Mitch Mcconnell

Mitch McConnell is a US Republican senator who has been a minority as well as majority party leader. He has played a significant role in US politics and decision making. He did his Bachelor of Arts with honours in political science and did law from the University Of Kentucky College Of Law. He enlisted in the US Army Reserve but had to be discharged on medical grounds after five weeks of training at Fort Knox. He started his political career by interning under Senator John Sherman Cooper and was elected as the Jefferson County Judge/Executive. He was elected to the US senate by a narrow margin against Walter Dee Huddleston of the Democratic Party and became the first Republican to win in Kentucky after more than a decade. He is known to be a moderate who supports causes for political gains rather than ideology and has swayed to the right from his earlier stand. He has gained the reputation of being the villain rather than a popular leader. He has three children from his previous marriage to Sherrill Redmon and is presently married to Elaine Chao who is the Secretary of Transportation under Donald Trump. Though he is an influential leader, he has to constantly guard against his opponents in the opposition as well as in his own party.