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

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn lost his bid Wednesday to become the first Texan to hold the powerful U.S. Senate majority leader post since Lyndon B. Johnson, losing the closed-door GOP vote just hours after fellow Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz announced he would ...

Senate Republicans return to Washington on Tuesday for the first time since they secured the Senate majority to determine who will be the new party leader in the chamber.

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

On Wednesday morning, shortly before a majority of GOP senators cast their votes for Thune, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz appeared to abandon fellow Texas U.S. Senator John Cornyn, announcing he would back U.S. Senator Rick Scott of Florida for the vaunted position.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz announced Wednesday he was backing Rick Scott of Florida over fellow Texan John Cornyn in the vote for the next Senate majority leader. In a post of X, Cruz said he believed Senate Republicans needed a change in leadership.

Senate Republicans have selected a new Senate majority leader to succeed Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader.

Texas Sen. John Cornyn will not be the Senate’s next Republican Leader. Reports from Washington have Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, who serves as Senate Republican whip, winning the leadership role after two rounds of voting by secret ballot.

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas said he will still seek reelection in 2026 after falling a few votes short Wednesday in his bid to become the next Senate majority leader. Asked about what comes next for him in the Senate,