New Mitch McConnell Biography on His ‘Personal and Political Life’ Coming out This Year
The book's synopsis added that it will also offer readers “an intimate, personal window” into the lawmaker’s life
A new book on former Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell is heading to shelves soon.
Publisher Simon & Schuster announced that the biography on the lawmaker, The Price of Power: How Mitch McConnell Mastered the Senate, Changed America, and Lost his Party by journalist and author Michael Tackett will be released later this year.
The novel will delve into McConnell’s “personal and political life” — which includes his journey from Kentucky into the U.S. Senate — and feature “never-before-told revelations” from his life, according to a synopsis of the book.
It will also offer readers “an intimate, personal window” into the lawmaker’s life drawn from “thousands of pages of archival materials, letters and more than 100 interviews with associates, colleagues and McConnell himself.”
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The cover of 'The Price of Power: How Mitch McConnell Mastered the Senate, Changed America, and Lost his Party.'Some of the topics covered include snippets from his early life, like his “battle with polio as a young child” and “teenage infatuation with politics.” Tackett will also cover McConnell's image as a “pragmatic, moderate legislator” when he first joined the Senate in 1985 and his “steady rightward drift over nearly 40 years in Congress as his politics evolved,” according to a statement from the publisher.
However, it will also cover McConnell’s obstacles in his later years in the Senate, which were brought on by “the rise of an almost unrecognizable Republican party” with Donald Trump’s presidency, along with “a reactive populism” that he would “struggle to control,” per the synopsis.
“Featuring expert reporting and unprecedented access, The Price of Power is required reading for anyone interested in understanding one of America’s most influential legislators and the inner workings of our government,” says the press release.
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The book’s topic is a familiar one for Tackett, who has spent three decades writing about national politics and has covered nine presidential elections as a journalist. He has reported for a number of publications, including the Associated Press, New York Times, Bloomberg News and the Chicago Tribune and worked as national editor for US News & World Report.
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The new book comes four months after McConnell announced his plans to step down as Republican Senate leader in February. The lawmaker also noted at the time that, while he was stepping down, he would still remain in Congress through the remainder of his term, which expires in 2027.
“I turned 82 last week. The end of my contributions are closer than I’d prefer," he said during the announcement. "I am no longer the young man sitting in the back, hoping colleagues would remember my name. It is time for the next generation of leadership."
The Price of Power: How Mitch McConnell Mastered the Senate, Changed America, and Lost his Party will come out on Oct. 29 and is available for preorder now, wherever books are sold.
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