TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has named Sen. Marco Rubio as his choice for secretary of state.

Split outcomes between presidential and Senate results saw a resurgence in 2024, as at least four Donald Trump-won states sent Democrats to the Senate.— Republicans still took the majority in the ...

John Thune’s victory on a secret-ballot continued the long tradition, in both parties, of elevating small-state senators to ...

Ted Cruz was in a familiar position: fighting for political survival in a state where other Republicans were routinely ...

Cornyn, who was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002, has long sought to be Senate Majority Leader, the first from Texas ...

The Kentucky stalwart, 82, has been the GOP leader in the Senate since 2007. Although the men viscerally dislike one another — McConnell was booed at Trump’s 2024 convention — McConnell and Trump were ...

Cornyn had for years signaled he wanted to succeed his close ally GOP leader Mitch McConnell. On Wednesday, he lost in a vote ...

After Republicans won races statewide, especially in South Texas, the chair of the Texas Democratic Party, Gilberto Hinojosa, ...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a leading conservative, announced Wednesday morning he will back Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) for Senate ...

John Cornyn is running to succeed Mitch McConnell after years waiting in his shadow. But the far-right, in Texas and ...

Here's when US Republican senators will vote on their next leader, and how Sen. John Cornyn, who's running, could boost Texas ...

Statewide, Trump outran Cruz’s margins in almost every county, especially along Texas’ southern border. While Trump carried ...