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Does Mitch McConnell want to quit?

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Mitch McConnell, R-KY, has been in the Senate since 1985, and he was elected to his seventh term last November. His next election will be in 2026, but there is a hint that he may consider retiring earlier than that. Since he is now 79 years old, he may also be considering the possibility that he may not survive until then.

That hint is from an effort to ensure that he can select a successor, if he wishes to do so.

Mitch McConnell Working With Kentucky Legislature on Senate Exit Strategy - "Legislation informally referred to as the Daniel Cameron Election Bill is moving through the Kentucky General Assembly."
The list is topped by his protégé, state Attorney General Daniel Cameron, and also includes former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft, whose billionaire coal magnate husband is a major McConnell donor, as well as Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams, a former McConnell Scholar.

Under current law, the power to appoint McConnell’s replacement falls to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. But new legislation McConnell is pushing in the Kentucky General Assembly would strip the governor of that power and put it into the hands of the state GOP.
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Here is the bill: 21RS SB 228
The bill alters current state statute that allows the governor to appoint a replacement in the event of a vacancy to the U.S. Senate. If the bill becomes law, the appointment to fill a vacancy will be selected from a list of three names submitted by the state executive committee of the same political party as the senator who held the vacant seat. According to the bill, the appointee from that list will then serve until a successor has been elected by voters. The legislation goes on to list instructions on when elections take place in the event of a vacancy. How long the appointment would last depends on when the vacancy occurred.

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Other Republicans in the Kentucky Legislature, who asked not to be identified over fear of reprisal from their party, see this move as less about McConnell’s health and more about hand-selecting his replacement and giving that successor the benefit of incumbency. One frustrated Republican elected official, who declined to be named for the same reason, referred to the bill as McConnell’s “escape hatch.”
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Term limits. We need term limits. Some folks in the video below are still around.

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU08JlapiLE[/YOUTUBE]
 
I'd rather him step down in late January, 2025. I'm not a fan, but I don't expect him to overthrow the 2024 election. Low bars for the GOP these days.
 
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