Amy McGrath, Former Marine Fighter Pilot, Wins Democratic Primary for Kentucky's 6th District

[iluvtennis]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/us/politics/kentucky-election-mcgrath.html



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yay to the women who won tonight!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Wasn't she the one that had some truly

kick-ass ads?

[iluvtennis]

3. Yes, her ad went viral...here is you tube link

[Cha]

7. WOW!!!! OMG!

Whoa! Mahalo for the Vid on Amy McGrath, ILT.

Wow, is she ever impressive!

[Tom Rinaldo]

8. "We'll see about that"

Wow. I'm glad I finally viewed this statement (I refuse to call it an "ad" - it is much more than that.)

Go Amy!

[Blue_Tires]

11. F-4E Phantom II?

She's already my girl...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Hers was the victory I was hoping for!

I will continue to support her through the General election in Nov.

She is a strong Democrat.

Amy!

On to the Midterms and Victory!

[Exotica]

4. She drew great in the rural parts too!

I think she can win for sure!!!

[MelissaB]

5. She got my vote!

[oasis]

6. Beware of the Blue Wave 🌊🌊🌊

[vi5]

9. And just a reminder to add....

...the DCCC campaigned against her by encouraging her opponent to run anyway even though he gave her his word that he would not.

Exhibit A as to why these general party apparatus and organizations just need to stay the fuck out of it during primaries.

I've seen all sorts of excuses as to why they've needed to get involved in places like CA that have "jungle primaries" where too many candidates can do some damage to our general election chances, but this was not an example of that and they still got involved and campaigned against the favorite of Democratic voters.

[progressoid]

12. Yep. Same thing happened in Nebraska.

The DCCC pushed for Ashford (who had previously lost to the current GOP representative) but Kara Eastman beat him.

[Uncle Joe]

10. Semper Fi Amy

Thanks for the thread iluvtennis