McConnell 1964 received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Louisville, and 1967 graduated from the University of Kentucky Law School. During his undergraduate years, he was the president of the Student Union of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Louisville. In law school, he was the president of the University of Kentucky Student Lawyers Association and joined the United States Army Reserve. After graduating from law school, he served briefly, but retired early due to illness. From 65438 to 0967, he worked as an intern in the office of Senator Cooper of Kentucky, and later served as an assistant to Senator Cook. 1977 was elected executive judge of Jefferson County, Kentucky, and was re-elected four years later. These experiences accumulated capital for his political career.
1984, 42-year-old McConnell ran for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky against Democrat Hudson, who had served as a senator for two times. In the end, McConnell beat his opponent with a slight advantage of 0.4%. He is the only winner among the candidates who challenge the Democratic Party. In a TV campaign advertisement, a large group of detectives are looking for Hudson. The moral is that it is difficult to find Huddleson in the Senate, which is intended to criticize him for doing nothing. Subsequently, the camera fell on the campaign slogan "Turn to Mickey".
From 65438 to 0990, McConnell was re-elected by 4.4%.
1996, defeated Democratic opponent Bechard by 12.6%. That time, McConnell's humorous propaganda method worked again. In a TV campaign advertisement, McConnell made fun of Bacher's name, warning voters not to be "Bacher", and there was a scene where a goat was sheared, suggesting that electing an opponent would increase the tax burden of voters.
In 2002, McConnell defeated his Democratic opponent with 26.4% of the vote, which was the biggest advantage won by Republicans and Republicans in the history of the state. He served as the leader of the minority parties (* * * and the Party) in the Senate 1 10, and served as a member of the Agriculture, Food and Forestry Committee, Appropriation Committee, Rules and Management Committee and Intelligence Committee.
In 2008, he beat his rival Lansford by only 6%. 20 14 won the * * * and inner-party primary elections with 60.2% of the votes, which was the weakest primary election victory of the federal senator seeking re-election in the state since 1938. He defeated his Democratic rival, Grims, and won re-election.
2014165438+1October 4th, in the mid-term elections in the United States, Mitch McConnell defeated Democratic challenger Alison Grims and won the Senate seat in Kentucky. He will continue to be the leader of the Senate and become the representative of the Senate and the Party after regaining the majority of the Senate.
20 15 1.6, in Washington state, DC, Mitch McConnell was sworn in as the majority leader of the Senate.