Mitch McConnell

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Republican Party politician United States senator human lawyer politician

Mitch McConnell is a long-serving Republican U.S. senator from Kentucky who has been one of the most powerful and influential legislative leaders in modern American politics.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Republican Party politician → United States senator → human → lawyer → politician →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1942-02-20 →
education	University of Kentucky College of Law → University of Louisville →
electedTo	U.S. Senate from Kentucky in 1984 →
endTimeAsSenateMajorityLeader	2021-01-20 →
endTimeAsSenateMinorityLeader	2015-01-03 →
familyName	McConnell →
fullName	Addison Mitchell McConnell Jr. →
givenName	Addison → Mitchell →
ideology	conservatism →
leaderOf	Senate Republican Conference →
memberOf	United States Senate →
notableFor	blocking consideration of Merrick Garland’s Supreme Court nomination in 2016 → influence on federal judicial appointments → longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history → supporting confirmation of three Supreme Court justices nominated by Donald Trump →
occupation	attorney →
officeHeldStateLevel	Jefferson County Judge/Executive →
placeOfBirth	Sheffield, Alabama, United States →
politicalParty	Republican Party (United States) →
positionHeld	Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee → Senate Majority Leader → Senate Majority Whip → Senate Minority Leader → United States senator →
reElected	1990 → 1996 → 2002 → 2008 → 2014 → 2020 →
religion	Baptist →
represents	Kentucky →
residence	Louisville, Kentucky, United States NERFINISHED → Washington, D.C., United States →
spouse	Elaine Chao → Sherrill Redmon →
startTime	1985-01-03 →
startTimeAsSenateMajorityLeader	2015-01-03 →
startTimeAsSenateMinorityLeader	2007-01-03 → 2021-01-20 →
termAsJeffersonCountyJudgeExecutiveEnd	1984 →
termAsJeffersonCountyJudgeExecutiveStart	1978 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
110th United States Congress → 112th United States Congress → 118th United States Congress →	senateMinorityLeader
115th United States Congress → 116th United States Congress →	senateMajorityLeader
Mitch McConnell ("McConnell") →	familyName
Mitch McConnell ("Addison Mitchell McConnell Jr.") →	fullName
113th United States Congress →	hasSenateMinorityLeader
Charles Schumer ("Mitch McConnell (as Senate Majority Leader)") →	precededBy
Charles Schumer ("Mitch McConnell (as Senate Minority Leader)") →	succeededBy