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Mitch McConnell not running for eighth Senate term in 2026
Better to enjoy his remaining time in peace, without feeling the need for more botox.
[NYPOST] Sen. Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving party leader in the upper chamber's history, announced Thursday that he will not seek re-election in 2026.

In a parting floor speech, McConnell (R-Ky.) recounted how his journey from interning for former Sen. John Sherman Cooper (R-Ky.) to leading the Republican conference for 18 years fulfilled ''a childhood dream.''

''Seven times, my fellow Kentuckians have sent me to the Senate. Every day in between I've been humbled by the trust they've placed in me to do their business right here,'' McConnell said in the address, which coincided with his 83rd birthday.

Within minutes, former Kentucky GOP gubernatorial candidate Daniel Cameron,
… Trump-endorsed Kentucky attorney general (12/2019 to 1/2024), during which time he chose not to prosecute the police officers who’d killed gangster moll Breonna Taylor, he was on President Trump’s first term back-up list of potential Supreme Court justices, all of which sounds promising…
an ex-McConnell aide, announced he was running for his former boss’s seat in the Senate.



Posted by: Fred 2025-02-21
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