Republican Mitch McConnell will retire from Senate after 2026 election
Republican U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, who acquired the moniker "Grim Reaper" as the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, said on Thursday he will not seek reelection in 2026, ending a decades-long career that helped steer American politics decisively to the right.
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving sitting senator, has announced he will leave Congress at the end of his term.
McConnell announced Thursday he would not run in 2026. Here’s where his political career began more than 50 years ago.
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