
Mitch McConnell
Republican · KY · U.S. Senate
Bio
Addison Mitchell McConnell III is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky, a seat he has held since 1985. A member of the Republican Party, McConnell is in his seventh Senate term, making him the longest-serving senator in Kentucky history. He served from 2007 to 2025 as the leader of the Senate Republican Conference, including two stints as minority leader, and was majority leader from 2015 to 2021, making him the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 41.6 years
- First took office
- 1985 (7 terms)
- Seniority
- 6 of 100 by time served
- Age
- 84
- Senate class
- 2 · senior senator
- Senate Minority Leader · 2007–2015
- Senate Majority Leader · 2015–2021
- Senate Minority Leader · 2021–2025
- Bowling Green, KY · 270-781-1673
- Fort Wright, KY · 859-578-0188
- Lexington, KY · 859-224-8286
- London, KY · 606-864-2026
- Louisville, KY · 502-582-6304
- Paducah, KY · 270-442-4554
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Mitch McConnell's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Mitch McConnell (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
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Committees
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestrycenter · 23 members
- Senate Committee on Appropriationscenter · 29 membersEnergy and Water DevelopmentDepartment of Interior, Environment, and Related AgenciesMilitary Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related AgenciesState, Foreign Operations, and Related ProgramsAgriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related AgenciesDepartment of Defense (Chairman)
Most and least aligned members
Treating McConnell's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
#668: The Turtle and the LadybugMitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham both left Congress abruptly in the middle of July, probably for the same reason, though not confirmed as of the recording of this episode. Both were known foreign assets working against the interests of the voters of both pa…
Activistpost.com · Yesterday- Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says Sen. Mitch McConnell ‘absolutely refuses’ to provide a substantial update on his health following repeated requests
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says Sen. Mitch McConnell ‘absolutely refuses’ to provide a substantial update on his health following repeated requestsnewsbreak.com
Newsbreak.com · August 22, 2026
Trump insiders secretly sabotaging Scott Jennings' shot at replacing Leavitt: reportAllies of President Donald Trump are trying to "derail" conservative commentator Scott Jennings' chances of winning the press secretary job.According to a Thursday article by the New York Post, Trump's "fiercest allies" are trying to ruin Jennings because of …
Raw Story · August 21, 2026
Mitch McConnell Appears Dazed, Confused in Senate FootageReading Time: 2 minutesIt has been over two months since Senator Mitch McConnell was hauled away to the hospital. This video is not encouraging. Mitch McConnell Appears Dazed, Confused in Senate Footage was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
The Hollywood Gossip · August 20, 2026
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