Sen. John Thune was privately backed by President-elect Donald Trump, Steve Daines told his colleagues, despite Trump's ...
Cornyn has for years signaled he wanted to succeed his close ally GOP leader Mitch McConnell. He lost in a vote decided by ...
Because it's a secret vote, we don't know exactly who voted for Thune to be the Senate Majority Leader, but we know a few of ...
Senate Republicans have selected a new Senate majority leader to succeed Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party ...
Sen. John Thune​ of South Dakota won on the second round of voting against Sen. John Cornyn​ of Texas in the race for Senate ...
Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace ...
Texas, is hoping his fellow Republicans make him the next Senate majority leader when they vote Wednesday morning.
Thune beat out two other competitors, Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott, by gaining majority support from GOP senators in a ...
The election of Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota as the next leader of his party in the chamber – putting him on ...
Cornyn, who was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002, has long sought to be Senate Majority Leader, the first from Texas ...