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Mitch McConnell
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Republican Party

U.S. Senate Kentucky
Tenure

1985 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

40

Compensation

Base salary

$193,400

Net worth

$22,841,026

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 3, 2020

Education

High school

duPont Manual High School

Bachelor's

University of Louisville

Law

University of Kentucky Law School, Lexington

Personal
Religion
Christian: Baptist
Profession
Attorney
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Mitch McConnell (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Kentucky. He assumed office on January 3, 1985. His current term ends on January 3, 2027.

On February 20, 2025, McConnell announced he would not seek re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2026. In his announcement, he said, "Seven times, my fellow Kentuckians have sent me to the Senate. Every day in between I’ve been humbled by the trust they’ve placed in me to do their business here. Representing our Commonwealth has been the honor of a lifetime."[1] Click here for more details.

McConnell served as the Senate majority leader between 2015 and 2021.[2] He also served as Senate minority leader between 2007 and 2015, and again between 2021 and 2025.[2] In 2023, McConnell became the longest-serving U.S. Senate leader in history.[3] He announced on February 28, 2024, that he would step down as leader in November 2024.[4]

McConnell was born in Sheffield, Alabama, in 1942 and graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1967.[5] He served as judge-executive of Jefferson County, Kentucky, from 1979 to 1985, when he was first elected to the Senate.[6][7]

According to The Washington Post's Dan Balz, McConnell's "overriding priority was to remake the federal judiciary."[8] In 2016, McConnell delayed a vote on Merrick Garland, then-President Barack Obama's (D) nominee to fill the late Justice Antonin Scalia's seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. McConnell said, "The American people should have a say in the court's direction. It is a president's constitutional right to nominate a Supreme Court justice, and it is the Senate's constitutional right to act as a check on the president and withhold its consent."[9] Donald Trump (R) won the presidential election in 2016. Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to the court on January 31, 2017.

Under McConnell's leadership from 2017 to 2021, the Senate confirmed three of President Trump's U.S. Supreme Court nominees, expanding the Court's conservative majority. Politico's Burgess Everrett wrote, "After Democrats took the House in 2018, McConnell went into overdrive and nearly doubled his pace of lower-court confirmations. Ultimately, Trump and McConnell ushered in three new Supreme Court justices, 54 Circuit Court justices and 174 District Court justices — all lifetime appointees, many of them relatively young."[10]

National Review's Rich Lowry said McConnell would "be remembered as one of the most effective Senate majority leaders in the modern era. A portion of an early Democratic presidential debate was devoted to asking candidates how they’d get around McConnell as president — and none of them had a good answer."[11]

Committee assignments

U.S. Senate

2025-2026

McConnell was assigned to the following committees:[Source]

2023-2024

McConnell was assigned to the following committees:[Source]

2021-2022

McConnell was assigned to the following committees:[Source]

2017-2018

At the beginning of the 115th Congress, McConnell was assigned to the following committees:[12]

2015-2016

McConnell served on the following Senate committees:[13]

  • Select Committee on Intelligence
  • Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
    • Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources
    • Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing and Agriculture Security
    • Subcommittee on Nutrition, Specialty Crops, and Agricultural Research
  • Appropriations Committee
    • Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
    • Subcommittee on Department of Defense
    • Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
    • Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
    • Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
    • Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
  • Rules and Administration Committee

2013-2014

McConnell served on the following Senate committees:[14][15]

  • Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
    • Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Marketing and Agriculture Security
    • Subcommittee on Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Food and Agricultural Research
    • Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources
  • Appropriations Committee
    • Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
    • Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
    • Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
    • Subcommittee on Department of Defense
    • Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
    • Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
  • Rules and Administration Committee
  • Select Committee on Intelligence

2011-2012

McConnell served on the following Senate committees:[16]

Key votes

See also: Key votes

Ballotpedia monitors legislation that receives a vote and highlights the ones that we consider to be key to understanding where elected officials stand on the issues. To read more about how we identify key votes, click here.

Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023-2025

The 118th United States Congress began on January 3, 2023, and ended on January 3, 2025. At the start of the session, Republicans held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-212), and Democrats held the majority in the U.S. Senate (51-49). Joe Biden (D) was the president and Kamala Harris (D) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.

Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023-2025
Vote Bill and description Status
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (87-13)[18]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (87-11)[20]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (88-9)[22]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (63-36)[24]
Not Voting Yes check.svg Passed (68-23)[26]
Yes check.svg Yea Red x.svg Failed (50-49)[28]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (50-46)[30]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (76-20)[32]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (75-22)[34]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (88-4)[36]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (51-48)[38]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (51-49)[40]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (79-18)[42]
Red x.svg Nay Red x.svg Failed (43-50)[44]
Red x.svg Nay Red x.svg Failed (51-44)[46]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (78-18)[48]
Red x.svg Nay Red x.svg Failed (48-44)[50]


Key votes: Previous sessions of Congress

Elections

2026

See also: United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on May 19, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky

Jared Randall, Pamela Stevenson, and Vincent Thompson are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky on May 19, 2026.

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky

The following candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky on May 19, 2026.

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2020

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Kentucky

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Kentucky on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Mitch McConnell (R)
 
57.8
 
1,233,315
Image of Amy McGrath
Amy McGrath (D)
 
38.2
 
816,257
Image of Brad Barron
Brad Barron (L)
 
4.0
 
85,386
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Paul John Frangedakis (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.0
 
70
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Daniel Cobble (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
18
Image of Randall Lee Teegarden
Randall Lee Teegarden (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
9

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Total votes: 2,135,055
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky on June 23, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Amy McGrath
 
45.4
 
247,037
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Charles Booker
 
42.6
 
231,888
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5.0
 
27,175
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Mary Ann Tobin
 
2.0
 
11,108
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Maggie Jo Hilliard
 
1.1
 
6,224
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Andrew Maynard
 
1.1
 
5,974
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0.9
 
5,040
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0.7
 
3,629
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0.6
 
2,995
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John Sharpensteen
 
0.5
 
2,992

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Total votes: 544,062
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky on June 23, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Mitch McConnell
 
82.8
 
342,660
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C. Wesley Morgan
 
6.2
 
25,588
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Louis Grider
 
3.3
 
13,771
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2.9
 
11,957
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Naren James
 
2.6
 
10,693
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Kenneth Lowndes
 
1.3
 
5,548
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Nicholas Alsager
 
0.9
 
3,603

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Total votes: 413,820
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Kentucky

Brad Barron advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Kentucky on March 7, 2020.

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2014

See also: United States Senate elections in Kentucky, 2014

McConnell won the nomination in the Republican primary on May 20, 2014.[183] He then defeated Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes in the general election.

U.S. Senate, Kentucky General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMitch McConnell Incumbent 56.2% 806,787
     Democratic Alison Lundergan Grimes 40.7% 584,698
     Libertarian David Patterson 3.1% 44,240
Total Votes 1,435,725
Source: Kentucky Secretary of State
U.S. Senate, Kentucky Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMitch McConnell Incumbent 60.2% 213,753
Matt Bevin 35.4% 125,787
Shawna Sterling 2% 7,214
Chris Payne 1.5% 5,338
Brad Copas 0.9% 3,024
Total Votes 355,116
Source: Kentucky State Board of Elections

Full history


Campaign themes

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Mitch McConnell did not complete Ballotpedia's 2026 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

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Campaign website

McConnell's campaign website stated the following:

“

Defending Conservatism

After Justice Antonin Scalia passed away during a presidential election, McConnell made the consequential decision to let the American people decide who they wanted to appoint the next Supreme Court justice. Accordingly, the Senate confirmed Justice Neil Gorsuch’s nomination following President Trump’s election. Last fall, McConnell also led Senate Republicans through the shameful intimidation tactics of the far-left and their mainstream media allies to confirm Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

“Mitch McConnell has saved the Constitution” – Hugh Hewitt

Under McConnell’s leadership, the United States Senate has fundamentally transformed the federal judiciary by confirming pro-Constitution judges at a clip typically reserved for the first Saturday in May. Additionally, McConnell prioritized the confirmation of a record 30 circuit courts judges, including three Kentuckians in President Trump’s first two years. He also led the confirmations of 53 district court judges, three of whom are Kentuckians.

McConnell steered a tax package which helped create an estimated 1.5 million new jobs across the country, along with higher wages, bigger bonuses, and “the hottest job market in half a century.” McConnell’s work on the successful Republican push to rewrite the tax code for the first time in more than 30 years continues to yield tremendous benefits for Kentucky families.

“Arguably the most consequential conservative leader of the century” – Marc Thiessen

Coupled with his historic efforts to reshape the courts and revamp the tax code, McConnell has worked to slash red tape and strengthen our military. Through the “most ambitious regulatory rollback since Reagan,” Congress repealed 16 major Obama regulations, including against coal workers. Further, by prioritizing legislation to reduce regulations on the over 120 community banks and credit unions in Kentucky, McConnell helped small businesses and family farms that rely on these institutions for credit.

