After serving as a Senator in Kentucky since 1985, Sen. Mitch McConnell will not be running in the 2026 election — ending a ...

I ’m avoiding getting too high on the good days and too low on the bad days,” Mitch McConnell was telling me. “Is today a ...

WASHINGTON - Republican US Senator Mitch McConnell, who acquired the moniker ... and later had to travel the halls of Congress by wheelchair. His retirement will give Kentucky an open Senate ...

including back-to-back falls recently that left him temporarily using a wheelchair to navigate the Capitol. McConnell established himself as a master tactician in the Senate during 18 years as ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, will announce his retirement on Thursday. McConnell, first elected to the upper chamber in 1984, will deliver the ...

Although he was temporarily using a wheelchair out of precaution ... to holding distinction as Kentucky's longest-serving senator, McConnell has led the Senate Republican Conference ...

Mitch McConnell’s open Kentucky Senate seat in 2026 after the former ... including a fall earlier this month that has left him in a wheelchair for many of his public appearances.

John Thune from South Dakota at the beginning of the current session. Sen. Mitch McConnell is pushed in a wheelchair as he heads for votes at the Capitol on Tuesday in Washington, DC. (Chip ...

(AP) The senator was the sole Republican to oppose ... in recent weeks and was later pictured being pushed in a wheelchair. In 2023, McConnell also alarmed observers when he froze and appeared ...

He uses a wheelchair to travel the lengthy ... debt ceiling over objections from some Republicans. McConnell repeatedly defended the Senate’s filibuster, which requires most bills to get 60 ...

McConnell was first elected to the Senate in 1984, beginning a historic ... chamber earlier this month that has left him using a wheelchair, POLITICO’s Daniel Desrochers, Jonathan Martin and ...

In late 2024, McConnell injured his wrist and cut his face after falling during a Senate event. The following year, in February 2025, he fell in the Capitol building and needed a wheelchair as a ...