Sen. John Thune has won an internal election among Republican senators to become the chamber’s next majority leader ...

Republican Senators Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Mike Lee and Ron Johnson have all endorsed Scott, as have leading figures in the ...

Senate Republicans have selected a new Senate majority leader to succeed Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party ...

It was the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades. Three senators were competing to ...

Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota was elected new Senate majority leader, replacing Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky ...

Trump stayed out of the contest, but he made public demands for the incoming majority leader to allow him to make recess ...

John Thune of South Dakota as the next leader of his party in the chamber – putting him on track to become Senate majority ...

John Thune has been selected as the new Senate majority leader, beating out John Cornyn of Texas, and Rick Scott of Florida.

South Dakota Sen. John Thune was elected to the position on Wednesday, beating out Scott and Sen. John Cornyn of Texas.

Sen. John Thune's victory came out of the first competitive election for Senate Republican leader in three decades.

Fla., lost his bid Wednesday to lead the U.S. Senate. He campaigned for the post as a loyalist to Donald Trump.