Minutes after McConnell announces retirement, Daniel Cameron says he will run for Senate

Daniel Cameron is wasting no time in his run for U.S. Senate.

Kentucky’s former attorney general and the Republican candidate for governor in 2023 announced Thursday plans to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Mitch McConnell.

“Kentucky, it’s time for a new generation of leadership in the U.S. Senate,” he wrote on social media. “Let’s do this.”

McConnell announced Thursday morning he would not run for reelection, with Cameron’s announcement coming minutes later. The senator won seven terms in office, beginning in 1984, and served as the GOP’s chamber leader from 2007 through 2024.