Mitch McConnell will not vote in the Senate this week as recovery from hospitalization continues
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is continuing to recover and will not vote this week, spokesman David Popp noted.
“Senator McConnell is still working closely with staff on Senate business and Kentucky matters as he continues his recovery. However, he will not be voting this week,” he said in a statement.
McConnell was hospitalized earlier this month, though the reason has not been disclosed.
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Fox News Digital reached out to request more information on Tuesday, but Popp did not provide any additional details regarding the senator’s situation.
McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history, was previously hospitalized for eight days earlier this year after experiencing “flu-like symptoms.”
The long-serving lawmaker has been in office since early 1985.
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McConnell is 84 years old.
He announced last year that he would not run for an eighth Senate term.
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U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., is the Republican candidate running in the Kentucky U.S. Senate general election contest this year, and former Kentucky state Rep. Charles Booker is the Democratic candidate.
McConnell has dealt with a series of health episodes in recent years.
He fell and sprained his wrist while walking out of a GOP luncheon in December 2024. He was hospitalized with a concussion in March 2023 and missed several weeks of work after falling in a Washington hotel. After he returned, he twice froze up during news conferences that summer, staring vacantly ahead before colleagues and staff came to his assistance.
McConnell had polio in his early childhood, and he has long acknowledged some difficulty as an adult walking and climbing stairs. In addition to his 2023 fall, he also tripped and fell in 2019 at his home in Kentucky. He had surgery for a fractured shoulder.
Fox News’ Tyler Olson and Eric Mack contributed to this report
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