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Thune to run for second term as Senate GOP leader after midterm shellacking

By David Sivak
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Sen. John Thune (R-SD) will run for another term as the top Senate Republican after a midterm cycle that cost his party a majority in both houses of Congress.

Unlike Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who announced he would step down from leadership on Wednesday morning, Thune is planning to run for minority leader in the upper chamber, and is so far unopposed.

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