John Thune as leader, anointing a new standard bearer to replace Mitch McConnell at the party's helm in the upper chamber. The South Dakota Republican is set to lead the Senate as majority leader ...

Thune, who is 63 and in his fourth Senate term, has promised to work closely with President-elect Donald Trump despite ...

Trump has repeatedly pledged to eliminate the federal department, and, with a Republican trifecta in government starting next ...

South Dakota’s 3 electoral votes will be going to Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump.  The ...

South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the federal Department of Homeland ...

Before the Senate, Thune represented in the House, worked as the executive director of the South Dakota Republican Party and ...

Watertown and Aberdeen Republicans Josephine Garcia and Brandei Schaefbauer will join 37 other female lawmakers in Pierre ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen ... Like McConnell, he hails from the Republican Party’s more traditional wing. He is a former chairman of the Senate Commerce ...

According to South Dakota Searchlight, both the South Dakota Republican Party and the South Dakota Democratic Party oppose the amendment. Democratic Party executive director Dan Ahlers said “the ...

Like McConnell, he hails from the Republican Party’s more traditional wing ... But some questioned whether that strategy might backfire. South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds, Thune's home state ...

The ban’s lead sponsor, Sen. John Wiik, is now chairman for the South Dakota Republican Party. On Amendment H, the South Dakota Republican central committee has taken an official position of ...