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Addison Mitchell McConnell III [1] (/ m ə ˈ k ɒ n ə l /; born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and retired attorney who is in his seventh term as United States senator from Kentucky, having served since 1985, and is the state's senior senator, as well as the longest-serving senator in Kentucky history. McConnell previously ...
On November 13, 2024, Republican members of the United States Senate held an election to determine the next leader of the Senate Republican Conference, who is poised to become the next majority leader of the United States Senate at the start of the 119th U.S. Congress.
This is a list of United States senators from Kentucky.The state's senators belong to classes 2 and 3.Kentucky is currently represented in the U.S. Senate by Republicans Mitch McConnell (serving since 1985) and Rand Paul (serving since 2011).
Mitch McConnell, the former Senate Republican leader, is faced with the challenge of protecting the Senate's authority to advise and consent on executive nominations, as he navigates the return of ...
But McConnell's conservative critics said they weren't sorry to see him go. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., noted that he called on McConnell to step aside as leader more than a year ago and voted ...
The rift between McConnell and Trump deepened when the Senate leader said Trump was "practically and morally responsible" for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, when hundreds of Trump ...
Senate Yes 78.5 16 Roger Williams: Republican Texas: House Yes 67.0 17 Buddy Carter: Republican Georgia: House Yes 66.5 18 Jim Risch: Republican Idaho: Senate Yes 41.8 19 Mitch McConnell: Republican Kentucky: Senate Yes 34.1 20 Steve Daines: Republican Montana Senate Yes 32.9 21 Scott Peters: Democratic California House Yes 60.5* 22 Rick W ...
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