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Mitch McConnell announces 2020 re-election bid

By Katelyn Caralle
Published August 5, 2018 8:12pm ET
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Mitch McConnell announces 2020 re-election bid
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to the audience gathered at the 138th annual Fancy Farm Picnic, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, in Fancy Farm, Ky. | (Timothy D. Easley/AP)

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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