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Senate Republicans reelect Thune as leader
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WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans reelected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as their leader Tuesday after a tense day of private discussions about steep losses in the midterm elections that cost them their majority.
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Several Senate Republicans are moving to postpone their closed-door leadership elections, scheduled for Tuesday, after last week’s midterm losses. The effort does not formally challenge Senate Majority Leader John Thune, […]
Senate Republicans have come out against Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) rushing to hold leadership elections after Democrats regained the majority in both the House and Senate in the midterm elections.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators from both parties returned to Washington on Monday with questions about the future of their leadership after last week’s election decisively gave Democrats a significant new majority.
Seven Republican senators now are calling for their leadership elections to be delayed — with one even promising to walk out rather than vote Tuesday. Why it matters: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is still expected to be reelected to lead the Senate GOP tomorrow.
Internal discussions on both sides could prove consequential to their parties’ effectiveness in the next Congress and how voters perceive them leading into the 2028 presidential election.
Senate Republicans are plowing ahead with plans Tuesday to hold internal leadership elections for the new Congress in January when they’ll be in the minority, even as a vocal faction demand they be postponed to debate the fallout from the GOP’s electoral bloodbath.
Senate GOP conservatives are threatening to postpone and possibly derail Sen. John Thune’s (S.D.) bid to serve another term as Senate Republican leader, seeking leverage over how Thune manages a lame-duck session that represents a final chance to pass President Trump’s priorities through a Republica…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans will meet Tuesday for a “robust conversation” on their future and to decide whether to keep South Dakota Sen. John Thune as their leader, just a week after steep losses in the midterm elections that cost them their majority.
Senate Republicans on Tuesday paused their meeting to elect leaders after Senate conservatives demanded “a plan” for the lame-duck session and the next Congress when Democrats will be in the majority. Republican senators streamed out of the Old Senate Chamber after huddling in the historic room for …
An initial meeting of Senate Republicans over whether to keep Sen. John Thune as their leader has broken up without any resolution. They’re expected to reconvene Tuesday afternoon. The morning meeting came just a week after steep losses in the…
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., leaves a meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday, before his election as incoming minority leader later in the day.
Senate Republicans are voting Tuesday afternoon on whether to keep South Dakota Sen. John Thune as leader of the GOP conference after steep losses in the midterm elections that cost them their majority, Thune is expected to prevail, given that he remains popular with his GOP colleagues and is so far…
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) will lead Republicans in the minority next year, securing another term after conservatives attempted to delay their internal conference vote. Thune and the rest of his leadership team were elected in a closed-door, secret ballot on Tuesday that grew contentio…
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans reelected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as leader of the GOP conference after a tense day of discussions about steep losses in the midterm elections that cost them their majority.
John Thune overcame critics to win another term as the Senate Republican leader one week after the party lost its congressional majority in a midterm election rout fueled by voter dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump and the US economy.
Senate Republicans reelected Sen. John Thune as their leader, staying the course as they prepare to enter the minority after their brutal midterm losses.
