Biography
Leadership: Minority Leader
Political Highlights: Jefferson County judge-executive, 1978-85
Born: February 20, 1942; Sheffield, Ala.
Residence: Louisville
Religion: Baptist
Family: Wife, Elaine L. Chao; three children
Education: U. of Louisville, B.A. 1964; U. of Kentucky, J.D. 1967
Elected: 1984
Committee Assignments: Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry (Commodities, Risk Management & Trade; Food & Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, & Research; Rural Development & Energy); Appropriations (Agriculture; Defense; Energy-Water; Interior-Environment; Military Construction-VA; State-Foreign Operations); Rules & Administration
Social Media:
Roll Call Vitals
District Rating: Safe Republican
House Seniority: 4th ranked Senate Republican
Twitter: 2,147,783 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
1984 Election Results
Candidate
Mitch McConnell (R)
Walter Huddleston (D)
Votes
644,990
639,721
%
50.0%
50.0%
1990 Election Results
Candidate
Mitch McConnell (R)
Harvey Sloane (D)
Votes
478,034
437,976
%
52.0%
48.0%
1996 Election Results
Candidate
Mitch McConnell (R)
Steven Beshear (D)
Dennis Lacy (LIBERT)
Patricia Metten (NL)
Mac McElroy (USTAX)
Richard Beilke
Votes
724,794
560,012
8,595
8,344
5,284
17
%
55.5%
42.8%
0.7%
0.6%
0.4%
0.0%
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Mitch McConnell (R)
Lois Weinberg (D)
Votes
731,679
399,634
%
64.7%
35.3%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Mitch McConnell (R)
Bruce Lunsford (D)
Votes
953,816
847,005
%
53.0%
47.0%
2014 Election Results
Candidate
Mitch McConnell (R)
Alison Grimes (D)
David Patterson (LIBERT)
Votes
806,787
584,698
44,240
%
56.2%
40.7%
3.1%