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Senate Republicans vote to keep Thune as leader after steep election losses
Thune won unopposed after Republicans lost at least seven Senate seats and fell into the minority, with some senators urging a delay for soul-searching.
- Senate Republicans reelected Majority Leader John Thune as their leader on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, despite internal pushback following widespread midterm losses.
- Widespread election defeats that cost Republicans the Senate majority prompted a day of internal reckoning on Capitol Hill as lawmakers grappled with the party's direction.
- The Senate held tense closed-door meetings over whether to delay leadership votes, while the House GOP leadership contest opened between Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan.
- Republican lawmakers expressed deep frustrations over the election performance, with Rep Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, calling the closed-door meeting a "needed family discussion" to reevaluate the party's path forward.
- Members aim to define their legislative agenda for the 120th Congress against incoming Democrats after what Thune described as a "tough night" in the midterm elections.
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