Ashley Judd has decided not to run for the 2014 US Senate.

There had been serious speculation that the actress was considering running against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in Kentucky.

Judd took to her Twitter to let her supporters know that she has decided to focus more on her own family.

“After serious and thorough contemplation, I realize that my responsibilities & energy at this time need to be focused on my family,” explained Judd.

She continued, “Regretfully, I am currently unable to consider a campaign for the Senate.”

Judd wants to continue to fight for the rights of families in Kentucky.

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Ashley Judd and Dario Franchitti are calling it quits after more than a decade of marriage.

“We have mutually decided to end our marriage. We’ll always be family and continue to cherish our relationship based on the special love, integrity, and respect we have always enjoyed,” Judd, 44, and Franchitti, 39, tell PEOPLE exclusively in a statement on Tuesday.

After being engaged for about two years, the Missing star and the racecar driver tied the knot in a highly private ceremony in Scotland in 2001.

Judd’s sister, Wynonna Judd, served as maid of honor, while the groom’s brother Mario was the best man.

So sad!!

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There were so many beautiful women at last night’s 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. ‘Mad Men’ and ‘American Horror Story’ led the race with 17 nominations each, but it was the casts of ‘Modern Family’, ‘Homeland’, and ‘Game Change’ that came away the big winners.

Here’s more on the awards ceremony from People:

Eric Stonestreet took home the first award of the night for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy, setting the tone for the rest of the evening. In a repeat of last year’s early Emmys sweep for the series, Julie Bowen took home the best supporting actress award, marking her second consecutive win in the category, followed by the show’s co-creator Steve Levitan winning the Emmy for outstanding comedy direction. The cast closed out the evening the same way it began, with another win, this time for outstanding comedy series.

Newcomer Homeland had an incredible night following the show’s debut season. The Showtime series’ star Damian Lewis won the Emmy for the lead actor in a drama series – while his pregnant costar Claire Danes scooped up the best actress award. Homeland also took home the Emmys for outstanding writing and outstanding drama series.

After playing Sarah Palin in HBO’s Game Change, Julianne Moore won her first Primetime Emmy for lead actress in a miniseries or movie. “I feel so validated because Sarah Palin gave me a big thumbs down,” she said as she accepted her award. The political film – which won four awards total – also took home honors for outstanding writing, outstanding directing and outstanding miniseries or movie.

Two and Half Men‘s Jon Cryer won the Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a comedy. “Don’t panic people, something has clearly gone terribly wrong. I am stunned, I didn’t actually win this – this did not just happen!” Cryer said, addressing his fellow nominees Don Cheadle, Louis C.K., Jim Parsons, Larry David and Alec Baldwin. Meanwhile, Julia Louis-Dreyfus took home the Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a comedy.

Breaking Bad‘s Aaron Paul was stunned as he accepted his Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series. “I cannot believe I’m standing on this stage, let alone in this room,” he said. But before stepping down from the stage, the actor thanked his fiancée Lauren Parsekian. “You saved me,” he said.

Downton Abbey‘s Maggie Smith won the Emmy for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series, beating out Archie Panjabi, Anna Gunn, Joanne Froggatt, Christina Hendricks and Christine Baranksi, but wasn’t present to accept.

While accepting the Emmy for outstanding variety series, Jon Stewart earned first-to-get-bleeped honors after winning his 10th consecutive Emmy for The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.

And Jessica Lange stunned in red as she accepted the Emmy for outstanding supporting actress in a miniseries or movie for her role as Constance Langdon in American Horror Story, while Kevin Costner took home the Emmy for outstanding lead actor in the same category for his role in Hatfields and McCoys.

I’ll be posting pictures from the red carpet, and here are the people I’ll be posting pictures of. Who was your best dressed from last night?

