Thune beat out two other competitors, Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott, by gaining majority support from GOP senators in a ...
Thune beat out two other competitors, Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott, by gaining majority support from GOP senators in a ...
The 63-year-old won 25 votes for Senate majority leader, while Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, got 15 and Florida Sen. Rick Scott ...
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Thune elected Senate leader
Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in their leadership that elevates a top deputy of Mitch McConnell into a key ...
President-elect Donald Trump picked South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to head the Department of Homeland Security, as he zeroes ...
Clinton Anderson, who served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture under President Harry S. Truman, was born in ...
Before the Senate, Thune represented in the House, worked as the executive director of the South Dakota Republican Party and ...
Thune will replace Senator Mitch Mcconnell of Kentucky, who is stepping down from party leadership after a record 18-year ...
Like McConnell, Thune hails from the Republican Party’s traditional wing. He has held the Republican whip position since 2019 ...
Cornyn had for years signaled he wanted to succeed his close ally GOP leader Mitch McConnell. On Wednesday, he lost in a vote ...
In February, McConnell announced he would step down as Senate GOP leader at the start of 2025. The 82-year-old is the longest ...