Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday won reelection as Senate GOP leader, fending off a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott and setting himself up to become the longest-serving party leader in the history of the Senate.
McConnell, who's been"I have the votes. I will be elected," McConnell told reporters. "The only issue is whether we do it sooner or later."
According to senators in the Tuesday GOP meeting, which dragged for about three hours and delayed Senate votes, the marathon session was filled with grievances as Republicans sought direction after the results of the 2022 vote. Braun added that approximately 20 people spoke in the meeting, and more than half of those pressed for "something different."
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