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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) secured reelection Tuesday after confirming more than 200 conservative judges to the federal courts under President Donald Trump, the fastest confirmation pace in nearly four decades.
The Associated Press called the race on Tuesday evening as McConnell led twice-failed congressional candidate Amy McGrath by 24 points Tuesday evening. The win comes after the Kentucky Republican successfully confirmed 220 of Trump’s judicial nominees—including three Supreme Court justices—in fewer than 1,400 days. Former president Barack Obama, by comparison, saw just 160 nominees confirmed at the same point in his first term. Only former president Jimmy Carter saw more federal judges confirmed to the bench over the same period of time. more