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Mitch McConnell campaigns for the Jefferson County (KY) Judge Executive job in Louisville, KY, October/November 1977. McConnell won the election and would serve in the position until 1984 when he was elected to the United States Senate where he continues to serve as the longest tenure Senator from Kentucky. At the time of his election in Kentucky he was married to Sherrill Redmon. His second wife, whom he married in 1993, is Elaine Chao, the former Secretary of Labor under George W. Bush (the first Asian American woman to serve in the Cabinet). He has three daughters from his first marriage.
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Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell campaigns for the Jefferson County (KY) Judge Executive job in Louisville, KY, October/November 1977.  McConnell won the election and would serve in the position until 1984 when he was elected to the United States Senate where he continues to serve as the longest tenure Senator from Kentucky.   At the time of his election in Kentucky he was married to Sherrill Redmon.  His second wife, whom he married in 1993, is Elaine Chao, the former Secretary of Labor under George W. Bush (the first Asian American woman to serve in the Cabinet).  He has three daughters from his first marriage.