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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced on Wednesday that this would be his last Congress as the head of the Senate Republican caucus. While he plans to serve out the rest of his term, which ends in 2027, it won’t be in the role he’s served in for 17 years once he steps aside in November. “It’s time for the next generation of leadership,” McConnell said in an emotional speech on the Senate floor.
That has proved at times an uphill battle in the face of endorsements from Trump that fueled “candidate quality” problems, as McConnell put it in 2022. The timing of his reign's end means that he’ll remain leader through the general election, maximizing his influence in attempting to ensure the GOP reclaims the majority next year. His decision not to not run to be re-elected as leader may also be a hedge against what a Trump victory would entail for his remaining time in office.
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