McConnell Prepares To Leave Senate With Local Power Move To Choose Successor
March 9, 2021
Written by Martin Walsh
OPINION
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is making a local power move to help choose his successor and is raising many questions in the process.
The 79-year-old Kentucky lawmaker has been in the Senate since 1985, and his recent moves have fueled rumors that he may be planning for his retirement.
Andy Beshear, a Democrat, is currently the governor of Kentucky.
Beshear has the power to pick a replacement senator should something happen to a sitting senator.
So the Kentucky GOP, with help from McConnell, wants to change state law so that the legislature picks a replacement senator until an election can be held.
McConnell, according to reports, has even made a shortlist to choose from should he not serve out his full term.
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