John Thune’s victory on a secret-ballot continued the long tradition, in both parties, of elevating small-state senators to ...

Thune first beat out two other top contenders Wednesday in a closed-doors secret-ballot vote, including Florida Sen. Rick ...

On Wednesday, Republicans chose Sen. John Thune of South Dakota to be the next Senate Majority Leader. That's despite an ...

Senate Republicans have chosen John Thune of South Dakota as the new majority leader, ushering in a new era of Senate ...

South Dakota Senator John Thune, a longtime deputy of Mitch McConnell and an advocate of free trade, has won the election to ...

Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in ...

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

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

John Thune was voted in as the new Senate majority leader on Wednesday, replacing Mitch McConnell, who had led the Senate's ...

Republican senators will gather behind closed doors Wednesday to decide who will replace longtime Senate leader Mitch ...

The GOP picked up two more hard-fought seats in Pennsylvania, which became a stark battlefield of Democratic losses up and down the ticket. Democrats notched another win in New York, defeating a third ...

Republicans were favored to win control of the Senate and flipped seats in West Virginia, Montana and Ohio, while the battle ...