Mitch McConnell announces 2020 re-election bid

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., formally announced his bid for 2020 re-election in Kentucky this weekend.

“I have some news to make this morning. I’m going to be running for re-election in 2020,” McConnell said Saturday before the start of the Fancy Farm picnic, which marks the start of the fall campaign season. “I don’t like starting late.”

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