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Next GOP Senate Leader Is Elected
Following two rounds of voting, Senator John Thune (R-SD) has been chosen as the new leader of the Senate Republicans, winning against Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) by a vote of 29 to 24. Thune replaces Mitch McConnell, who held the position for nearly two decades. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), favored by hardline Republicans, was eliminated […]The post
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