Former Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell won't run for re-election in 2026

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : The court carried on with eight justices until Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch early in his first term.
54% : (Leah Millis/Reuters) Before Trump, McConnell spearheaded efforts to loosen the taps of campaign spending, ultimately culminating in the Supreme Court's landmark 2010 Citizens United ruling, which lifted limits on independent spending by corporations and labour unions.
45% : Chao served as labour secretary under George W. Bush and transportation secretary under Trump.
41% : Helped lock in conservative-led Supreme Court McConnell helped ensure that Trump would nominate three Supreme Court justices.
40% : Trump staved off impeachment, paving the way for his improbable political comeback.
32% : Kennedy's history of anti-vaccine statements troubled McConnell, who endured a severe bout of polio as a child, before a vaccine was available.
27% : In recent years, McConnell has been one of the most vocal in his party to promote arming Ukraine after Russia's 2022 invasion, putting him at odds with Trump and many MAGA Republicans.
17% : " But McConnell twice voted to acquit Trump as he faced impeachment, even after he condemned him as "practically and morally responsible" for the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol.
17% : " McConnell argued that Trump couldn't be impeached as he was already out of the presidency by the time of the Senate's impeachment trial, but seven other Republicans saw fit to convict.
17% : So far in 2025, McConnell has been one of the few Republicans to vote against confirming Trump nominees, rejecting Pete Hegseth as defence secretary and Robert F. Kennedy as health secretary.
6% : McConnell and Trump often clashed on policy, with the president taking to social media on occasion to mock the Republican leader as "Old Crow" and "the worst negotiator.
3% : WATCH l McConnell assigns blame to Trump for Capitol riot: "The mob was fed lies," McConnell said in the chamber days later.

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