McConnell also shepherded the biggest year-over-year increase in defense funding in 15 years, ending President Obama’s dangerous military cuts and providing a pay raise for troops. As Majority Leader, McConnell’s support has led to hundreds of millions of dollars for projects at Fort Knox, Fort Campbell and the Bluegrass Army Depot.

Delivering for the Commonwealth

McConnell has delivered tens of millions of dollars to Kentucky to combat the opioid epidemic and authored legislation enacted into law to help infants born to mothers addicted to opioids. His bill, the CAREER Act, was signed into law to help individuals in recovery find and maintain employment and a stable living situation. McConnell also shepherded the Protecting Moms and Infants Act into law to help stop the heartbreaking effects of babies born into addiction. That bill builds upon his 2015 legislation, which was the first federal law to address prenatal opioid exposure.

Along with his work to repeal regulations against coal miners, McConnell introduced the HELP for Coal Miners Health Care Act, which permanently shored up health care benefits for more than 3,000 retired coal miners in Kentucky. Through his Preventing Maternal Death Act to address the spike in maternal mortality, McConnell also led authorization of federal resources to establish maternal mortality review committees.

A champion for the Commonwealth’s agricultural community, McConnell put himself on the Farm Bill Conference Committee to fight for his monumental hemp initiative. Because of McConnell’s bill, hemp cultivation is now legal after a decades-long federal ban.

“Without him we would not have the program we have today.” – Ryan Quarles, Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner.

And while the pro-hemp provision will open new doors, McConnell made sure Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College wasn’t forced to close theirs. When SKCTC nearly lost eligibility for federal student loan and financial aid programs, McConnell secured a provision allowing the school to file an appeal to the Department of Education – which was ultimately granted – so it can stay open. McConnell also secured a provision to protect Berea College from an excise tax imposed on large private college endowments that threatened to reduce the number of scholarships it could offer low-income students in Appalachia.

Among the many other accomplishments on his “list of triumphs” for Kentuckians, McConnell secured legislation to block costly administrative fees for Rough River residents – which could have reached $4,000 per household – following the discovery of Army Corps surveying errors. And when the Army Corps tried to prohibit fishing at dams along the Cumberland River, McConnell secured a bill to stop it. Last fall, McConnell also led the successful reauthorization of his provision to continue protecting your right to fish these waters.

Together with the Army Corps’ dedication of an additional $300,000 for clean-up efforts at Fishtrap Lake at his request, McConnell secured $11 million to combat the invasion of Asian Carp and extended U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s focus into our Western Kentucky lakes.[163]

”
—Mitch McConnell's campaign website (2020)[189]


Notable endorsements

See also: Ballotpedia: Our approach to covering endorsements

This section displays endorsements this individual made in elections within Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Notable candidate endorsements by Mitch McConnell
EndorseeElectionStageOutcome
Donald Trump  source  (Conservative Party, R) President of the United States (2024) Won General
Jim Banks  source  (R) U.S. Senate Indiana (2024) PrimaryWon General
Jim Justice  source  (R) U.S. Senate West Virginia (2024) PrimaryWon General
Daniel Cameron  source  (R) Governor of Kentucky (2023) GeneralLost General
Lisa Murkowski  source  (R) U.S. Senate Alaska (2022) PrimaryWon General
Herschel Walker  source  (R) U.S. Senate Georgia (2022) PrimaryLost General Runoff
Donald Trump  source  (R) President of the United States (2016) PrimaryWon General

Noteworthy events

Hospitalization to treat concussion

On March 8, 2023, McConnell fell while attending a dinner for the Senate Leadership Fund. McConnell suffered a concussion as a result of the fall and was hospitalized for observation.[190]

Selection as Senate minority leader

See also: U.S. Senate leadership elections, 2023

McConnell was re-elected to be Senate minority leader in the 118th Congress when Senate Republicans held their leadership elections on November 16, 2022. He defeated Rick Scott 37-10.[191]

Impeachment of President Donald Trump

See also: Impeachment of Donald Trump

On February 5, 2020, President Donald Trump (R) was acquitted of abuse of power by a vote of 52-48 and obstruction of Congress by a vote of 53-47.[192]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) first announced the House would pursue an inquiry into Trump on September 24, 2019, following allegations that Trump requested the Ukrainian government investigate former Vice President Joe Biden (D) and his son, Hunter Biden, in exchange for aid.[193]

Trump denied the allegations and called the inquiry "the worst witch hunt in political history."[194][195]

Following weeks of public hearings, the House voted to impeach Trump on December 18, 2019, charging him with abuse of power by a vote of 230-197 and obstruction of Congress by a vote of 229-198.[196] For a breakdown of the U.S. House votes by representative and party, click here.

