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John Thune: “We have 49 Republican senators today after the election, I…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Interview with South Dakota Senator John Thune on Senate Leadership and Election Outlook

Published | Video Starts at 01:55

Like I said, I've been around the country on behalf of a number of our candidates, either who are running for reelection or challengers that are trying to get elected. In the end, this gets decided by Republican senators. So We have 49 Republican senators today after the election, I hope we have more and a majority. But that means you got to get half, 50% plus one of that number to win the leader race. And that's what we've been focused on. (01:55–02:00)

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Asserts that there are currently 49 Republican senators and hopes for a majority after the election.

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