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Incorrect information

Senator McConnell is in his 7th term, not 8th. Senator Grassley is the only republican Senator to make it to and eighth term. 2600:4040:4520:E700:E812:615B:8D4E:F751 (talk) 13:05, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for reporting this. This was corrected 09:30, 10 January 2023 by Lawrence 979. Politrukki (talk) 16:39, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox order

I'm going to reorder the infobox to the following (top-to-bottom), because the current order seems arbitrary: Minority leader, majority leader, conference leader, majority whip, rules committee chair, senator from Kentucky, judge/executive of Jefferson County, and assistant AG for legislative affairs. Derpytoucan (talk) 19:13, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Senator Mitch McConnell on working with President Obama.ogg

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 04:41, 13 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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 JosephMChapman (talk) 18:27, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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+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)