Mitch McConnell

US Senator from Kentucky, husband of Transportation Secretary Elaine
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Leadership & Staff

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Neil Chatterjee FERC Commissioner
• Senior Energy Advisor
Hazen Marshall former lobbyist | Policy Director for Mitch McConnell
• Policy director (Dec 1 '14→?)
Daniel Cameron First Republican elected to the Kentucky AG office since 1944; former GOP candidate for governor
• staffer (past)
Ben Goldey Rep. Boebert staffer, former DOI press secretary
• Position (past)
Tate Bennett Lobbyist | Former Special Assistant to Trump
• Legislative Assistant ('13→'15)
Josh Holmes Former Chief of Staff, Sen. Mitch McConnell
• Campaign Manager (past)
John Abegg Chief counsel to US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for 20 years
• chief counsel (past)
Brendan Dunn Former Mitch McConnell adviser
• Position
Andrew Bremberg Trump nominee to be US Representative to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva with rank of Ambassador; former aide to Mitch McConnell
• aide (past)
Steven J Law President, American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS and former general counsel to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• chief of staff (past)

Board Memberships

Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee
• Board Member

Government Positions

US Senate upper house of the United States Congress
• Minority Leader ('07→Nov '24)
Senate Intelligence (Select) Committee
• Ex Officio

Donors

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Elliott Management Vulture hedge fund managed by Paul Singer
• Donation · 1,119,800 USD (Jan 1 '09→Mar 31 '16)
The Carlyle Group PAC
• Donation/Grant · 10,000 USD ('19→'20)
Hewlett Packard Company PAC
• Donation/Grant · 10,000 USD ('13→'14)
Gilead Sciences Inc Healthcare Policy PAC
• Donation/Grant · 10,000 USD ('19→'20)
Wells Fargo and Company Employee PAC (Aka Wells Fargo Employee PAC)
• Donation/Grant · 10,000 USD ('19→'20)
Takeda Pharmaceuticals America PAC
• Donation/Grant · 7,500 USD ('19→'20)
Javier Rodriguez CEO of DaVita, Inc.
• Donation/Grant · 7,500 USD (Mar 26 '14→May 7 '14)*
Visa, Inc. Political Action Committee
• Donation/Grant · 7,500 USD ('13→'14)
American Airlines Political Action Committee
• Donation/Grant · 7,000 USD ('12)
Daniel Patrick O'Day Chairman and CEO, Gilead
• Donation/Grant · 5,000 USD (Dec 5 '19)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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Mitch McConnell US Senator from Kentucky, husband of Transportation Secretary Elaine
• 3 contributions · 2,942,275 USD ('90→Oct 22 '14)
Republican Party of Kentucky
• 1 contribution · 10,000 USD (Jun 30 '13)
Rand Paul Victory Cmte
• 1 contribution · 5,200 USD (Dec 11 '13)
David Vitter lobbyist, former US Senator and Representative from Louisiana
• 2 contributions · 4,000 USD ('04)
Johnny Isakson Former Republican US Senator & Representative from Georgia
• 2 contributions · 4,000 USD ('04→Sep 30 '04)
George W Bush 43rd US president, ex-governor of Texas, son of George H W Bush
• 2 contributions · 3,000 USD ('99→Jun 17 '03)
Alice Forgy Kerr Kentucky state senator
• 1 contribution · 2,000 USD ('03)
Mel Martinez US Senator from Florida
• 1 contribution · 2,000 USD ('04)
Matthew K Fong Former California State Treasurer
• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('98)
Jeff Sessions Former US Attorney General under Donald Trump
• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('01)

Campaign Donors

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Mitch McConnell US Senator from Kentucky, husband of Transportation Secretary Elaine
• 3 contributions · 2,942,275 USD ('90→Oct 22 '14)
Joe Craft President, chief executive officer and director of Alliance Resource Partners LP
• 8 contributions · 46,000 USD ('05→Sep 30 '16)
Ed Bass Bass Enterprises Production, among biggest private oil companies
• 3 contributions · 33,400 USD ('08→Jan 23 '14)
William M Street former president and CEO of Brown-Forman Beverages
• 12 contributions · 33,400 USD ('92→'09)
John Catsimatidis Owner, chairman, and president of Red Apple Group and Gristedes Foods
• 5 contributions · 31,800 USD (Jun 26 '19→Nov 23 '20)
Sid Bass Texas oil billionaire
• 2 contributions · 30,800 USD ('08)
Lisa Troutt Mount Vernon Investment, Dallas Texas
• 4 contributions · 30,600 USD (Jun 21 '19→Jun 30 '20)
Kenny Troutt Dallas billionaire; Founded Excel Communications in 1988; CEO, Mount Vernon Investments
• 4 contributions · 30,600 USD (Jun 21 '19→Jun 30 '20)
Tatnall Lea Hillman Aspen, Colorado son of billionaire John Hartwell Hillman Jr.
• 38 contributions · 30,313 USD (Dec 31 '19→Mar 4 '22)
James O'Brien Ashland Oil CEO
• 2 contributions · 30,300 USD ('94→'07)

Memberships

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US Senate upper house of the United States Congress
• Senator (Jan 3 '85→Jan 3 '27)
Republican Party The U.S. Republican Party
• Member
Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee
• Member
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
• Member
Nutrition and Food Assistance, Sustainable and Organic Agriculture, and General Legislation Subcommittee
• Member
Rural Revitalization, Conservation, Forestry, and Credit Subcommittee
• Member
Senate Rules and Administration Committee
• Member
Defense Subcommittee
• Member
Senate Intelligence (Select) Committee
• Member
Domestic and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant and Animal Health Subcommittee
• Member

Family

Jim Breyer Venture-capitalist brother-in-law of Mitch McConnell; firm owns 10% of Facebook
• brother-in-law
Elaine Chao Former U.S. Transportation Secretary. Secretary of Labor under George W Bush
• spouse ('93→?)
Bruce Wasserstein Late chairman and chief executive of Lazard
• brother-in-law (Feb '09→?)
Angela Chao Chairman and CEO, Foremost Maritime Co
• sister-in-law
James S C Chao Chairman of Foremost Group in New York
• father-in-law

Schools

Leadership Institute The Leadership Institute’s mission is to increase the number and effectiveness of conservative activists and leaders in the public policy process.
• School, Conservative Indoctrination (past)
University of Kentucky
• JD, Law
University of Louisville
• BA (?→'64)

Social

Miscellaneous Relationships

Leonard Leo Attorney, founded Marble Freedom Trust; former executive vice president of the Federalist Society; Republican fund raiser
• ally
Braidy Industries Inc. Holding company for Veloxint, NanoAl, Braidy Atlas flat-rolled aluminum project w/RUSAL
• Rusal and Braidy Industries (US base holding company) announce intent to build new aluminum plant (Apr 15 '19→?)
China State Shipbuilding Corporation Major Chinese shipbuilding conglomerate
• Affiliation ('93→?)
Todd Inman Transportation Sec. Elaine Chao aide, Chao Kentucky special liaison, former McConnell campaigner
• former campaign aide
Mitch McConnell
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Basic Info

Types Person, Political Candidate, Elected Representative
Gender Male
Birthday Feb 20 '42
Website https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov
Aliases Addison Mitchell McConnell, Mitch McConnell, Moscow Mitch

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