Cornyn has for years signaled he wanted to succeed his close ally GOP leader Mitch McConnell. He lost in a vote decided by the Republican members of the Senate.

Texas, is hoping his fellow Republicans make him the next Senate majority leader when they vote Wednesday morning.

John Cornyn lost his bid Wednesday to ... setting up the GOP to be the party in power over the Senate, U.S. House and the White House for the next two years. "It's a new day in the United States Senate, and it's a new day in America," Thune, who has ...