Candidate spotlight
Candidate for: U.S. Senate
Party: Democrat
Logan Forsythe did not respond to request for comment. This profile was compiled using information from his campaign website and previous coverage.
Logan Forsythe is a former Secret Service agent, attorney and first-generation college graduate.
Forsythe lives in Lexington with his wife, Brittany, and their two kids, Maddox and Maggie.
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According to his campaign website, he attended the University of Kentucky, earning a degree in Biology, and went on to Law School at the University of Northern Kentucky. Forsythe accelerated his law education to graduate in a year and a half instead of the usual three, so he could better provide for his newborn son.
The Democratic candidates in the May 19 primary are: Charles Booker, Joshua Blanton Sr., Logan Forsythe, Amy McGrath, Dale Lewis Romans, Pamela Stevenson, and Vincent Anthony Thompson.
Longtime incumbent Mitch McConnell is not seeking reelection.
Out of law school, he was recruited to work at the Department of Defense. He was stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, working on acquisitions and contract negotiations related to the armed forces.
After three years with the Defense Department, he was recruited to join the Secret Service. On his campaign website, he said it was an honor for him to again step up and serve his country. Graduating at the top of his class, he went on to protect presidents of both parties and leaders from around the world.
“Make sure you’re voting for the right person who has lived a regular Kentucky experience, who knows what the average middle-class person is going through and wants to help you with that,” Forsythe said at a Boone County Democratic Women’s Club Forum on March 21.
After a car accident in 2022, Forsythe was injured and unable to continue serving as a federal agent. He returned to practicing law in Kentucky, and instead of protecting world leaders, he is now protecting workers who are injured and discriminated against on the job. His practice is focused on serving workers across rural Western Kentucky because he said on his campaign website that he knows all communities should have a fighter in their corner.