Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell plans to mark his tenure as the chamber's longest-serving party leader.
Left: Sen. Mike Mansfield in 1975. Photo: Bob Burchette via Getty Images; Right: Mitch McConnell in 2020. Photo: Chip Somodevilla via Getty Imagesplans to mark his tenure as the chamber's longest-serving party leader with a speech on Tuesday afternoon paying tribute to the previous record holder: former Sen. Mike Mansfield, a Democrat from Montana., 80, will eclipse Mansfield’s 16 years as party leader on Tuesday.
"But the second-greatest honor is the trust that my fellow Republican Senators have placed in me to lead our diverse Conference and help them achieve their goals," McConnell will say, according to prepared remarks.McConnell has stayed in charge of the Senate GOP at a time of intense turmoil in the Republican Party, with powerful populist currents threatening its traditional power structures.
Last year, McConnell survived a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott and was re-elected party leader, 37-10. He arrived in the Senate after President Reagan's 1984 landslide.
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