He served from 2007 to 2025 as the leader of the Senate Republican Conference, including two stints as minority leader (2007 to 2015 and 2021 to 2025), and was majority leader from 2015 to 2021, making him the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history.

Mitch McConnell is the United States Senate Republican Leader. On January 3, 2023, he became the longest-serving Senate Party Leader in American history, elected to lead the Republican conference nine times since 2006.

Feb 28, 2024 · Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two decades, will step down from that position in November.

Feb 28, 2024 · McConnell, R-Ky., who has served as GOP leader since 2007, made his announcement in a Senate floor speech Wednesday. An election to replace him as leader will occur in November, with his...

Jan 27, 2025 · Mitch McConnell is an influential Republican politician who has represented Kentucky in the U.S. Senate since 1985. He has served as majority whip (2003–07), minority leader (2007–15; 2021–25), and majority leader (2015–21).

Feb 28, 2024 · U.S. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell announced he will step down as the Senate’s Republican leader on Wednesday. McConnell, 82, said he plans to serve out his Senate term to January...

Sep 23, 2015 · Mitch McConnell (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Kentucky. He assumed office on January 3, 1985. His current term ends on January 3, 2027. McConnell (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Kentucky. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.

Feb 28, 2024 · Kentucky's Mitch McConnell is stepping down as Senate Republican leader in November after nearly two decades in the role. McConnell, who turned 82 last week, announced the decision in a speech on ...

Feb 28, 2024 · Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday he will step down this year from his leadership role, ending a record-setting tenure and ceding more influence to Donald Trump and...

6 days ago · WASHINGTON ― Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) fell twice on Wednesday ― once leaving the Senate chamber and again inside a closed-door Republican conference lunch just minutes later. The 82-year-old former Senate GOP leader, a childhood polio survivor, is using a wheelchair as a precautionary measure after the pair of spills at the U.S. Capitol.