran as a moderate Democrat. Kentucky has been a conservative state for decades, and went for Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential Election by 30 points.
Amy Meets Voters In 2017
Amy McGrath hugs a supporter following her victory speech after being elected as the Democratic candidate for Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District, in Richmond, Ky. Amy would win the more urban/Democratic-leaning areas, but Andy Barr would win the election by appealing to rural voters.
Amy’s Bipartisanship
Amy McGrath knows how to work with Republicans. Here, she poses with her husband, Erik Henderson, a lifelong Republican. The couple has three children together.
Don’t Forget To Vote
Amy McGrath stands in line with her family while waiting to vote on Election Day in Georgetown, KY in 2018. She would lose the election by 3 points.
