I loved Amy McGrath’s video last fall when she announced she was running for KY-06. Tonight I searched for current information on her since I haven’t seen much in the news recently. Vox did a great interview with her in January.
www.vox.com/...This Democrat thinks she can win in “Trump country” Kentucky. But will national Democrats support her?
As I read the article, it noted that the DCCC encouraged Lexington Mayor, Jim Gray, to run against her in the Dem primary. He is a rich, white, businessman, who can self-finance his campaign.
The financial contrast between Gray and McGrath has become a crucial narrative of her campaign.
“Recruiting the same types of big-city, older millionaires is not the future,” McGrath said. “Especially in the Democratic Party, we cannot keep relying on a staple of rich white people, old men, to save the Democratic Party.”
And this from the DCCC
The DCCC declined to comment on the record, but one official said the organization believes Gray is more well-positioned to win against Barr.
He has a track record of — losing — to Rand Paul in 2016 Senate election.
McGrath sees the problem with the established Democratic party leaders.
McGrath calls Gray a “strong Democrat” and says she aligns with him on most policy issues, but she’s also frustrated by a dynamic she characterizes as her party not learning its lesson from 2016.
“In the rural areas, many, many people feel left out and left behind by our country. They feel that the Democratic Party is being led by New York City and San Francisco, and they don’t see any leadership in the Democratic Party that speaks to them. That’s where the disconnect is,” McGrath said.
McGrath is visiting many small, rural counties in KY to show she cares. These are areas that no one visits, especially Dem candidates. She did an interview with a small town, conservative newspaper editor who told her:
“The other primary candidates never come down here. They never bother. They just write us off.”
Mcgrath said that the article he wrote was better than the one in HuffPost.
I get frustrated and angry that there are so many fresh voices running for office in the Democratic party, yet on a national level, the DCCC is not supporting them. Maybe they are supporting them and I am uninformed, or have they not learned anything in the past year?
www.amymcgrathforcongress.com