Mitch McConnell 1985 - Search News

Mitch McConnell announces retirement

Mitch McConnell's retirement sparks a political explosion in Kentucky

Longtime Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) announcement Thursday that he will not seek reelection in 2026 has set off a furious scramble for the state's first vacant Senate seat in 15 years. Why it matters: A large cohort of ambitious Kentucky Republicans has long been angling to succeed the 83-year-old former Senate GOP leader,

Miami Herald · 5h

Mitch McConnell says this is his last term in office: Look at his 50 years in politics

McConnell announced Thursday he would not run in 2026. Here’s where his political career began more than 50 years ago.

USA Today · 6h

Mitch McConnell announces retirement from US Senate: How social media is reacting

Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell announced Thursday that he will not seek reelection in 2026, which drew mixed reactions on social media.

Mitch McConnell Won’t Seek Another Term in the Senate

The onetime GOP leader is known for brass-knuckled partisanship in pushing through conservative policy and his tangles with ...

4hon MSN

Mitch McConnell says he won't run for reelection next year

Former Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell says he won't run for reelection in 2026, announcing his impending departure from ...

Watch: Sen. Mitch McConnell announces on Senate floor he's not running for reelection

Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced Thursday that he would not seek reelection to the Senate after his ...

2hon MSN

Comer won’t run for McConnell’s Kentucky Senate seat in 2026

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said he won’t run for Sen. Mitch McConnell’s open Senate seat in 2026 after the former House ...

3hon MSN

‘GOOD RIDDANCE': MAGA reacts to ‘RINO’ Mitch McConnell Senate exit

In response to former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell's Senate exit many pro-Trump Republicans took to social media to celebrate, saying he has “done so much destruction" to the party.

Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.

Hide inaccessible results