Pictured: Amanda Peet, Kelly Osbourne, Jenna Malone, Ginnifer Goodwin, Heidi Klum, Edie Falco, Hayden Panetierre, Elizabeth Moss, Leslie Mann, January Jones, Amy Poehler, Julianne Hough, Kristen Wiig, Kevin Costner, Sofia Vergara, Ashley Judd, Tina Fey, Jessica Lange, Juliana Margulies, Julianne Moore, Claire Danes, Ellen Degeneres, Portia de Rossi, Lucy Liu, Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban and Christina Hendricks.

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Ashley Judd has written a somber new memoir based on her childhood and famous family called “All That Is Bitter & Sweet.”

Radar Online, which obtained a copy in advance of its Tuesday release date, reveals excerpts in which Judd counters the notion, made famous by her mother, Naomi, that the Judd family put the fun in dysfunctional.

After her father moved out, Ashley says, her mother began another relationship, with a man who was an abusive heroin addict.

“I was taught to believe that our lifestyle was normal and never to question it or complain, even when I was left alone for hours, sometimes days at a time, or when I was passed without warning to yet another relative,” Judd writes.

The problems for the actress didn’t just occur outside the house, as she details a sexual assault she suffered while getting pizza.

“An old man everyone knew beckoned me into a dark, empty corner of the business and offered me a quarter for the pinball machine at the pizza place if I’d sit on his lap,” Judd writes. “He opened his arms, I climbed up, and I was shocked when he suddenly cinched his arms around me, squeezing me and smothering my mouth with his, jabbing his tongue deep into my mouth.”

Her first chapter begins:

“My family of origin, the one into which I was born, was also brimming with love but was not a healthy family system,” Judd writes in that first chapter. “There was too much trauma, abandonment, addiction and shame. My mother, while she was transforming herself into the country legend Naomi Judd, created an origin myth for the Judds that did not match my reality. She and my sister have been quoted as saying that our family put the “fun” in dysfunction. I wondered: Who, exactly, was having all the fun? What was I missing?”

According to ET, Mom Naomi Judd and sister Wynona are standing behind Ashley. In the book, Ashley details her battle with depression as a result of growing up with molestation, loneliness and neglect. “I think it’s key for us to spend time figuring our own reality,” says Naomi. “Every unhappiness is tied to a story, and we have to go back and figure out our stories. And then it’s our stories that connect us.”

Wynonna adds, “The veil has been lifted. Secrets keep you sick and families will heal once you get real.” When asked if she is proud of her sister, Wynonna says, “Yes.”

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Variety confirms that Ashley Judd is returning to TV in a new ABC version of ‘Taken’!

Ashley Judd is close to signing a deal that would cast her as the lead in ABC’s “Missing.”

Drama, from writer Greg Poirier and ABC Studios, has a 10-episode order and will start shooting this summer in Europe as it preps for a fall or midseason launch.

“Missing” centers on a suburban mother who, after her son disappears in Italy while studying abroad, rushes to Europe to track him down. It soon becomes clear she is no ordinary soccer mom, but a former CIA agent who will stop at nothing to bring her son home alive.

This is Judd’s first series since she co-starred in NBC’s “Sisters” from 1991-94. Her next bigscreen role will be in Warner Bros.’ “Dolphin Tale,” due in September.

I loved the movie, which starred Liam Neeson. I like the idea of turning it into a TV show – very Alias-ish!

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Ashley Judd has taken some time off lately to focus on getting a diploma in public administration from Harvard University.  Since graduating last week, Ashley’s ready to jump back into acting. (I’m going to pretend like her latest movie Tooth Fairy never actually happened. It was painfully bad!)

Liv Tyler was set to star opposite Patrick Dempsey in a bank-heist-comedy-caper called “Flypaper”. Liv had to drop out, so Ashley swooped in and snatched up the role!

The film, written by “The Hangover” scribes Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, will tell the story of a man caught up in two simultaneous bank robberies who tries to save a teller he is secretly in love with, according to Variety.com.

The project is due to begin filming in Louisiana later this month.

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