Ashley Judd 2014: Actress Planning To Run For The Senate?

Ashley Judd could be the latest actor turned politician following in the footsteps of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ronald Regan.

The "Double Jeopardy" star raised suspicion that she may be interested in running against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2014 this week after she met with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, a group that helps Democratic candidates running for office.

Last week, she also sparked buzz that she will run for the Kentucky Senate seat when she dined with top Democratic officials including Rep. John Yarmuth, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and former Kentucky Democratic Party Chairman Jonathan Miller.

Miller told the National Journal that he thinks Judd has the strongest chance out of other Democrats to steal McConnell's Senate seat being that he isn't very popular among Republicans. "These days, there's nobody who's more of a symbol of Washington than McConnell," which gives Judd the upper hand as outsider, he said. "Going against the ultimate insider is a real asset."

A DSCC official told Salon that Kentucky represents one of the Democrats' best opportunities to win a Senate seat in the 2014 election. "Whoever runs against him, as long as they have the resources to run a good campaign, and I think they will, will pose a serious threat," the official said.

In response, McConnell and Karl Rove's American Crossroads have run ads attacking Judd and other potential candidates calling the "Kiss The Girls" actress a "Hollywood liberal" and a "radical" who is too far to the left for Kentucky. The ad also questioned her state loyalty being that she has lived recently in Tennessee.