A biography for Amy McGrathhasn’t been written yet.
“Part of that problem is women don't run. We don't run for office. It's not that people are overwhelmingly voting against us. We just don't step up to the plate. So we have to do a better job of recruiting women and getting women to step up.”
“The fake news, the divisiveness, the labeling of every side. It's wrong, and it's not America.”
“Kentuckians voted for Donald Trump because they wanted to drain the swamp and lower prescription drug prices. A lot of what has stood in the way of what Donald Trump promised is Senator McConnell.”
“I think there are enough restrictions on abortion and they're reasonable.”
“I'm somebody who looks at things through the lens of being a wife and being a mother and being a United States Marine.”
“I've spent my adult life in the national security realm.”
“The reason why we have 19 percent women in places like Congress is because we don't run at the same rate as men. And I think one of the things we're starting to realize is we have to step into the arena.”
“When I left Kentucky at age 18 to attend the U.S. Naval Academy and lifted my right hand to swear the oath to defend our Constitution, I did so willingly.”
“As somebody who has spent her entire adult life defending this country, I'd say defending our elections is a fundamental part of defending our democracy.”
“My childhood dream was never to be a politician.”
“You can't drain the swamp, as President Trump has touted doing, without getting rid of Mitch McConnell.”
“We're seeing that the well-funded, sort of 'having the establishment backing' doesn't really help you. In fact, you know people are sort of tired of that - they don't trust the Democratic National Party. Many Democrats in Kentucky don't. They are looking for somebody who is honest.”
“People who know me personally know me as an introvert.”
“We'd never be talking about Senator McGrath saying anything about state and local governments should be going bankrupt. I'd never even think about it.”
“When I was an Independent I believed the same things I believe now as a Democrat. I was an Independent because I was a military officer. I felt like that was the best thing to do because I wanted to be a leader and I didn't want to influence people under me in that way.”
“Trump promised to bring back jobs. He promised to lower drug prices for so many Kentuckians. And that is very important.”
“The Republican Party does such a better job of grooming the next generation of Republican leaders. The Democratic Party does not, and I think that we need to change that.”
“I am further left, I am more progressive, than anyone in the state of Kentucky.”
“You know, I think that with Judge Kavanaugh, yeah, I probably would have voted for him.”
“With regard to women, I'm not running as a woman - 'Vote for me!' But the fact of the matter is we have a very low percentage of women in our Legislature in this country compared to other nations in the western world.”