Mitch McConnell's Win, By The Numbers
A strong showing in Kentucky's coal country helped propel the incoming Senate Majority Leader to an unexpectedly big victory.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, second from right, waves to supporters alongside his wife Elaine Chao at a Republican Party of Kentucky election night party in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014.
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Mitch McConnell, the incoming Senate majority leader, was supposed to face the toughest re-election of his career on Tuesday. It wasn't close.
According to unofficial returns, McConnell beat Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes by 56 percent to 41 percent, exceeding his victory margins in all but one of his five re-election campaigns.