Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) said before the election that he expected to seek another term as Senate Republican leader regardless of whether his party retained or lost control of the chamber. A spokesperson confirmed Wednesday that Thune is running for minority leader.
Thune, 65, has served as majority leader for nearly two years since winning a competitive race to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell (Kentucky) as the Republican leader in the Senate. No Republicans have said they will challenge Thune ahead of next week’s leadership election, although a challenger could still emerge.
“As we head into 2027, Senate Republicans will not stand idly by as the far-left, socialist wing of the Democrat Party attempts to unwind everything we’ve done,” Thune wrote on X early Wednesday morning. “Thankfully, we still have President Trump in the White House, and we’ll work with him to stop the worst impulses of Democrat extremism. We cannot let their fringe positions become the mainstream.”
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