Addison Mitchell McConnell III is an American politician and retired attorney serving as Senate minority leader since 2021 and as the senior United States senator from Kentucky, a seat he has held since 1985.
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A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as Senate majority leader from 2015 to 2021, and as minority leader from 2007 to 2015.
In 2015 and 2019, Time listed McConnell as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
In 1997, he founded the James Madison Center for Free Speech, a Washington, D.C.-based legal defense organization.
In February 2003, McConnell underwent a triple heart bypass surgery about blocked arteries at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
McConnell was inducted as a member of the Sons of the American Revolution on March 1, 2013.
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In 2018, the OpenSecrets website ranked McConnell as one of the wealthiest members of the U.S. Senate, with a net worth of more than $25 million.
How long has Mitch McConnell and Elaine Chao been married?
Mitch McConnell married Elaine Chao, Secretary of Labor under President George W. Bush and Secretary of Transportation under President Donald Trump in 1993.
The couple has been together for over 28 years and their bond is still solid.
Elaine Chao is the second wife of Mitch McConnell.
The couple have no children together, however, McConnell had three daughters, Porter, Eleanor (Elly), and Claire from a previous marriage to Sherrill Redmon.
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