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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday he will step down this year from his leadership role, ending a record-setting tenure and ceding more influence to ...
McConnell, 82, said he plans to serve out his Senate term to January 2027, “albeit from a different seat in the chamber.” He began his political career in Washington D.C. in 1985 as the most ...
Before his election to the Senate in 1984, McConnell was the Jefferson County judge-executive from 1978 up until commencing his Senate term Jan. 3, 1985. 1984: McConnell is first elected to the ...
McConnell suggested he would finish out his term as senator, which ends in January 2026. "I’ll finish the job the people of Kentucky hired me to do as well, albeit from a different seat," he said.
The number of federal judicial vacancies at the end of Obama's term was more than twice the number at the end of George W. Bush's term. [117] [118] In a 2019 interview, McConnell credited himself for the large number of judicial vacancies created in the last two years of Obama's presidency. [90]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday he plans to serve the rest of his two-year term as party leader and his full six-year term in office, allowing ...
Unlike other state governors, Virginia governors are not allowed to serve consecutive terms. They have been barred from immediate re-election since the adoption of Virginia's second constitution, in 1830. However, a former governor is permitted to run for a second term in a future election.
Facing questions about his health, Mitch McConnell dismissed questions about retirement, vowing to serve out his Senate term, which ends in January 2027.