The N*xt GOP L*ader? Pr*-Trump C*ntender *merges in R*ce to S*cceed M*tch McC*nnell

With Mitch McConnell stepping down, the race to take his place as Senate GOP leader — which will be the Majority leader come January — is heating up.

Many names have come to the surface as potential successors to McConnell, and many are cut from the same cloth as old