South Dakota Sen. John Thune was elected to the position on Wednesday, beating out Scott and Sen. John Cornyn of Texas.

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

Sen. Rick Scott of Florida fell short in his bid to become Senate majority leader, with GOP senators selecting Senate ...

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

He outlasted Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX ... and was confident he would eventually carry the ...

The future of Donald Trump’s second term in office will be shaped inside a closed room in the United States Senate on ...

Rick Scott for the top spot ... setting up the GOP to be the party in power over the Senate, U.S. House and the White House ...

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

Republicans elected Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., to serve as majority leader in next Senate session, replacing current GOP caucus ...

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is the new majority leader. He'll replace longtime GOP leader Mitch McConnell, who is ...

The GOP leaders were gathering behind closed doors to choose via secret ballot between South Dakota’s John Thune, John Cornyn ...

Current Republican Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) will be the next Senate Majority Leader, becoming the successor to longest ...