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Thune to run for second term as Senate GOP leader after midterm shellacking
David Sivak·Washington Examiner·November 4, 2026

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) will run for another term as the top Senate Republican after a midterm cycle that cost his party a majority in both houses of Congress. Unlike Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who announced he would step down from leadership on Wednesday morning, Thune is planning to run for minority leader in the […]
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