A look at the three candidates: Thune, 63, defeated then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in 2004 after arguing during the campaign that Daschle had lost his South Dakota roots during his years in ...

Republicans have won enough seats to control the House of Representatives, completing the party’s sweep into power and ...

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

Sen. John Thune's victory came out of the first competitive election for Senate Republican leader in three decades.

Flathead Beacon opinion columnist John McCaslin is a longtime journalist and author. He lives in Bigfork. He was Montana’s ...

Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold ...

Both Thune and Johnson will face significant challenges ahead, but the early results for competent Republican congressional governance are encouraging.

The South Dakota senator prevailed over John Cornyn and Trump ally Rick Scott in the vote Wednesday.

The House of Representatives is likely to again be under GOP rule next year, cementing a unified control of power across ...

Senate Republicans have elected South Dakota’s John Thune as the next Senate majority leader after rejecting public overtures ...

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.

Donald Trump is considering recess appointments to skip over Senate confirmations for even some of the most powerful ...