Mitch McConnell is retiring. Establishment donors have decided who they don't want replacing him

Mitch McConnell is retiring. Establishment donors have decided who they don't want replacing him

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced in February that he wouldn’t be seeking reelection, but has so far stopped short of endorsing a successor. That hasn’t stopped wealthy donors linked to him and other party leaders from throwing large sums of cash into sinking the candidacy of Nate Morris, a Republican who has defined himself in opposition to McConnell’s legacy. In January, operatives working with PDS Compliance, a major GOP political finance…