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Amy McGrath earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the United States Naval Academy, and a master's degree in international security from John Hopkins University. She is a married mother of three.

Amy is a retired U.S. Marine Corps fighter pilot. She served in the Marine Corps, where she flew combat missions in F/A-18 fighter jets. She is now running for U.S. Senate in Kentucky’s Democratic primary.

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Amy founded two political action committees five years ago. She teaches national security policy at University of Kentucky Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce. She also served as a Marine Corps Interagency Policy Lead  for two years and was a Marine Corps fighter pilot for over 11 years.

Amy McGrath previously ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018 and did not win.

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Amy previously ran for the U.S. House of Representatives Kentucky district 6 in 2018 and for a U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky in 2020 but lost both of those races.

Aims to protect Kentucky families' health, keep hospitals open, cut healthcare costs, and ensure care is accessible close to home.

Supports reproductive freedom, including access to contraception and fertility treatments.

Supports "reproductive freedom," including access to contraception and fertility treatments.

Seeks to ensure care is accessible and close to home.

Supports repealing Trump's tariffs, restoring Medicaid and healthcare subsidies, and implementing a billionaire tax.

Seeks to restore Medicaid and healthcare subsidies.

Supports universal background checks, increased funding for mental health care and crisis response, and school-based supports, while rejecting arming teachers and closing gaps that allow domestic abusers and violent offenders to access firearms.

Wants increased funding for mental health care and crisis response.

- Aims to keep hospitals open.
- Supports "reproductive freedom," including access to contraception and fertility treatments.
- Wants to cut healthcare costs.
- Seeks to ensure care is accessible and close to home.
- Seeks to restore Medicaid and healthcare subsidies.
- Wants increased funding for mental health care and crisis response.

Healthcare

Supports banning dark money, overturning Citizens United, and making voting easier for rural and working families.

Wants to overturn Citizens United, a decision that stated corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in elections cannot be limited under the First Amendment.

Advocates for making voting easier for rural and working families.

- Wants to overturn Citizens United, a decision that stated corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in elections cannot be limited under the First Amendment.
- Advocates for making voting easier for rural and working families.

Voting & Elections

Supports an all-of-the-above energy strategy to secure reliable, affordable power, create good-paying jobs, and reduce dependence on foreign supply chains.

- Supports an all-of-the-above energy strategy to secure reliable, affordable power, create good-paying jobs, and reduce dependence on foreign supply chains.

Energy & the Environment

Supports a tough, fair, and enforceable immigration system, emphasizing efficient processing of asylum claims and targeting enforcement against cartels and traffickers.

Supports a "tough, fair, and enforceable" immigration system, emphasizing efficient processing of asylum claims and targeting enforcement against cartels and traffickers.

Wants to protect veteran health care by fully funding the Veteran Administration.

Seeks to end veteran homelessness by expanding housing programs, mental health care, and wraparound services so no one who served this country is left without a place to call home.

- Supports a "tough, fair, and enforceable" immigration system, emphasizing efficient processing of asylum claims and targeting enforcement against cartels and traffickers.
- Wants to protect veteran health care by fully funding the Veteran Administration.
- Seeks to end veteran homelessness by expanding housing programs, mental health care, and wraparound services so no one who served this country is left without a place to call home.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Opposes chaotic trade wars and across-the-board tariffs, viewing them as hidden taxes that increase costs for consumers and harm Kentucky's farms and bourbon industry.

Opposes "chaotic" trade wars and across-the-board tariffs, viewing them as hidden taxes that increase costs for consumers and harm Kentucky's farms and bourbon industry.

Advocates for implementing a billionaire tax.

- Opposes "chaotic" trade wars and across-the-board tariffs, viewing them as hidden taxes that increase costs for consumers and harm Kentucky's farms and bourbon industry.
- Advocates for implementing a billionaire tax.

Economy

Supports universal background checks for firearm purchases.

Believes that politicians should focus on solving problems related to gun violence and public safety rather than using guns as a political wedge.

Believes that politicians should focus on solving problems related to gun violence and public safety rather than using "guns as a political wedge."

Supports adequately resourced and trained police, emphasizing the importance of trained teams, clear missions, and accountability in public safety.

Wants adequately resourced and trained police, emphasizing the importance of trained teams, clear missions, and accountability in public safety.

- Supports universal background checks for firearm purchases.
- Believes that politicians should focus on solving problems related to gun violence and public safety rather than using "guns as a political wedge."
- Wants adequately resourced and trained police, emphasizing the importance of trained teams, clear missions, and accountability in public safety.

Public Safety

Supports a national service program to provide debt-free higher education in exchange for community service, addressing the rising costs of education and student debt.

Supports a national service program to provide debt-free higher education in exchange for community service.

- Supports a national service program to provide debt-free higher education in exchange for community service.

Education

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Opposes tariffs that negatively impact small businesses and consumers.

Wants to protect of rural hospitals to ensure accessible healthcare.

