Glenn Fant McConnell (born December 11, 1947) is an American politician from South Carolina.

The office of lieutenant governor had become vacant because of the resignation of Ken Ard on March 9, 2012 due to his indictment by a state Grand Jury for ethics violations.

During Mark Sanford's administration, McConnell, alongside Hugh Leatherman and Bobby HarrellI effectively controlled state policy.

[8] In 2007, he sponsored the Base Load Review Act which ultimately resulted in the Nukegate scandal a decade later.

[9] McConnell was one of several South Carolina politicians credited with playing a key role in getting Boeing Co. to announce plans to build a 787 Dreamliner assembly plant in North Charleston, S.C. in October 2009.

[16] After the 2015 shooting at a historically black church, McConnell condemned the shooter's motives, in which he said that he does not represent the Confederate flag or the South.

He also supported the decision of Governor Nikki Haley to remove the Confederate flag from the South Carolina State House.

Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Ken Ard resigned his position in March 2012 because of ethics violations.

[17] On June 18, 2014, McConnell resigned his position as lieutenant governor to become president of the College of Charleston on July 1, 2014.