Washington — Senate Republicans on Wednesday elected Sen. John Thune as leader, anointing a new standard bearer to replace Mitch McConnell at the party's helm in the upper chamber. The South ...

Thune succeeds Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who has been the party’s leader in the chamber for almost 20 years. Staunch supporters of President-elect Donald Trump expressed their ...

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota - U.S. Sen. John Thune was chosen by his peers on Wednesday to lead his Republican colleagues as they work with President-elect Donald Trump and an expected GOP-led House ...

The election of Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota as the next leader of his party in the chamber – putting him on track to become Senate majority leader next year – tasks a key ally ...

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 ...

McConnell is resigning his leadership role after a record 18 years in the position, just in time for Thune to become the Senate majority leader in January Kyler Alvord is a news editor at PEOPLE ...

Thune defeated John Cornyn and Rick Scott. Senate Republicans on Wednesday elected John Thune to be the next Republican leader to succeed Mitch McConnell in a position he's held for 17 years. In ...

South Dakota Senator John Thune says that Republicans are "united" behind President-elect Donald Trump's policies and agenda, in a statement following his election as Senate majority leader on ...

Senator John Thune won enough votes to become the next Senate leader, sparking backlash from some supporters of President-elect Donald Trump. "I am extremely honored to have earned the support of ...

Senate Minority Whip John Thune was ultimately elected as the new Republican Senate leader and the majority leader of the upper chamber in the new Congress after winning a second secret ballot.

She was born on February 16, 1947, in Mitchell, SD to Gordon & Elsamarie (Nordquist) Thune. She graduated from Mitchell Senior High School in 1965. She graduated from Augustana College ...