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Mitch McConnell

Official portrait of Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
U.S. Senator KY
Republican Service: 1985-present
317 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-2541

Republican
KY
Senate
A Senator from Kentucky. Born in Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Ala. , February 20, 1942. Attended Louisville, Ky. Public schools. Graduated, University of Louisville 1964. Graduated, University of Kentucky Law School, Lexington 1967. Admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1967. Legislative assistant to Senator Marlow Cook 1968-1970. Deputy Assistant United States Attorney for Legislative Affairs 1974-1975. Acting Assistant Attorney General 1975. Elected judge-executive of Jefferson County, Ky. , 1978-1985. Elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1984. Reelected in 1990, 1996, 2002, 2008, 2014, and again in 2020 for the term ending January 3, 2027. Republican party whip (2003-2007). Minority leader (2007-2015. 2021-2025). Majority leader (2015-2021). Chair, National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee (One Hundred Fifth through One Hundred Sixth Congresses). Chair, Select Committee on Ethics (One Hundred Fourth Congress), Committee on Rules and Administration (One Hundred Sixth, One Hundred Seventh [January 20, 2001-June 6, 2001], and One Hundred Nineteenth Congresses).