Yet some of Thune’s own views — political and personal — don’t sync up with the leader of the Republican Party, ...

Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in their leadership that elevates a top deputy of Mitch McConnell into a key ...

Sen. John Thune has won an internal election among Republican senators to become the chamber’s next majority leader ...

A push from a Minnehaha County-based election integrity group to get Minnehaha County Auditor Leah Anderson appointed to the ...

Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority ... as they prepare to take majority control of the Senate with the 53 seats they won in last week’s elections. It was ...

Donald Trump clinched victory in the 2024 presidential election last week, sweeping all seven swing states to secure 312 ...

Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace Mitch McConnell.

Sen. John Thune​ of South Dakota won on the second round of voting against Sen. John Cornyn​ of Texas in the race for Senate ...

"I'm willing to grind through it and do it the old-fashioned way," Thune told reporters regarding confirmation hearings for ...

South Dakota hasn’t elected a Democratic governor in 45 years, and more than 90% of the 35 state senators and 70 state House ...

Cornyn has for years signaled he wanted to succeed his close ally GOP leader Mitch McConnell. He lost in a vote decided by ...

After 18 years of Mitch McConnell, Senate Republicans officially have a new top dog: South Dakota Senator John Thune will ...