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A majority of likely Republican voters in the United States want to get rid of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as Senate GOP leader, according to a recent Rasmussen Reports poll.

Most voters believe Republicans need new leadership in Congress post-midterms, a Convention of States Action/Trafalgar Group survey found.

I have long argued that leaders of political parties should resign their positions after political defeat, so I will say again: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) should have resigned after his party failed to win the Senate last week.

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Wednesday vowed to “stay out” of the potentially “highly contested” 2024 Republican presidential primary.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) nominated Sen. Mitch McConnell for reelection as GOP leader after a motion to postpone the leadership election was quashed during a Wednesday meeting among members of the conference. 

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), said Wednesday that the Senate Leadership Fund, the Mitch McConnell-backed super PAC, should be audited.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reportedly said Wednesday that what he and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) have said about the future of the Republican Party is “remarkably similar.”

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) announced Tuesday he plans to submit a motion to postpone Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) Senate leadership vote on Wednesday until after the Georgia Senate runoff is concluded. 

Republican Blake Masters announced that he conceded Arizona’s U.S. race to Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) on Tuesday and urged Republicans to reassess their strategy for future elections.  “I called and congratulated Mark Kelly this morning. There were obviously a lot

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) wants Republicans to stop embracing former President Donald Trump and work with the Senate Democrats on bipartisan initiatives going forward in the aftermath of the midterm elections.

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) dismissed Sen. Rick Scott’s (R-FL) Tuesday announcement that he would challenge McConnell for GOP Senate leader.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) announced in a closed-door Tuesday lunch with Republican senators that he will challenge Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for GOP Senate leader.

Republican senators on Tuesday promised to challenge Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for GOP Senate leader during Wednesday’s scheduled leadership vote, potentially marking the first time McConnell would receive a “no” vote in his tenure as leader. 

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) confirmed he is confident Republican Senators will reelect him as GOP Senate leader on Wednesday after failing to reclaim the Senate from Democrats. 

Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) top lieutenant Josh Holmes on Tuesday shifted blame from Senate leadership to Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) for allowing Democrats to retain control of the Senate. 

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Monday on CNN’s “This Morning” that he was meeting with Senat Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in the wake of midterm election results to convince Republican senators to ditch so-called “MAGA Republicans.”

Six Trump-endorsed Republican candidates lost in the general election on Tuesday after Democrats spent over an estimated $40,250,000 million boosting them in the GOP primaries.

Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) favorability has hit a record low, according to Civiqs polling released Monday.

Some Senate Republicans over the weekend voiced support for Sen. Mitch McConnell’s reelection as GOP leader, while others pushed to delay Wednesday’s leadership vote until after Georgia’s Senate race is decided.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) joined the chorus of Republicans calling for a delay on any Senate leadership votes until after the GA runoff. 

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is calling for the Republican Party to undergo reform after it was confirmed the party would not regain control of the U.S. Senate on Saturday night.

Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) on Friday tried to shut down any resistance to removing Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) from his leadership position in the Senate.

Friday on FNC’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Arizona Republican U.S. Senate nominee Blake Masters, claiming to still be in the running for Arizona’s contested U.S. Senate seat, questioned Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s decision to put resources into backing Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) against Republican Kelly Tshibaka in Alaska while taking a pass on support for Masters in Arizona.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said Friday he believes the Senate leadership vote should be postponed until the candidates for the position are vetted for “genuine [commitment] to fighting for the priorities & values of the working Americans.”

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, was reportedly planning to challenge Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for the top Senate leadership position until the expected red wave on Tuesday failed to appear. 

During an interview with FNC’s “Your World” on Thursday, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) pledged her support for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

Club for Growth President David McIntosh said during a press conference on Wednesday that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) failed to make the November midterms an indictment of President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats.

Senate Republicans will hold its leadership vote on November 16.

Former President Donald Trump told Glenn Beck that he believes Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) “would be much better than” Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as Republican Senate Majority Leader.

“Mitch McConnell knows he doesn’t have my support,” Kelly Tshibaka said, noting the GOP leader’s support of Lisa Murkwoski.

Arizona’s Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, Blake Masters, believes Republicans need “new leadership” in the Senate and declared that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) “will not own me” should the candidate win his election against Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) Tuesday.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said that he would not support Mitch McConnell for Senate Majority Leader if the Republican Party takes back the Senate on Tuesday.

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace claimed Monday on ABC’s “The View” that the Republican Party stands for not condemning antisemitism and “owning the libs.”

Republican officials slammed President Joe Biden after he warned that “democracy itself” is at stake if the GOP takes power in the midterm elections, as he argued the “very soul of America itself” was in danger, and accused “extreme MAGA Republicans” of attempting to “suppress the right of voters and subvert the electoral system itself.”

RealClearPolitics projected on Tuesday Republican Senate candidate Gen. Don Bolduc will win New Hampshire’s Senate race against Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH). 

Pro-impeachment Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) vowed to enable the Democrats’ agenda in her final pitch to Alaskan voters.