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On November 13, 2024, Thune won the Senate Republican Conference leadership election on the second ballot to become the next Senate majority leader to replace the retiring Mitch McConnell, following the November 2024 U.S. elections, in which Republicans carried the Senate.
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) walking to Senate Republican vote where he would be elected to serve as Senate majority leader on Nov. 13, 2024 at the United States Capitol replacing Senate minority ...
Thune was long considered the favorite in the three-way race, given his No. 2 position in the Senate Republican leadership, though Cornyn was also considered a serious contender.
Senate Republicans chose John Thune of South Dakota, ... The race came down to Thune and Cornyn on the second ballot, and Thune won by a vote of 29 to 24, three sources told NBC News.
The 2022 United States Senate election in South Dakota was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of South Dakota. Incumbent three-term Republican U.S. Senator John Thune , who is the Senate Minority Whip , was first elected in 2004 , defeating Democratic incumbent Tom Daschle , the then ...
Thune, a former at-large congressman from South Dakota, lost a razor-thin Senate race in 2002 before narrowly ousting then-Democratic Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle from office in 2004.
Senate Republicans voted via secret ballot to elect a new party leader as longtime Republican leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky,. is stepping down. Sens. Rick Scott of Florida, Thune and John Cornyn of ...
The 2002 United States Senate election in South Dakota was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tim Johnson narrowly won re-election to a second term over Republican John Thune by a margin of 524 votes, or 0.15%. This made the election the closest race of the 2002 Senate election cycle.