John Thune’s victory on a secret-ballot continued the long tradition, in both parties, of elevating small-state senators to ...

The South Dakota senator prevailed over John Cornyn and Trump ally Rick Scott in the vote Wednesday.

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

Donald Trump clinched victory in the 2024 presidential election last week, sweeping all seven swing states to secure 312 ...

Democrats were projected to win at least 208 House seats and Republicans 215 seats as of Friday. A party needs 218 seats in order to have the majority.

Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace ...

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

The institutionalist South Dakotan emerged victorious over a right-wing, MAGA-backed challenge from Senator Rick Scott of ...

Thune beat out two other competitors, Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott, by gaining majority support from GOP senators in a ...

The 2024 election had at least three split-ticket results, though presidential and Senate votes still closely aligned.

Montana ousted the last standing statewide Democrat in the 2024 election, marking the first time the Big Sky State will see ...

Republican Tim Sheehy has defeated three-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester. The victory by the former U.S. Navy SEAL bolsters the GOP’s new Senate majority. Sheehy closely aligned his campaign ...