Mitch McConnell Wins Election Against Alison Lundergan Grimes

Mitch McConnell Wins Re-Election

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) won his re-election race against Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes in one of the nation's highest-profile Senate contests on Tuesday.

Despite his high unpopularity due to several partisan fights, including the push to repeal the Affordable Care Act and the government shutdown, McConnell was widely expected to retain control of his seat, and possibly even become Majority Leader. Public polling done in the last few weeks of the campaign, however, showed the Democrat surging.

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