Thune elected to replace McConnell as next Senate GOP leader

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Trump on Sunday said the next Senate majority leader, which will be a Republican, must endorse the return of recess appointments.
47% : Ideologically, Scott was considered closest to Trump.
45% : Both Thune and Cornyn publicly wanted someone else to be the Republican presidential nominee, but quickly got behind Trump earlier this year when it became clear he would again cruise to the nomination.
41% : Trump did not formally endorse a Senate leader candidate, but Elon Musk, the tech giant who has become one of his advisers, did so on Sunday.
35% : Senate Republicans held their closed-door election with the prospect of having Trump to deal with over the next four years.
31% : North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven, who backed Thune on the first ballot, said Tuesday after a candidate forum that Trump had handled the lead-up to the secret ballot election well.
30% : When Trump met with members of Congress ahead of the election, he said he noticed Trump was taking Capitol Hill seriously.
28% : Trump will put GOP lawmakers under intense pressure to quickly act on his agenda, including extending the 2017 tax cuts.
27% : "I'm hoping, as a former leader, you guys will care what I think," he said, opening the door to fielding questions about Trump, with whom he has clashed over the years.
26% : Trump addressed House Republicans Wednesday morning at a hotel near the Capitol, but multiple members said he did not address the Senate GOP leader race.

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