Hvem giftede sig med Mitch McConnell?

Addison Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell, Jr. (født 20. februar 1942 i Sheffield, Alabama) er en amerikansk republikansk senator, der repræsenterer delstaten Kentucky. McConnell er uddannet jurist ved University of Louisville College of Arts and Sciences og University of Kentucky. Han var fra januar 2015 til januar 2021 leder af det republikanske flertal i Senatet, såkaldt Flertalsleder.

Han blev i 1984 valgt til Senatet og er siden blevet genvalgt i i 1990, 1996, 2002 og 2008. McConnell, der anses som en principfast konservativ, har været leder af republikanernes gruppe i Senatet siden 3. januar 2007 og har siden da været "Minority Leader" i Senatet. Efter Midtvejsvalget i USA 2014 overtog republikanerne flertallet i Senatet og McConnell overtog den 3. januar 2015 posten som "Majority Leader" i Senatet. Da republikanerne mistede flertallet i januar 2021 overgik han til posten som Mindretalsleder.

Elaine Lan Chao (born March 26, 1953) is an American businesswoman and former government official who served as United States secretary of labor in the administration of George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009 and as United States secretary of transportation in the first administration of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Chao was the first Asian American woman to serve in a presidential cabinet. She resigned as transportation secretary after the January 6 United States Capitol attack.

Chao was born in Taipei, Taiwan, to waishengren parents who fled China as a result of the Chinese Civil War. She immigrated to the United States when she was eight years old. Her father founded the Foremost Group, an American shipping company based in New York. Chao was raised in Queens, New York, and on Long Island, and received degrees from Mount Holyoke College and Harvard Business School. She worked for financial institutions before being appointed to senior positions in the Department of Transportation under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, including chair of the Federal Maritime Commission (1988–1989) and Deputy Secretary of Transportation (1989–1991). She served as director of the Peace Corps from 1991 to 1992 and as president of the United Way of America from 1993 to 1996.

Chao has served on several Fortune 500 and nonprofit boards of directors, including the electric charger network provider ChargePoint since 2021. She is married to U.S. senator Mitch McConnell.