Calling her party's victory in the Kentucky governor's race a jolt of momentum for her own bid to unseat a
Republican incumbent, Democrat Amy McGrath on Friday officially filed to challenge
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in what looms as a bruising, big-spending campaign next year.
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McGrath, a retired Marine combat pilot, touted many of the same issues — health care and good-paying jobs — that Andy Beshear highlighted in ousting Republican incumbent Matt Bevin in last month's
election for governor.
Beshear ran a “great campaign" that focused on issues that hit home for Kentuckians, McGrath said in a phone interview with The Associated Press.