LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Retired Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath is running for U.S. Senate. McGrath ran against Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in 2020 and now is running for the seat he leaves open with his retirement.

She joins a growing pool of candidates. Democrats include State Rep. Pamela Stevenson, D-Louisville, Nate Forsythe, a Lexington attorney and former U.S. Secret Service agent and ex-CIA officer and military veteran Joel Willett. Rep. Andy Barr, former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, and Lexington businessman Nate Morris are running in the Republican primary.

Spectrum News 1’s Mario Anderson was the only broadcast journalist McGrath spoke to when announcing her candidacy.

McGrath said she wanted to run again because of the ongoing threats to “Democratic institutions, t

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