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Comer won’t run for McConnell’s Kentucky Senate seat in 2026

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's decision not to seek re-election in 2026 set off celebrations among many conservatives, who cheered the end of an era they saw as long overdue.
International Business Times
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Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, will announce his retirement on Thursday.
The Gazette
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His announcement begins the epilogue of a storied career as a master strategist, one in which he helped forge a conservative Supreme Court and steered the Senate through tax cuts, presidential impeachment trials, and fierce political fights.
Newsmax
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McConnell, first elected in 1984, climbed his way up to the Senate Republican leader position in 2007 and remained there until early 2025, serving during four administrations in the majority and the minority.
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Sen. Mitch McConnell won't seek reelection in Kentucky in 2026

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