Senate Majority Leader, R-South Dakota
4 stories from The GOP Files, newest first. Last in the news Oct 26.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune has campaigned in at least nine states in the weeks before Nov. 3 to protect a 53-47 Republican majority. He says that if Rep. Ashley Hinson loses in Iowa, Republicans won't hold the Senate.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says control of the Senate 'must run through' Iowa, a state Trump won by 13 points in 2024. Polls show Republican Ashley Hinson and Democrat Josh Turek tied 10 days before the election.
Two Senate races, in Texas and Maine, are polling at or near ties 11 days before the election. Republicans hold a 53-47 majority, and one of those races features a nominee the party's own leaders did not back in the primary.
Republican groups are putting millions into ads that link Democrat Abdul El-Sayed to the Muslim Brotherhood, which he denies. The push suggests the Michigan Senate seat is still in play less than two weeks before Election Day.
