Full list of Senate Seats Up For Grabs in 2026 As Mitch McConnell Becomes Later Senator to Opt Out of Re-Election Run
McConnell announced he will not seek re-election in 2026, ending his four-decade Senate career. He joins two other Senators who have announced their retirement.
Mitch McConnell will not seek re-election to the Senate. Here's a timeline of his career
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell announced on Thursday he does not plan to run for re-election in 2026. Here's what to know about his career in the Senate.
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.
Scramble for McConnell's Senate Seat Underway With Signs of a Bruising GOP Primary Ahead
The scramble to fill Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat in Kentucky began as soon as the Republican revealed he won’t seek reelection in 2026
Mitch McConnell won't seek reelection. How would his Senate seat be filled if vacated?
Kentucky law would dictate how to fill Sen. Mitch McConnell's seat if he does not finish his term, which ends at the start of 2027.
McConnell won’t seek reelection, ending decades-long Senate tenure
McConnell, who is celebrating his 83rd birthday on Thursday, is the longest-serving Senate party leader in history.
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Women account for 28% of lawmakers in the 119th Congress – unchanged from the last Congress
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Alabama-born longtime Republican US Senate leader, now 83, will not seek re-election
McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history, chose his 83rd birthday to share his decision not to run ...
Five House elections bills fly through Senate committee, head to the floor
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GOP senators back Trump's demand for Ukraine elections, but won't call Zelenskyy 'dictator'
Republican lawmakers are backing President Donald Trump’s insistence that Ukraine hold elections, even if they don’t share ...
McConnell Announces He Won’t Seek Re-election
The former Senate Republican leader had been widely expected to retire at the end of his term. He made it official on his ...
Trump’s slam of Zelensky is a remarkable moment in US foreign policy
President Donald Trump has now fully adopted Russia’s false propaganda on Ukraine, turning against a sovereign democracy that ...
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Much of her loss stemmed from a campaign that struggled to overcome deep-seated economic concerns and connect with blue collar voters. Inside her 4-month sprint to become America’s first woman ...
Watch: Senate GOP holds vote-a-rama on budget resolution bill
The Senate is set for an overnight marathon voting session Thursday, known as a vote-a-rama, as Republicans look to clear a ...