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The Senate Republican Conference selected Thune as the majority whip for the 116th Congress; he succeeded Senator John Cornyn of Texas, who was term-limited in the position. In 2020, he was chosen as minority whip for the 117th Congress .
A reliable conservative, Thune chaired the Senate Republican Conference from 2012 to 2019 before becoming the chamber's majority whip from 2019 until 2021. After Democrats regained control of the ...
WASHINGTON ― Senate Minority Whip John Thune was elected the next Senate Republican leader on Wednesday, ensuring Sen. Mitch McConnell’s right-hand man will lead the new GOP majority as ...
U.S. Sen. John Thune, of South Dakota, was chosen by his peers to lead his Republican colleagues in the 119th U.S. Congress. Thune, currently the Senate whip, will replace Kentucky Sen. Mitch ...
Senate Republicans have elected Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., as the next Senate majority leader this week. Thune won in a secret ballot vote of 29-24, beating Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in the second ...
The Senate of the 119th Congress is composed in 2025 of 53 Republicans, 45 Democrats, and 2 independents; both the independents caucus with the Democrats. The leaders are Senators John Thune of South Dakota and Chuck Schumer of New York. [1] The assistant leaders, or whips, are Senators John Barrasso of Wyoming and Dick Durbin of Illinois.
The Senate minority whip from South Dakota will succeed Mitch McConnell as the head of Republicans in the chamber Republicans pick John Thune to be Senate majority leader - here’s what that ...
Thune, the Senate Republican whip, ran against two other senators: John Cornyn of Texas, a former whip, and Rick Scott of Florida, an underdog candidate who just won a second term.