Top Republican Announces Bid to Unseat Mitch McConnell as the Senate Republican Leader

A top Republican senator on Nov. 15 announced he’s challenging Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
“The status quo is broken and big change is needed. It’s time for new leadership in the Senate that unites Republicans to advance a bold conservative agenda. That’s why I’m running to be the Senate Republican Leader,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), the head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said in a statement.
Scott, 69, was governor of Florida for eight years before becoming a senator in 2019.
McConnell, 80, has been the top Republican in the Senate since 2007.
McConnell told reporters at the Capitol that he will run the race….}