John Thune has become the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate.

South Dakota Senator John Thune has been elected as the Majority Leader of the Senate, one of the two legislative bodies of the U.S. Congress.

An election was held for the Majority Leader in the Senate, which is one of the two legislative bodies of the U.S. Congress. John Thune, the Senator from South Dakota, was elected as the Majority Leader of the Senate. Elected by Republican senators, Thune will take over the position from 82-year-old Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, who has led the Republicans in the Senate since 2007.

Thune, who currently serves as the Senate Minority Whip, is expected to assume the role of Majority Leader when newly elected senators take office in January.

According to reports in the U.S. press, in a secret ballot conducted behind closed doors, Thune received 29 votes, while his opponent, Texas Senator John Cornyn, received 24 votes. Reports also stated that Florida Senator Rick Scott, who had previously identified himself as the candidate of elected President Donald Trump and was supported by Trump’s right-wing allies, only received 13 votes in the previous voting round and was forced to withdraw from the race due to trailing significantly behind Thune and Cornyn.

Born in 1961, Thune has served as the Senator from South Dakota since 2005. In his fourth term in the Senate, Thune has also been serving as the Minority Whip since 2021.