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Johnson, staunch Trump ally, seeks to delay Senate GOP leadership election after big losses
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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) obtained the five signatures he needs from GOP colleagues to request a meeting of the broader Senate Republican conference to discuss postponing their leadership election, which is scheduled for next week.
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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) obtained the five signatures he needs from GOP colleagues to request a meeting of the broader Senate Republican conference to discuss postponing their leadership election, which is scheduled for next week.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) is leading an effort to postpone next week’s scheduled elections for the Senate GOP leadership team after the party’s bruising midterm elections performance. In a letter that he plans to send Monday to Senate Republican Conference Chairman Tom Cotton (R-AR) and obtained by th…
The senator has the signatures he needs to discuss delaying the vote, but it's not clear if he has the support necessary to actually achieve pushing the date back, which he said is to give the conference more time to discuss strategy.
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