Then-Florida congressman Matt Gaetz sharply criticized Gov. Brian Kemp in 2022 for not appointing a Donald Trump loyalist to the U.S. Senate.

Democrats were projected to win at least 208 House seats and Republicans 215 seats as of Friday. A party needs 218 seats in order to have the majority.

in southeast Texas. In March, he faced two Republican challengers in the primary, propelling him to a runoff election, which he won. He was reelected on Nov. 5. Phelan’s supporters told The Center ...

The future of Donald Trump’s second term in office will be shaped inside a closed room in the United States Senate on ...

Cruz made the announcement less than an hour before Republican senators were scheduled to vote for their next leader to ...

Senator John Thune of South Dakota beat Trump’s loyalist Rick Scott to lead the Republican-controlled Senate. Republicans in ...

The Republicans in the US Senate picked John Thune as the chamber’s new leader Wednesday as lawmakers scrambling to prepare for President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration rejected his camp’s ...

Cornyn has for years signaled he wanted to succeed his close ally GOP leader Mitch McConnell. He lost in a vote decided by ...

After Republicans won races statewide, especially in South Texas, the chair of the Texas Democratic Party, Gilberto Hinojosa, said he plans to resign next year after ...

John Thune was elected by Republican senators to serve ... The senators voted by secret ballot in a runoff, eliminating the lowest-performing candidate in the event of a vote with no majority. Thune’s ...

After Republicans swept many state legislative seats on Election Day, Gov. Greg Abbott said he had more than enough votes to ...

With Election Day in the past, the race for Texas House speaker is heating up as the Republican incumbent tries to hold onto ...