Mitch McConnell
The 78-year-old leader of the Republican Party in the Senate, Mitch McConnell from Kentucky, was able to re-elect to the upper house of the US parliament. The Associated Press reports.
It is noted that McConnell scored more than 56 percent, ahead of 45-year-old Democrat Amy McGrath, who ran an expensive election campaign worth more than $ 100 million. McConnell is one of the most influential politicians in the party of the current US President Donald Trump.
November 3 is general election day in the United States. Citizens elect a president and vice president, and 35 senators, the entire House of Representatives, 13 governors and local government representatives will be elected. The current head of state, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, who served as vice president under Barack Obama, are fighting for the top post.
