A bombshell announcement came from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) on Wednesday, February 28 when the 82-year-old Republican announced that he is retiring from that position in November. In contrast to former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) — who left Congress altogether at the end of 2023 — McConnell plans to serve out the rest of his six-year term, which doesn’t end until January 3, 2027. In Kentucky, McConnell was reelected by a landslide in 2020, defeating centrist Democratic nominee Amy McGrath by 19 percent in the deep red state. It remains to be seen who …