As majority leader, McConnell was responsible for proposing the rules to govern the impeachment trial in the Senate.[197]

Letter to Iran

On March 9, 2015, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) wrote a letter to Iran's leadership, warning them that signing a nuclear deal with the Obama administration without congressional approval constituted only an executive agreement. The letter also stated that "The next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time." The letter was signed by 47 Republican members of the Senate. McConnell was one of the 47 who signed the letter. No Democrats signed it.[198]

Members of the Obama administration and of Congress reacted to the letter.[199] Vice President Joe Biden said of the letter, "In thirty-six years in the United States Senate, I cannot recall another instance in which senators wrote directly to advise another country — much less a longtime foreign adversary — that the president does not have the constitutional authority to reach a meaningful understanding with them."[200]

EPA Clean Power Plan

In 2014, McConnell urged states not to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan. He said of the plan, "The sad truth is that the only thing America will lead in if these rules go into effect is the unilateral dismantling of our own economic supremacy and the self-imposed destruction of one of our nation’s main competitive advantages in the global economy."[201]

Abortion

On June 28, 2014, McConnell promised in a speaking engagement with the National Right to Life Convention that he would focus more attention on limiting abortions if Republicans took control of the Senate in 2014.[202]

"For six years, the president has been isolated from this growing movement. He will be forced to listen to the cause that's brought us all here this morning. Senate Dems would be forced to take a stand," McConnell said.[202]

Immigration

On February 4, 2014, McConnell discussed immigration reform, saying, "We have sort of an irresolvable conflict here. The Senate insists on comprehensive. The House says it won’t go to conference with the Senate on comprehensive and wants to look at step-by-step. I don’t see how you get to an outcome this year with the two bodies in such a different place."[203][204]

Campaign finance summary

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Mitch McConnell campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2026* U.S. Senate KentuckyWithdrew primary$7,750,912 $7,290,875
2020U.S. Senate KentuckyWon general$73,952,187 $67,388,726
2014U.S. Senate (Kentucky)Won $30,845,825 N/A**
2008U.S. Senate (Kentucky)Won $20,991,678 N/A**
2002U.S. Senate (Kentucky)Won $5,981,486 N/A**
Grand total$139,522,088 $74,679,600
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Personal Gain Index

Congressional Personal Gain Index graphic.png
See also: Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress)

The Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress) is a two-part measurement that illustrates the extent to which members of the U.S. Congress have prospered during their tenure as public servants.
It consists of two different metrics:

PGI: Change in net worth

See also: Changes in Net Worth of U.S. Senators and Representatives (Personal Gain Index) and Net worth of United States Senators and Representatives
Net Worth Metric graphic.png

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, McConnell's net worth as of 2012 was estimated between $9,230,051 and $36,452,001. That averages to $22,841,026, which is higher than the average net worth of Republican senators in 2012 of $6,956,438.47. McConnell ranked as the 10th most wealthy senator in 2012.[205] Between 2004 and 2012, McConnell's calculated net worth[206] increased by an average of 64 percent per year. Between 2004 and 2012, the average annual percentage increase for a member of Congress was 15.4 percent.[207]

Mitch McConnell Yearly Net Worth
YearAverage Net Worth
2004$3,734,414
2012$22,841,026
Growth from 2004 to 2012:512%
Average annual growth:64%[208]
Comparatively, the American citizen experienced a median yearly decline in net worth of -0.94%.[209]

The data used to calculate changes in net worth may include changes resulting from assets gained through marriage, inheritance, changes in family estates and/or trusts, changes in family business ownership, and many other variables unrelated to a member's behavior in Congress.

PGI: Donation Concentration Metric

See also: The Donation Concentration Metric (U.S. Congress Personal Gain Index)

Filings required by the Federal Election Commission report on the industries that give to each candidate. Using campaign filings and information calculated by OpenSecrets.org, Ballotpedia calculated the percentage of donations by industry received by each incumbent over the course of his or her career (or 1989 and later, if elected prior to 1988). McConnell received the most donations from individuals and PACs employed by the Securities & Investment industry.

