The prime candidate was Florida senator Rick Scott, who challenged front-runners John Thune and John Cornyn for the position being vacated by longtime Trump frenemy Mitch McConnell. When the ...

Mitch McConnell. Thune, 63, has been one of McConnell's right-hand men in Congress. He beat out two other candidates in a closed-door vote to secure the position: Texas Sen. John Cornyn ...

Senate Minority Whip John Thune speaks to reporters next to U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell following the weekly Senate caucus luncheons on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept.

U.S. Senate Republicans chose South Dakota Sen. John Thune to succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate majority leader. Thune was selected after two rounds of a secret ballot election that took place ...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Americans had had enough of inflation and other problems and thus chose Republicans in the 2024 elections. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell ...

Senate Republicans tapped John Thune of South Dakota to lead the conference for the next two years and succeed Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving leader of either party in chamber history.

With Republicans winning control of the U.S. Senate in this year's election, discussions about who will replace outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, have come ...

There, on a secret ballot, Republican senators will choose Mitch McConnell’s replacement and begin a new era for the Senate GOP. In an interview with POLITICO Magazine, Liam Donovan, a former ...

John Thune was chosen to become the new Republican Senate leader on Wednesday, Nov. 13, replacing Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell. Thune, 63, has been one of McConnell's right-hand men in Congress. He ...