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Amy McGrath earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the United States Naval Academy, and a master's degree in international security from John Hopkins University. She is a married mother of three.

Amy is a retired U.S. Marine Corps fighter pilot. She served in the Marine Corps, where she flew combat missions in F/A-18 fighter jets. She is now running for U.S. Senate in Kentucky’s Democratic primary.

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Amy founded two political action committees five years ago. She teaches national security policy at University of Kentucky Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce. She also served as a Marine Corps Interagency Policy Lead  for two years and was a Marine Corps fighter pilot for over 11 years.

Amy McGrath previously ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018 and did not win.

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Amy previously ran for the U.S. House of Representatives Kentucky district 6 in 2018 and for a U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky in 2020 but lost both of those races.

Aims to protect Kentucky families' health, keep hospitals open, cut healthcare costs, and ensure care is accessible close to home.

Supports reproductive freedom, including access to contraception and fertility treatments.

Supports "reproductive freedom," including access to contraception and fertility treatments.

Seeks to ensure care is accessible and close to home.

Supports repealing Trump's tariffs, restoring Medicaid and healthcare subsidies, and implementing a billionaire tax.

Seeks to restore Medicaid and healthcare subsidies.

Supports universal background checks, increased funding for mental health care and crisis response, and school-based supports, while rejecting arming teachers and closing gaps that allow domestic abusers and violent offenders to access firearms.

Wants increased funding for mental health care and crisis response.

- Aims to keep hospitals open.
- Supports "reproductive freedom," including access to contraception and fertility treatments.
- Wants to cut healthcare costs.
- Seeks to ensure care is accessible and close to home.
- Seeks to restore Medicaid and healthcare subsidies.
- Wants increased funding for mental health care and crisis response.

Healthcare

Supports banning dark money, overturning Citizens United, and making voting easier for rural and working families.

Wants to overturn Citizens United, a decision that stated corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in elections cannot be limited under the First Amendment.

Advocates for making voting easier for rural and working families.

- Wants to overturn Citizens United, a decision that stated corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in elections cannot be limited under the First Amendment.
- Advocates for making voting easier for rural and working families.

Voting & Elections

Supports an all-of-the-above energy strategy to secure reliable, affordable power, create good-paying jobs, and reduce dependence on foreign supply chains.

- Supports an all-of-the-above energy strategy to secure reliable, affordable power, create good-paying jobs, and reduce dependence on foreign supply chains.

Energy & the Environment

Supports a tough, fair, and enforceable immigration system, emphasizing efficient processing of asylum claims and targeting enforcement against cartels and traffickers.

Supports a "tough, fair, and enforceable" immigration system, emphasizing efficient processing of asylum claims and targeting enforcement against cartels and traffickers.

Wants to protect veteran health care by fully funding the Veteran Administration.

Seeks to end veteran homelessness by expanding housing programs, mental health care, and wraparound services so no one who served this country is left without a place to call home.

- Supports a "tough, fair, and enforceable" immigration system, emphasizing efficient processing of asylum claims and targeting enforcement against cartels and traffickers.
- Wants to protect veteran health care by fully funding the Veteran Administration.
- Seeks to end veteran homelessness by expanding housing programs, mental health care, and wraparound services so no one who served this country is left without a place to call home.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Opposes chaotic trade wars and across-the-board tariffs, viewing them as hidden taxes that increase costs for consumers and harm Kentucky's farms and bourbon industry.

Opposes "chaotic" trade wars and across-the-board tariffs, viewing them as hidden taxes that increase costs for consumers and harm Kentucky's farms and bourbon industry.

Advocates for implementing a billionaire tax.

- Opposes "chaotic" trade wars and across-the-board tariffs, viewing them as hidden taxes that increase costs for consumers and harm Kentucky's farms and bourbon industry.
- Advocates for implementing a billionaire tax.

Economy

Supports universal background checks for firearm purchases.

Believes that politicians should focus on solving problems related to gun violence and public safety rather than using guns as a political wedge.

Believes that politicians should focus on solving problems related to gun violence and public safety rather than using "guns as a political wedge."

Supports adequately resourced and trained police, emphasizing the importance of trained teams, clear missions, and accountability in public safety.

Wants adequately resourced and trained police, emphasizing the importance of trained teams, clear missions, and accountability in public safety.

- Supports universal background checks for firearm purchases.
- Believes that politicians should focus on solving problems related to gun violence and public safety rather than using "guns as a political wedge."
- Wants adequately resourced and trained police, emphasizing the importance of trained teams, clear missions, and accountability in public safety.

Public Safety

Supports a national service program to provide debt-free higher education in exchange for community service, addressing the rising costs of education and student debt.

Supports a national service program to provide debt-free higher education in exchange for community service.

- Supports a national service program to provide debt-free higher education in exchange for community service.

Education

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Opposes tariffs that negatively impact small businesses and consumers, and advocates for the protection of rural hospitals to ensure accessible healthcare.

Opposes tariffs that negatively impact small businesses and consumers.

Wants to protect of rural hospitals to ensure accessible healthcare.

As of March 10, 2026, Amy McGrath’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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