Democrat Who Lost House Race Announces Challenge to Senator Mitch McConnell

Democratic nominee Amy McGrath concedes the election for Kentuckys 6th congressional district to Republican incumbent Andy Barr at the Eastern Kentucky University's Center for the Arts in Richmond, KY on Nov. 6, 2018. Philip Scott Andrews for The Washington Post via Getty Images

A Kentucky Democrat who lost a 2018 bid for a House of Representatives seat says she’s going to challenge longtime Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

Amy McGrath, a former fighter pilot, said in a three-minute video released on July 9 that McConnell has “bit by bit, year by year, turned Washington into something we all despise.”