Three men named John: Senators begin jockeying to replace Mitch McConnell

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Three men named John: Senators begin jockeying to replace Mitch McConnell
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WASHINGTON — The jockeying to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell as Republican leader has begun after the Kentuckian announced he will step down in January following a record 18 years in the position. The list of prospects begins with “three Johns” — as they’ve become known on Capitol Hill — who are current or former deputies to McConnell and are widely seen as the front-runners for the post.

Asked about his prior criticism of the ex-president, Thune said “the voters have spoken” and it’s now a “binary choice”: Trump or Joe Biden. John Barrasso Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., who has held the No. 3 GOP post since 2019, was not in Washington on Thursday, instead making a trip to Arizona to campaign for far-right election denier Kari Lake, the likely Republican nominee for Senate, according to his office. Barrasso, 71, was first elected in 2007. He could conceivably run for the No.

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