{"id":7546,"date":"2025-02-20T17:01:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T17:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mitch-mcconnell-says-he-wont-run-for-reelection-next-year\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T17:01:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T17:01:38","slug":"mitch-mcconnell-says-he-wont-run-for-reelection-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mitch-mcconnell-says-he-wont-run-for-reelection-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitch McConnell says he won&#8217;t run for reelection next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_cbsn_live is-video embed--float-none embed--size-medium is-hero\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live\/cbsnews-3\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">CBS News Live 3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">Live<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>Former Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell said he won&#8217;t run for reelection in 2026, and is announcing his impending departure from the Senate on Thursday, his 83rd birthday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. McConnell said on the Senate floor that he made the decision not to run again last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Seven times, my fellow Kentuckyians have sent me to the Senate,&#8221; McConnell said. &#8220;Every day in between, I&#8217;ve been humbled by the trust they&#8217;ve placed in me to do their business right here. Representing our commonwealth has been the honor of a lifetime. I will not seek this honor an eighth time. My current term in the Senate will be my last.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of his speech on the Senate floor, McConnell told the Associated Press he planned to announce his retirement, and a person familiar with his plans told CBS News McConnell won&#8217;t run again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McConnell has been a U.S. senator from Kentucky since 1985, and he announced one year ago that he would relinquish his leadership role in he Senate. He was the Senate Republican leader from 2007-2025 and is the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history. McConnell was the majority leader from 2015-2021.<\/p>\n<p>The Kentucky Republican&#8217;s retirement from the Senate was widely expected.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McConnell, a polio survivor, has experienced health issues in recent years, including <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mitch-mcconnell-appears-to-freeze-again-exchange-with-reporters\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">freezing episodes<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mitch-mcconnell-fall-capitol-hill-medical-treatment\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">falls<\/a><\/span>. Those who have spent time around him recently said he&#8217;s experiencing some reemergence of polio symptoms that are known to afflict older survivors of the disease. 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