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Cameron, McGrath officially file for McConnell's Senate seat

Daniel Cameron and Amy McGrath both officially threw their hats in the ring this week to run for Mitch McConnell's U.S. Senate seat.

Former Kentucky Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Cameron filed on Wednesday, although he made his announcement to run just minutes after McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history, announced in Feb. 2025 that he would not to seek reelection.

Cameron served as the Commonwealth of Kentucky's 51st attorney general until Jan. 1, 2024. He was the first Republican elected to the attorney general's office since 1948 and also made history as the first African American independently elected to statewide office in Kentucky's history. He previously served as legal counsel to McConnell.

He also ran in the 2024 Kentucky gubernatorial race but lost to incumbent Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky. 

McGrath officially filed to run for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, marking her second attempt at the seat currently held by McConnell.

McGrath ran for the seat in 2020 but lost to McConnell in the general election. 

McGrath also ran and lost a race for U.S. House of Representatives to Congressman Andy Barr in 2018. Barr has also filed to run for McConnell’s seat and could face McGrath again. Other candidates seeking the Democratic nomination include Pamela Stevenson, Joel Willett, and Logan Forsythe. 

The primary election is scheduled for May 19.


(AP file photos)
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