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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 Republican ... election was whether South Dakota Democrats could improve their strikingly low representation in Pierre, where Republicans outnumbered the junior party 94-11 the past two ...

Right now, when South Dakota voters head to the polls to ... Amendment H puts voters at a disadvantage. “The Democrat Party, the Republican Party, the Libertarian Party, they’re all against ...

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 ...

This Republican Party listens to our voters and celebrates ... Republican John Thune represents South Dakota in the United States Senate and serves as the Senate Republican whip.

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 ...