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Mitch McConnell Won't Seek Reelection

Sen. Mitch McConnell says he will not seek reelection in 2026

The Kentucky Republican has served more than 40 years in the chamber, and became one of the most consequential and divisive legislators in recent history.

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The dark irony of Mitch McConnell's Senate retirement speech

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky announced on his 82nd birthday that he would not seek re-election in 2026 before voting to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director.

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Mitch McConnell won't seek reelection

Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday he will not seek an eighth term in 2026, ending more than 40 years in the Senate, including the longest tenure for a Senate party leader in U.S. history. He announced his coming retirement from the Senate floor on his 83rd birthday.

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Sen. Mitch McConnell - former GOP powerhouse - won't seek reelection

Mitch McConnell has spent decades in the ... Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, were the first to embrace him. With an arm around each, he turned to those assembled ...

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Senator Mitch McConnell won’t seek reelection in 2026

McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history, chose his 83rd birthday to share his decision not to run ...

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