Kentucky
Latest Coverage
See all articles
McConnell refusing to share millions in campaign cash with desperate colleagues: report
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) participates in a Senate Agriculture Committee meeting on whether to vote the farm bill out of committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 16, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Tom Boggioni is a writer, born, raised and living in San Diego — where he attended San Diego State University. Prior to writing for Raw Story, he wrote for FireDogLake, blogged as TBogg, and worked in banking, marketing and construction.
Despite the threat that Republicans could lose their majorities in both the House the Senate, former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is refusing to lift a finger to help his colleagues, according to reporting.
The Washington Sun reported that McConnell, the former Senate majority leader who took his seat in 1985, is “hoarding his committee’s wealth” during a crucial midterm cycle for Republicans, citing a new federal filing. When he returned to the Senate in September after a three-month, health-related absence, his campaign committee held nearly $7.4 million, the outlet said.
McConnell, who announced in February 2025 that he would not seek an eighth term, has not given any of it to a Republican Party committee or candidate campaign, the Sun reported. That includes the Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC aligned with Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), who succeeded McConnell as the party’s Senate leader.
McConnell leaves the Senate in January, and the Sun laid out what his committee can still do with the surplus. It can give up to "$2,000 apiece to other Republican candidate committees." It can transfer unlimited amounts to national party committees such as the Republican National Committee or the National Republican Senatorial Committee. It can also donate to charities or nonprofit universities, refund donors, or send the money to the U.S. Treasury’s general fund, the outlet said.
McConnell returned on Sept. 14 after being hospitalized in June. He has said he fell at home, was “briefly unconscious” and later contracted pneumonia.
Report typos and corrections to [email protected].
For customer support contact [email protected].
Get the stories driving Washington—and the stories others miss—delivered free to your inbox.