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Regarding his health

Found this on NYT regarding the two episodes where he froze up, but this is really just hearsay because no official diagnosis was made: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/health/mitch-mcconnell-health-seizures.html Unknown0124 (talk) 00:00, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Update his ancient photo to a current frozen one. 2600:1700:5BD0:D4E0:6069:9909:6208:C4CE (talk) 01:17, 15 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Please let us know if you find one that can be used. It must be public domain or under a free license. From his website, it seems the official portrait in the article is the most recent. RudolfRed (talk) 01:28, 15 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Two terms as Jefferson County Judge/Executive

Suggestion (not an edit request as such). I realize we have WP:WEIGHT, but one paragraph seems light when there were two terms in office in a top-50 city with a major newspaper -- this surely would give us some material for modest expansion there. Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 07:01, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Tenure as Senate Minority Leader & Republican Leader

I think a few are jumping the gun. McConnell is staying on as Senate Minority Leader & Senate Republican Leader, until at least January 2025. GoodDay (talk) 22:51, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Electoral History

The electoral numbers in the Electoral History section are inconsistent. Two totals are shown under the heading "Votes for McConnell, but only two candidates are shown, neither being McConnell. All the vote totals in this chart need to be reviewed. Roark183 (talk) 20:45, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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-== Subject Senator McConnell misinformation.  ==
-The entry has Senator McConnell’s father “in the Army” which appears not to be true true. He was never in the Army. He was apparently a civilian employee for the Army at some time during World War II and at some point became an employee of Dupont. That’s according to https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81719293/addison-mitchell-mcconnell which includes an obituary printed in The Kentucky Post, Covington, October 1, 1990 [[User:JosephMChapman|JosephMChapman]] ([[User talk:JosephMChapman|talk]]) 18:27, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
-:A reliable source, the Associated Press, published a 2020 story saying Senator McConnell's father was an Army veteran and was deployed. Source [https://www.courthousenews.com/for-mcconnell-virus-carries-echo-of-his-boyhood-polio/ here]. --[[Special:Contributions/2603:3000:60:4100:A18B:1FA2:B551:5DF3|2603:3000:60:4100:A18B:1FA2:B551:5DF3]] ([[User talk:2603:3000:60:4100:A18B:1FA2:B551:5DF3|talk]]) 18:39, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
-::The quote: "He was just a toddler in 1944, when his father was deployed to World War II, his mother relocated the family to her sister's home in rural Alabama and he came down with flu-like symptoms. While he eventually recovered, his left leg did not. It was paralyzed." --[[Special:Contributions/2603:3000:60:4100:A18B:1FA2:B551:5DF3|2603:3000:60:4100:A18B:1FA2:B551:5DF3]] ([[User talk:2603:3000:60:4100:A18B:1FA2:B551:5DF3|talk]]) 18:39, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
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+== Two terms as Jefferson County Judge/Executive ==
-== Balanced budget ==
+Suggestion (not an edit request as such). I realize we have [[WP:WEIGHT]], but one paragraph seems light when there were two terms in office in a top-50 city with a major newspaper -- this surely would give us some material for modest expansion there. [[User:StefenTower|<span style="color: green;">'''Stefen <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Tower<sub>s among the rest!</sub></span>'''</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:StefenTower|Gab]] • [[Special:Contributions/StefenTower|Gruntwerk]]</sup> 07:01, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
+== Tenure as Senate Minority Leader & Republican Leader ==
+I think a few are jumping the gun. McConnell is staying on as Senate Minority Leader & Senate Republican Leader, until at least January 2025. [[User:GoodDay|GoodDay]] ([[User talk:GoodDay|talk]]) 22:51, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
+== Electoral History ==
+The electoral numbers in the Electoral History section are inconsistent.  Two totals are shown under the heading "Votes for McConnell, but only two candidates are shown, neither being McConnell.  All the vote totals in this chart need to be reviewed. [[User:Roark183|Roark183]] ([[User talk:Roark183|talk]]) 20:45, 24 November 2024 (UTC)
-Shutting the government down if there is not a significant reduction in spending is the only way the Republican Party will survive.  Enough is enough
-Close the border, stop money to Ukraine, keep us out of war, fix our elections, vote on 1 bill at a time. [[User:Joematrona|Joematrona]] ([[User talk:Joematrona|talk]]) 23:14, 19 September 2023 (UTC)