Sen. John Thune, the number No. 2 Senate Republican, announced Saturday he would seek re-election in 2022, positioning himself as the likely successor to GOP Leader Mitch McConnell.
"She is done with it," Thune said in an interview with the"His party needs him in the Senate and the country needs him in the Senate," McConnell toldThune began his career in Washington in 1997 as a congressman and entered the Senate in 2005.
"South Dakota deserves a strong and effective senator who can deliver the results they expect," Thune said in his statement."I am uniquely positioned to get that job done, and I look forward to earning the support of all South Dakotans in the 2022 election for the U.S. Senate.
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