Mitch McConnell vows to serve his full term as Republican leader
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is seeking to tamp down speculation about his future and make clear that he'll stay on the job after an incident earlier this week.
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is seeking to tamp down speculation about his future and make clear that he'll stay on the job after a health incident earlier this week.
"Leader McConnell appreciates the continued support of his colleagues, and plans to serve his full term in the job they overwhelmingly elected him to do," a McConnell spokesperson said in a statement, which was first reported by Politico.
McConnell's two-year term as Senate GOP leader ends in early January 2025, and beyond that it would be up to his colleagues to decide whether to re-elect him. He became the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history earlier this year.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in an elevator at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday.Francis Chung / POLITICO via APMcConnell, 81, is not up for re-election to his Senate seat in Kentucky until 2026, as he won a six-year term in the 2020 election.
Concerns about McConnell's health have intensified since Wednesday when he suddenly stopped speaking during a weekly Republican leadership news conference, appearing to freeze, and then went silent and was walked away.
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