John Thune, John Cornyn and Rick Scott are vying to succeed Mitch McConnell as the Republicans leader in the U.S. Senate.

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota was elected the next Senate GOP leader, and will become the Senate majority leader in January ...

Sen. John Thune​ of South Dakota won on the second round of voting against Sen. John Cornyn​ of Texas in the race for Senate ...

Senate Republicans elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune to succeed Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell as leader of the Senate's ...

Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace ...

The leadership election marks a monumental changing of the guard after nearly two decades with McConnell as Senate GOP leader ...

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

The mild-mannered South Dakotan and top McConnell ally recently made efforts to patch up his relationship with ...

Senate Republicans on Wednesday elected John Thune to be the next Republican leader to succeed Mitch McConnell in a position ...

Hours of closed-door huddling with the trio of contenders fielding questions offered few clues to senators over who will ...

U.S. Senate Republicans chose South Dakota Sen. John Thune to succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate majority leader. Thune was ...

Elon Musk and the MAGA online right had pushed for Sen. Rick Scott to be chosen for the position over Thune.