@cspanofficial: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) spoke to reporters Tuesday after being reelected as Republican leader for the 120th Congress, overcoming a push by some in his conference to delay the leadership vote following the GOP's heavy midterm losses. "I serve at the pleasure of the Republican conference. And if the conference wanted to go in a different direction, I would be prepared to accept that. But I, fortunately, didn't have an opponent," he said. "There was a lot of interest in delaying this, I'm not sure again necessarily what that achieves. I think what I want to see us do is come out of this, knowing full well that we took a big electoral defeat, but come out swinging and realize that we got a lot of work to be done to get back into the majority." After rejecting calls to postpone the election in the wake of their stunning defeat in last week's midterms, Senate Republicans reelected their entire leadership team by acclamation. #johnthune #senate #election #news #cspan

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Tuesday 10 November 2026 23:43:58 GMT