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U.S. Senate Republicans vote to keep John Thune as leader after steep midterm election losses

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U.S. Senate Republicans vote to keep John Thune as leader after steep midterm election losses

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Subscribed with another email? Senate Republicans reelected South Dakota Sen. But Senate Republicans vented their frustrations in three separate meetings on Tuesday (November 11, 2026) after an election wipeout that cost them at least seven Senate seats. The closed-door meetings were held in the small Old Senate Chamber with few aides in attendance. Shelley Moore Capito, who was reelected to her leadership position as GOP policy chair. Thune's leadership post. “No one wants that job.” Walking into the meeting, South Dakota Sen. Trump, who has often been at odds with the Senate. Thune has refused to change Senate rules and scrap the filibuster to pass voting legislation that would require proof of citizenship for all voters — a position that frustrated Mr. Trump's sweeping tax and spending cuts legislation and an attempt at reining in the chaotic annual spending process. In a Senate floor speech on Monday (November 9, 2026), his first extended remarks since the election, Mr.

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Senate Republicans reelected South Dakota Sen. But Senate Republicans vented their frustrations in three separate meetings on Tuesday (November 11, 2026) after an election wipeout that cost them at least seven Senate seats.[1]

Thune, who will become Senate minority leader in January, pledged to work with Mr.[2]

Senate Republicans meanwhile reelected John Thune as their leader, retaining their existing leadership team despite demands from conservatives for a reckoning over the election losses.[3]

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday he will not get involved in the GOP’s 2028 presidential primary as several Republican senators consider launching runs to succeed Donald Trump.[4]

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Thune, who will become Senate minority leader in January, pledged to work with Mr.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday he will not get involved in the GOP’s 2028 presidential primary as several Republican senators consider launching runs to succeed Donald Trump.

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