Senate Republicans have elected Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., as the next Senate majority leader this week. Thune won in a secret ballot vote of 29-24, beating Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in the second round of voting. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., also ran but was ...

Thune, who attended the La Mirada university, played basketball under coach Dave Holmquist, who is still on staff at Biola.

WASHINGTON—Republican senators chose John Thune of South Dakota as their first new leader in nearly two decades, opting for continuity over calls for radical change heading into populist President-elect Donald Trump’s second term in the White House.