The former republican leader in the United States Senate between 2007 and 2025, Mitch McConnellhis retirement after legislative elections November 2026, in which it will not appear to re -election.
McConnell, who is 83 years old, will leave after 42 years in the Senate a seat he assumed for the first time after winning legislative elections in 1984. The Republican leader goes for his seventh 6 -year term.
“My fellow citizens of Kentucky have sent me to the Senate seven times. Representing our state has been the honor of my life. I will not look for this honor for a eighth time. My current mandate in the Senate will be the last, “he said in a speech in the hemicycle.
After more than two decades as a senator, McConnell assumed in 2007 the role of Republican leader in the minority in a Senate that was then dominated by the Democrats.
Between 2015 and 2021, became leader of the majoritybefore returning to the minority in the last four years.
McConnell resigned from the Republican leadership after the training last January of the new Congress.
Are paper as the leader of the Republicans had deteriorated In recent times for his bad relationship with US President Donald Trump.
In fact, after his announcement today, he was wrapped by Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, the most critical of Trump on the Republican bench. “Here are the moderate new,” McConnell joked.
Among his greatest achievements as a republican strategist is having blocked the designation by former president Barack Obama (2009-2017) of a progressive judge for the Supreme Court for practically his last year in power.
The designation of that magistrate, replacing the deceased Conservative Judge Antonin Scaliawould have given a progressive majority to the Supreme for the first time in decades, changing the course of the recent history of the United States.
The current leader of the Republican majority in the Senate, John Thune, said Thursday that “Throughout decades of tireless jobits mastery of the Senate procedure, your commitment to the institution and its dedication to the rule of law They have molded the course of the US government for coming generations. “
