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"Ashley Judd&amp;apos;s campaign for Senate is over before it began. After months of speculation about her political ambitions -- during which time she met with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in Washington, D.C. -- the Olympus Has Fallen actress took to Twitter on Wednesday, March 27, to officially announce that she would not, in fact, seek Republican Mitch McConnell&amp;apos;s seat in Kentucky next year.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Dear Friends,&amp;quot; she wrote in the first of a series of tweets explaining her decision. &amp;quot;Thank you for these months of remarkable support &amp;amp; encouragement, for your voices, exhortations &amp;amp; prayers...Regretfully, I am currently unable to consider a campaign for the Senate.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;I have spoken to many Kentuckians over these last few months who expressed their desire for a fighter for the people &amp;amp; new leader,&amp;quot; she went on. &amp;quot;While that won&amp;apos;t be me at this time, I will continue to work as hard as I can to ensure the needs of Kentucky families are met by returning this Senate seat to whom it rightfully belongs: the people &amp;amp; their needs, dreams, and great potential.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe star -- who ended her 10-year marriage to husband Dario Franchitti in January -- suggested she had personal matters to tend to before she could devote herself completely to public concerns. &amp;quot;After serious and thorough contemplation, I realize that my responsibilities &amp;amp; energy at this time need to be focused on my family,&amp;quot; she wrote.\r\nIncluded in that family, of course, is sister Wynonna, who told Us Weekly recently that she would support Judd&amp;apos;s decision either way. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m going to love her and give her the love of a sister, which is what we all want. And give her the right to fail or succeed,&amp;quot; the singer said. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m going to support her and tell her if she needs shelter from the storm -- oh, is she going to need shelter from the storm -- I&amp;apos;m here.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nWynonna even said she&amp;apos;d vote for her sister, even though she disagrees &amp;quot;with pretty much everything [Ashley] says.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;I am for Ashley,&amp;quot; she told Us. &amp;quot;I am for Ashley because...I&amp;apos;ve seen enough movies to know that someday, we&amp;apos;re going to be 80 and 84 and I&amp;apos;m going to look back on our memories. And what am I going to remember the most? Whether she won or lost a campaign? Or am I going to remember that I was there in the wings applauding for her?&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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