Mitch McConnell

US Senator from Kentucky, husband of former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao

A Senator from Kentucky; born in Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Ala., February 20, 1942; attended Louisville, Ky. public schools; graduated, University of Louisville 1964; graduated, University of Kentucky Law School, Lexington 1967; admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1967; legislative assistant to Senator Marlow Cook 1968-1970; Deputy Assistant United States Attorney for Legislative Affairs 1974-1975; Acting Assistant Attorney General 1975; elected judge-executive of Jefferson County, Ky., 1978-1985; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1984; reelected in 1990, 1996, 2002, and again in 2008 for the term ending January 3, 2015; Republican party whip (2003-2007); minority leader (2007-); chair, Select Committee on Ethics (One Hundred Fourth Congress), National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee (One Hundred Fifth through One Hundred Sixth Congresses), Rules and Administration (One Hundred Sixth Congress, One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 20, 2001-June 6, 2001]).

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Leadership & Staff

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Neil Chatterjee Former FERC Commissioner; Senior Advisor - Hogan Lovells

• Senior Energy Advisor

Hazen Marshall Former lobbyist, Marshall Popp LLC | Policy Director for Mitch McConnell

• Policy director (Dec 1 '14→?)

Brian McGuire Brownstein Hyatt policy director, former McConnell chief of staff

• Chief of Staff (past)

Andrew Ferguson Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission

• chief counsel (past)

Sharon Soderstrom Sen. Mitch McConnell Chief of Staff

• Chief of Staff

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) [+1]

• Chief of Staff (past)

John Abegg Chief counsel to US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for 20 years

• chief counsel (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 Select Committee on Intelligence

• 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 former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao

• 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 former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao

• 3 contributions · 2,942,275 USD ('90→Oct 22 '14)

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)

Frederick W Smith Founder of Federal Express

• 3 contributions · 30,000 USD (Dec 31 '19→Mar 31 '20)

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 Select Committee on Intelligence

• 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

Services & Transactions

Penguin Random House The biggest book publisher in the world

• book publisher (Oct '24→?)

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)

Miscellaneous Relationships

Todd Inman NTSB member, former Transportation Sec. Elaine Chao aide, Chao Kentucky special liaison, former McConnell campaigner, longtime GOP operative

• former campaign aide

Lisa Lisker Treasurer, Senate Conservatives Fund

• Affiliation

AppHarvest American indoor farming company

• Affiliation

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→?)