Sen. Mitch McConnell gives a speech

Mitch McConnell Addresses Media

Mitch McConnell speaks on Senate floor

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Mitch McConnell became the longest-serving party leader in the Senate's history on Tuesday, with the opening of the 118th Congress. In November, Senate Republicans reelected McConnell to be their leader, all but ensuring that he would surpass the record set by Mike Mansfield, the Montana Democrat who served as his party's leader from 1961-1977. “There’ve been leaders who rose to the job through lower-key, behind-the-scenes styles,” McConnell said, and that “is how Sen. Michael Joseph Mansfield o