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The 2024 elections for the Illinois Senate were held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. The general primary election for established political parties was held on March 19, 2024. [1] Elections were held for 23 out of 59 seats in the Illinois Senate. [1] No seats were changed in this election.
Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer originally did not invite McCormick to the “New Senator Orientation Event,” but Schumer relented after criticism from Republicans and independent Arizona senator Kyrsten Sinema. [144] [145] Casey eventually conceded on November 21 and McCormick was officially declared the winner.
Trump is yet to endorse a candidate, but he’s using his influence in other ways, demanding that the next majority leader allow recess appointments to bypass confirmation votes and quickly push ...
Those elections resulted in a Republican majority in the Senate, meaning the winner of the leadership election would become Senate majority leader. [3] The Senate majority leader serves as the chief representative of their party in the Senate, and is considered the most powerful member of the Senate. The Senate's executive and legislative ...
GOP senators chose Sen. John Thune to be the next Senate Majority Leader. He's a top Mitch McConnell ally and an occasional Trump critic, endorsing against him in the primary.
A look at the three candidates: SEN. JOHN THUNE . Thune, 63, defeated then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in 2004 after arguing during the campaign that Daschle had lost his South Dakota roots during his years in Democratic leadership. Now Thune is running to become majority leader himself.
WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans have elected Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., as the next Senate majority leader after rejecting public overtures from allies of President-elect Donald Trump who backed a ...
46th Illinois Senate District candidates. Gannett. JJ Bullock, Peoria Journal Star. September 15, 2024 at 2:00 PM. ... In 2019, he was named assistant majority leader in the senate.