On the other hand voters might have been annoyed at having to stay up until one in the morning to follow the proceedings, so this might have been a wise decision by McConnell. By the way, why is he referred to as Cocaine Mitch by a FReeper??
I just looked it up myself. Apparently during a primary his opponent was trying to make something of the fact that 90 pounds of coke were found on a vessel that McConnell’s father in law owns. Part of a campaign ad said he wanted to “ditch Cocaine Mitch.”