After recent hospitalization, Mitch McConnell won’t vote in the Senate this week
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell will not vote in the Senate this week and is working “closely” with staff as his health continues to recover, spokesperson Stephanie Penn said Monday.
McConnell, 84, was hospitalized June 14, but his staff did not give details about his condition other than he was receiving “excellent care.”
Penn said in a June 22 statement that McConnell “is still working closely with staff on Senate business and Kentucky matters as he continues his recovery.”
The statement did not include any updates on his condition or if he is still hospitalized.
McConnell, who is not seeking reelection this year, has had several health scares in recent years, including freezes during public events. He also had three public falls in 2025, and he suffered a concussion in 2023 when he fell down steps in Washington D.C. (McConnell survived polio as a child and still deals with the “lingering effects,” his team said in 2025.)
McConnell has held his Senate seat since 1985 and is in his seventh term. From 2007 to 2025, he served as the leader of the Senate GOP.
Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr and Democratic nominee Charles Booker are the major party candidates vying to replace McConnell.
Barr said at the Republican Party of Kentucky’s Lincoln Dinner in Lexington on Saturday that he exchanged text messages with McConnell and that “he’s good.”
