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

Cornyn has for years signaled he wanted to succeed his close ally GOP leader Mitch McConnell. He lost in a vote decided by ...

John Cornyn, R-Texas, lost his bid to become the next Senate majority leader on Wednesday ... Thune is a Republican from South Dakota, currently serving as the senior United States senator. He has ...

President-elect Donald Trump congratulated Sen. John Thune on winning election to the role of Senate majority leader, ...

Reports from Washington have Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, who serves as Senate Republican whip, winning the leadership ...

Thune beat out two other competitors, Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott, by gaining majority support from GOP senators in a ...

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 ...

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

John Thune, 63, defeated Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott in the secret-ballot vote to succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate ...

Republicans have elected South Dakota senator, John Thune, as the next Senate majority leader replacing Mitch McConnell as ...

Senator John Thune (R-SD) has become the leader of the Senate ... candidate and was confident he would eventually carry the ...

Sen. John Thune has been voted Senate Majority Leader, replacing Mitch McConnell, following a secret-ballot vote on Wednesday.