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  • Sen. Mitch McConnell won’t seek reelection in 2026, ending long tenure as Republican power broker

    02/20/2025 8:40:40 AM PST · by janetjanet998 · 53 replies
    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell is announcing on Thursday that he won’t seek reelection next year, ending a decadeslong tenure as a power broker who championed conservative causes but ultimately ceded ground to the fierce GOP populism of President Donald Trump
  • McConnell to announce retirement from the Senate

    02/20/2025 9:06:05 AM PST · by C210N · 113 replies
    Politico ^ | 2/20/2025 | Daniel Desrochers, Jonathan Martin and Daniel Lippman
    Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the former majority leader and the most consequential Republican senator of his generation, will announce Thursday he will not seek reelection next year, according to people briefed on his plans.
  • BREAKING NEWS Mitch McConnell announces he won't run for reelection

    02/20/2025 9:20:11 AM PST · by Morgana · 76 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | February 20, 2025 | Sarah Ewall-Wice
    Sen. Mitch McConnell, 83, announced on Thursday that he will not be seeking reelection to the Senate. 'Seven times, my fellow Kentuckians have sent me to the Senate,' McConnell said on the Senate floor. 'Every day in between I've been humbled by the trust they've placed in me to do their business right here,' he said. Representing our commonwealth has been the honor of a lifetime. I will not seek this honor an eighth time. My current term in the Senate will be my last,' he continued. McConnell, the longest-serving GOP Senate leader, first entered the Senate in 1985, but...