GOP Whip John Thune of South Dakota was elected by the Senate Republican Conference to succeed Mitch McConnell as leader in a secret election.

Here’s everything you need to know about the candidates and who came out on top to replace Senate Minority Leader McConnell after Wednesday’s closed-door election.

Republicans elected Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., to serve as majority leader in next Senate session, replacing current GOP caucus leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., with another institutionalist distrusted by the MAGA world — but one largely willing to cooperate with President-elect Donald Trump to keep the GOP in power and pass conservative policies.

House and Senate Republicans will huddle this week to select a new slate of leaders for the next year’s Congress, the first step towards legislating in the looming Trump administration. The moves come as the GOP is on the brink of securing a trifecta in Washington: Trump is headed to the White House,

Republican senators returned to the US Capitol on Tuesday with their first consequential choice of Donald Trump’s new era in Washington hovering over them.

Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on the Republican sweep in the 2024 election.

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Just hours after being elected Senate majority leader, Senator John Thune faced his first test from President-elect Donald Trump, who chose Florida Representative Matt Gaetz to serve as his attorney general.

S.D., as the next party leader, launching a new era for the GOP after nearly two decades with Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leading the party in the Senate.