Mitch McConnell Will Not Seek Another Term

Longtime Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell on Thursday said he will not seek another term in office when he is up for reelection in 2026.

The Kentucky politician has been a fixture of conservative politics since he was first elected to the Senate in 1984. But his Thursday announcement, made on his 83rd birthday, comes after he recently drew the ire of fellow Republicans for voting against the confirmation of Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s newly-appointed Defense Secretary; McConnell was also the lone Republican to vote against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. becoming the head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services earlier this month.

‘Seven times, my fellow Kentuckians have sent me to the Senate,” McConnell said in prepared marks that were shared with the Associated Press. “Every day in between I’ve been humbled by the trust they’ve placed in me to do their business here. Representing our commonwealth has been the honor of a lifetime. I will not seek this honor an eighth time. My current term in the Senate will be my last.”

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