Charles Booker is from Louisville, Kentucky. He attended the University of Louisville. He has a bachelor of science in political science from the University of Louisville and a law degree from the University of Louisville. He lives with his daughters in the West End neighborhood.

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Charles Booker has a bachelor's degree in political science and a law degree from the University of Louisville. He is a father.

Charles is a state representative in the Kentucky House of Representatives. He works at the Kentucky House of Representatives, where he has been since 2018. He previously worked as a legislative intern for U.S. Representative Gregory Meeks and for the Kentucky State Senate, as a legislative aide to Metro Council member David Tandy, as an analyst with the Legislative Research Commission, as director of Personnel and Administrative Services for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Services, as a project manager for Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer’s Innovation Team, and as head of the Governor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.

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Charles previously worked as a legislative intern for U.S. Representative Gregory Meeks and for the Kentucky State Senate, as a legislative aide to Metro Council member David Tandy, as an analyst with the Legislative Research Commission, as director of Personnel and Administrative Services for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Services, as a project manager for Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer’s Innovation Team, and as head of the Governor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.

Charles served in District 43 of the Kentucky State Senate from 2018 to 2020. He lost a 2016 race for Kentucky State Senate District 33 and the 2020 and 2022 races for a U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky.

Supports legislation to eliminate corruption in politics, including ending Citizens United, banning corporate PAC money, closing Super PAC loopholes, and increasing donor transparency.

Advocates for legislation to eliminate "corruption in politics," including ending unlimited corporate spending for political campaigns, and increasing donor transparency.

- Advocates for legislation to eliminate "corruption in politics," including ending unlimited corporate spending for political campaigns, and increasing donor transparency.

As of March 10, 2026, Charles Booker’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports ending "endless wars" and opposes funding "genocides" and the "military industrial complex."

Against the "military industrial complex."

Thinks Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a rogue agency.

Believes President Trump is lying to justify unauthorized military action in Iran and thinks it is an impeachable offense.

- Supports ending "endless wars."
- Opposes funding "genocides."
- Against the "military industrial complex."
- Thinks Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a rogue agency.
- Believes President Trump is lying to justify unauthorized military action in Iran and thinks it is an impeachable offense.

Supports implementing a minimum salary of $40,000 for a 40-hour work week.

Believes in protecting small businesses, family farms, and grassroots organizations from corporate greed.

Believes in protecting small businesses, family farms, and grassroots organizations from "corporate greed."

Supports Universal Basic Income, a policy that provides a fixed income to all citizens.

- Supports implementing a minimum salary of $40,000 for a 40-hour work week.
- Believes in protecting small businesses, family farms, and grassroots organizations from "corporate greed."
- Supports Universal Basic Income, a policy that provides a fixed income to all citizens.
- Advocates for reparations.
- Thinks housing is a human right.

Believes in addressing gun violence as a public health crisis.

- Believes in addressing gun violence as a public health crisis.

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Dale Lewis Romans has a partner and is a father.

Dale is a racehorse trainer. He works at his own training stable, where he has trained over 2,250 winning horses, including 12 that raced in the Kentucky Derby and winners of the Preakness and Travers Stakes. He previously worked with top Kentucky trainers early in his career.

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- Opposes recent medicaid cuts.
- Wants to create better rehab programs.

- Advocates for Congressional term limits.

As of March 10, 2026, Dale Lewis Romans’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Opposes the Trump Administration's deportation policies.

- Opposes the Trump Administration's deportation policies.

Supports expanding economic opportunity, investing in public education and job training, and protecting Kentucky industries from harmful overregulation and trade policies.

Advocates for protecting Kentucky industries from harmful overregulation and trade policies.

Against the Trump Administration's tariff policies.

- Supports expanding economic opportunity.
- Advocates for protecting Kentucky industries from harmful overregulation and trade policies.
- Against the Trump Administration's tariff policies.
- Wants affordable childcare.
- Aims to lower the cost of living.

Believes in investing in public education and job training.

Promotes technology in classrooms, flexible grade levels, and teaching that "meets kids where they are."

- Believes in investing in public education and job training.
- Promotes technology in classrooms, flexible grade levels, and teaching that "meets kids where they are."
- Believes in "fair pay" for teachers.

Dale Lewis Romans

Dale is a Thoroughbred horse trainer. He works at his own training stable, where he has achieved over 2,250 career wins, including victories in the Preakness Stakes and the Travers Stakes, and has trained 12 horses to race in the Kentucky Derby. He previously walked horses and learned from top trainers in Kentucky at the start of his career.

Dale Lewis Romans’s campaign for the United States Senate representing Kentucky is his first run for public office.

Joshua is a marijuana legalization activist. He previously served in the U.S. Army.

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Joshua Blanton Sr. previously ran for the U.S. Senate in 2022 and did not win.

As of March 10, 2026, Joshua Blanton Sr.’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Supports term limits for members of Congress and Supreme Court justices.

- Supports term limits for members of Congress and Supreme Court justices.