From 1989-2014, 21.55 percent of McConnell's career contributions came from the top five industries as listed below.[210]

Donation Concentration Metric graphic.png
Mitch McConnell Campaign Contributions
Total Raised $59,802,561
Total Spent $50,929,368
Top five industries that contributed to campaign committee
Securities & Investment$3,633,144
Retired$2,542,238
Lawyers/Law Firms$2,449,916
Health Professionals$2,277,961
Real Estate$1,982,432
% total in top industry6.08%
% total in top two industries10.33%
% total in top five industries21.55%

Analysis

Ideology and leadership

See also: GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking

Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, McConnell was a "moderate Republican leader, " as of July 23, 2014. This was the same rating McConnell received in June 2013.[211]

Like-minded colleagues

The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.[212]

McConnell most often votes with:

McConnell least often votes with:


Lifetime voting record

See also: Lifetime voting records of United States Senators and Representatives

According to the website GovTrack, Mitch McConnell missed 84 of 10,372 roll call votes from January 1985 to September 2015. This amounts to 0.8 percent, which is better than the median of 1.6 percent among current senators as of September 2015.[213]

Congressional staff salaries

See also: Staff salaries of United States Senators and Representatives

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. McConnell paid his congressional staff a total of $2,482,775 in 2011. He ranked 28th on the list of the lowest paid Republican senatorial staff salaries and ranked 31st overall of the lowest paid senatorial staff salaries in 2011. Overall, Kentucky ranked 40th in average salary for senatorial staff. The average U.S. Senate congressional staff was paid $2,529,141.70 in fiscal year 2011.[214]

National Journal vote ratings

See also: National Journal vote ratings

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year.

2013

McConnell ranked 25th in the conservative rankings in 2013.[215]

2012

McConnell ranked 15th in the conservative rankings in 2012.[216]

2011

McConnell ranked 11th in the conservative rankings in 2011.[217]

Voting with party

The website OpenCongress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus.

2014

McConnell voted with the Republican Party 90.1 percent of the time, which ranked 14th among the 45 Senate Republican members as of July 2014.[218]

2013

McConnell voted with the Republican Party 90 percent of the time, which ranked 18th among the 46 Senate Republican members as of June 2013.[219]

2016 Republican National Convention

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Mitch McConnell
Republican National Convention, 2016
Status:Delegate
State:Kentucky
Bound to:Unknown
Delegates to the RNC 2016
Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state

McConnell was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Kentucky.[220] In the Kentucky Republican caucuses on March 5, 2016, Donald Trump received 17 delegates, Ted Cruz received 15, and Marco Rubio and John Kasich received seven each. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate McConnell was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Kentucky’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[221]

Delegate rules

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from Kentucky, 2016 and Republican delegates from Kentucky, 2016

Delegates from Kentucky to the Republican National Convention were selected by nomination committees and approved at the county and state conventions. Kentucky GOP rules required national convention delegates to have supported the 2012 Republican presidential nominee. Kentucky GOP rules and Kentucky state law required delegates from Kentucky to vote for the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting at the national convention. If a candidate died or withdrew prior to the first round of voting at the national convention, the chairman of the Kentucky delegation was to call a meeting at which the delegates were to vote on the remaining candidates and be reallocated on the basis of the results.

Kentucky caucus results

See also: Presidential election in Kentucky, 2016
Kentucky Republican Caucus, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
Green check mark transparent.pngDonald Trump 35.9% 82,493 17
Ted Cruz 31.6% 72,503 15
Marco Rubio 16.4% 37,579 7
John Kasich 14.4% 33,134 7
Ben Carson 0.8% 1,951 0
Rand Paul 0.4% 872 0
Other 0.2% 496 0
Jeb Bush 0.1% 305 0
Mike Huckabee 0.1% 174 0
Chris Christie 0% 65 0
Carly Fiorina 0% 64 0
Rick Santorum 0% 31 0
Totals 229,667 46
Source: The New York Times and Republican Party of Kentucky

Delegate allocation

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
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Kentucky had 46 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 18 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's six congressional districts). District delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 5 percent of the statewide caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any district delegates.[222][223]

Of the remaining 28 delegates, 25 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 5 percent of the statewide caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were allocated in the same manner as the at-large delegates.[222][223][224]

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McConnell has been married to his wife, Elaine Chao, since 1993. He has three daughters from a previous marriage.[225]

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    207. ↑ This number was found by dividing each member's total net worth growth percentage by the number of years included in the calculation.
    208. ↑ This figure represents the total percentage growth divided by the number of years for which there are net worth figures for each member.
    209. ↑ This figure was calculated using median asset data from the Census Bureau. Please see the Congressional Net Worth data for Ballotpedia spreadsheet for more information on this calculation.
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    220. ↑ Cincinnati.com, "Kentucky GOP releases list of delegates," April 25, 2016
    221. ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
    222. ↑ 222.0 222.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
    223. ↑ 223.0 223.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
    224. ↑ Republican National Committee, "Memorandum on Binding of RNC Members," January 29, 2016
    225. ↑ Official Senate Page, "Biography," accessed October 20, 2011


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