Sen. John Thune has won an internal election among Republican senators to become the chamber’s next majority leader ...

Republican John Thune of South Dakota is elected next Senate majority leader, making him a key partner in power to Trump ...

Before the Senate, Thune represented in the House, worked as the executive director of the South Dakota Republican Party and ...

The 63-year-old won 25 votes for Senate majority leader, while Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, got 15 and Florida Sen. Rick Scott ...

Cornyn had for years signaled he wanted to succeed his close ally GOP leader Mitch McConnell. On Wednesday, he lost in a vote ...

Thune, a senator from South Dakota, has differed with Donald Trump at times but now says he's committed to Trump's agenda.

South Dakota's relatively unassuming national presence was shattered this week after a meteoric rise to power for Gov. Kristi Noem and Sen. John Thune. Donald Trump won a second, non-consecutive ...

Thune, who is 63 and in his fourth Senate term, has promised to work closely with President-elect Donald Trump despite ...

John Thune to be the new Senate majority leader began 20 years ago in one of the hardest fought, consequential Senate elections in the last 60 years. The 2004 South Dakota senate race was second ...

U.S. Senate Republicans elected Sen. John Thune of South Dakota to be the Majority Leader starting in January, opting for a seasoned Washington insider despite pressure by supporters of ...

Republican senators chose South Dakota Sen. John Thune as their new leader in a closed-door vote on Wednesday. He will take ...

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