- Supports the legalization of marijuana.

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Logan Forsythe is from Lyon County, Kentucky. He has a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Kentucky and a law degree from the University of Northern Kentucky. He and his wife, Brittany, have two children.

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Logan is a former U.S. Secret Service agent.

Logan currently works as an attorney. He is a former U.S. Secret Service agent.

Logan's campaign for U.S. Senator is his first run for public office. 

For Candidate Logan Forsythe on Issue healthcare: Advocates for rolling back federal Medicaid cuts and ensuring rural hospitals remain open for better access to healthcare for Kentuckians.

Advocates rolling back federal Medicaid cuts and ensuring rural hospitals remain open for better access to healthcare.

- Advocates rolling back federal Medicaid cuts and ensuring rural hospitals remain open for better access to healthcare.

As of March 10, 2026, Logan Forsythe’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports addressing Kentucky's minimum wage, stating it is "laughable" and insufficient for working families.

Plans to address Kentucky's minimum wage, stating it is "laughable" and insufficient for working families.

Plans on creating policies to address affordability issues.

- Plans to address Kentucky's minimum wage, stating it is "laughable" and insufficient for working families.
- Plans on creating policies to address affordability issues.

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Stated he "doesn’t agree with President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to states against their governors’ wishes."

- Stated he "doesn’t agree with President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to states against their governors’ wishes."

Seeks to make education attainable for everyone, including by having access to grants, scholarships and student loans.

- Seeks to make education attainable for everyone, including by having access to grants, scholarships and student loans.

Logan Forsythe

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Pamela Stevenson earned her bachelor in Business from Indiana University and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.

Pamela is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel. She served in the Air Force for 27 years as a judge advocate general (JAG) attorney. She is also the founder of a nonprofit law center that serves veterans, the elderly, and working families. 

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Pamela is currently a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing District 43. She was first elected in 2020 and is currently serving her third term. She previously ran for state attorney general in 2023 but did not win.

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Plans to continue advocating for accessible healthcare.

- Plans to continue advocating for accessible healthcare.

As of March 10, 2026, Pamela Stevenson’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Sponsored numerous bills to protect veterans' earned benefits from retaliatory measures, expand military-connected educational benefits, and improve access to mental health treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

- Sponsored numerous bills to protect veterans' earned benefits from retaliatory measures, expand military-connected educational benefits, and improve access to mental health treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Championed legislation to create tax credits for renters and first-time homebuyers, secure funding for affordable housing initiatives, protect fair wages, and ensure access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

- Championed legislation to create tax credits for renters and first-time homebuyers, secure funding for affordable housing initiatives, protect fair wages, and ensure access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Advocate of early childhood education and literacy interventions.

- Advocate of early childhood education and literacy interventions.

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Vincent Thompson has a degree in general studies and humanities from Elizabethtown Community and Technical College and a degree in philosophy and religious studies from the University of Louisville. He is a widower and lives with his daughter in Rineyville.

Vincent works as a beef cattle and goat farmer. He previously worked as a dealer at Beck's Superior Hybrids, an insurance agent at Aflac and the Knights of Columbus, and a shipping clerk at Dow Corning.

Vincent Anthony Thompson's campaign for Kentucky US Senator, Democratic Primary is his first entry into politics.

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Vincent currently serves as a Hardin County Conservation District supervisor. He was first elected in 2014.

Said, "Insurance should not stand in the way of people's healthcare. Legislators should not stand in the way of people's healthcare."

Said, "[i]nsurance should not stand in the way of people's healthcare. Legislators should not stand in the way of people's healthcare."

- Said, "[i]nsurance should not stand in the way of people's healthcare. Legislators should not stand in the way of people's healthcare."

As of March 10, 2026, Vincent Anthony Thompson did not have a website or any information online.

Vincent Anthony Thompson

As of March 10, 2026, Vincent Anthony Thompson’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Vincent Anthony Thompson's wife passed away in 2020. He has a job as the chairman for the National Conservation Foundation.

Vincent is the chairman of the National Conservation Foundation. He has also worked in public service for the past 15 years, focusing on education and healthcare reform.

Vincent previously ran for the U.S. Senate in 2024 but did not win.

- The US Senator is a member of the United States Senate, the upper house of the United States Congress. There are a total of 100 US Senators. Kentucky, like every other US state, has two senators. 
- US Senators have a great deal of power when it comes to bringing the concerns of their state to the national arena. US Senators can author, sponsor, amend, debate, and vote on bills that may become national law. 
- US Senators have an important role in deciding who runs the federal government. They hold confirmation hearings for most presidential appointees, including new Supreme Court Justices and Presidential Cabinet Members.
- Senators can be appointed to committees that focus on particular issues. Examples include the Appropriations Committee, which handles budget planning, and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which is a diplomatic body that welcomes foreign delegations.
- Senators are elected to six-year terms in statewide elections. US Senators are paid a salary of $174,000/year.

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