(TNS) The former Democratic candidate for Congress and Senate announced Monday she’s running for Sen. Mitch McConnell’s seat again in 2026.

Although Kentucky has voted reliably red in federal elections for decades and President Donald Trump earned 64.6% of the vote to easily win the state last year, McGrath said her anti-Trump campaign can win.

It was the Trump administration’s pushes on cuts to Medicaid spending, tariffs and the economy that spurred her decision to run again, she said in an interview with the Herald-Leader.

“What we’re seeing from folks in power right now is not what most Kentuckians voted for. I don’t think any Kentuckians voted for higher prices or less health care. They didn’t vote for more taxes in the form of tariffs and putting rural hospitals at risk. That’s wha

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