Maddow Blog | Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 2.21.25: Trump backs Byron Donalds in Florida race
The field of gubernatorial candidates in Florida hasn’t even taken shape yet, but Donald Trump apparently wants to end his party’s primary process before it begins: The president endorsed Republican ...
Mitch McConnell announces retirement, marking end of era in GOP leadership
McConnell has dealt with a series of medical episodes in recent years, including injuries from falls and times when his face ...
Albeit ‘tardy,’ Rand Paul gives post-election endorsement to Trump: ‘I was wrong’
Sen. Rand Paul, who ran against Donald Trump in the 2016 GOP presidential primary, stopped short of endorsing Trump in the ...
Here’s who we know is running for KY’s US Senate seat in 2026, and who may be running
With the announcement that Mitch McConnell won’t seek reelection in 2026, Kentucky will have it’s first wide-open Senate race since 2010.
What's next? Mitch McConnell will not seek reelection after his 7th term
McConnell, the longest-serving member of Congress from Kentucky and the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, first took office in 1984.
Scramble for McConnell's Senate seat underway with signs of a bruising GOP primary ahead
Although the prize is a Senate seat that will be open for the first time in more than 40 years, leading Kentucky Democrats ...
Battle for McConnell’s Senate Seat Begins Promptly
Shortly after Senator Mitch McConnell said he would not run for an eighth term, Daniel Cameron, a former Kentucky attorney ...
Mitch McConnell won't seek reelection. How would his Senate seat be filled if vacated?
Kentucky law would dictate how to fill Sen. Mitch McConnell's seat if he does not finish his term, which ends at the start of ...