Q&A: Thune says Republicans can hold their majority — if they stop fighting each other

By: Makenzie Huber

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: August 14, 2026

Words: 1,458

Last Updated: 4 days, 4 hours ago

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SIOUX FALLS — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s Republican Party faces midterm elections amid economic anxiety, high gas prices and a war with Iran.

But Thune, of South Dakota, said the biggest threat to the party’s Senate majority might be Republicans themselves.

Thune told South Dakota Searchlight and other journalists Friday during an event at Southeast Technical College that Republicans need to “turn our fire on Democrats, not on each other.”

Thune has …

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