Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, will announce his retirement on Thursday. McConnell, first elected to the upper chamber in 1984, will deliver the ...

Daniel Cameron, former state attorney general, quickly took to social media announcing his plans to run for McConnell's seat.

None of the Republicans who have entered the race have mentioned McConnell, and they have mostly tried to distance themselves from him.