A campaign to draft former fighter pilot Amy McGrath (D) to run against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellPelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Senate GOP aims to confirm Trump court pick by Oct. 29: report Trump argues full Supreme Court needed to settle potential election disputes MORE (R) in Kentucky’s Senate race has kicked off a fundraising campaign, the group said on Tuesday.

Draft Amy McGrath and Ditch Mitch, two campaigns from the anti-McConnell Ditch Fund, started the campaign Monday to draft a candidate considered one of the strongest among Kentucky Democrats.

The group said it had received donations from all 50 states in its first 24 hours, though it did not disclose the amount raised.

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“There is incredible grassroots energy for Amy McGrath to run against Mitch McConnell,” said Ryan Aquilina, the Executive Director of the Ditch Fund and its Ditch Mitch project in an email.

“We had one of our best days ever in terms of fundraising, and that proves in no uncertain terms just how much appetite there is for Amy to run and to defeat Mitch McConnell,” he added.

The groups said all the funds raised on its ActBlue draft page will immediately be transferred to McGrath’s campaign if she announces.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Chuck SchumerSenate Democrats introduce legislation to probe politicization of pandemic response Schumer interrupted during live briefing by heckler: 'Stop lying to the people' Jacobin editor: Primarying Schumer would force him to fight Trump's SCOTUS nominee MORE (D-N.Y.) has also reportedly tried to recruit McGrath to challenge his Republican colleague.

McGrath was one of the highest profile candidates in the 2018 midterm cycle, emerging as one of its top fundraisers and only narrowly losing her bid to unseat three-term Rep. Andy Barr Andy BarrPowell, Mnuchin stress limits of current emergency lending programs McConnell holds 12-point lead over Democratic challenger McGrath: poll Democrats fear 2016 repeat despite Biden's lead in polls MORE (R-Ky.).

McConnell has been in the Senate since 1985. Morning Consult found in January that the Kentucky Republican was the third most unpopular senator in the country, with 47 percent of Kentuckians disapproving of his job performance.