U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz plans to vote for fellow right-wing firebrand Sen. Rick Scott of Florida over his fellow Texan Sen. John Cornyn to be the next Senate majority leader. “This morning, I’ll be voting for Rick Scott for GOP Leader,

U.S. Senate Republicans are voting for a new leader and Sen. Ted Cruz has announced he will not be voting for fellow Texan, Sen. John Cornyn.

U.S. Senate Republicans will gather behind closed doors on Wednesday to pick their next leader in the face of a public pressure campaign by supporters of President-elect Donald Trump who favor the long-shot bid of a hardline Trump loyalist.

Thune, who is 63 and in his fourth Senate term, has promised to work closely with President-elect Donald Trump despite differences between the two over the years.

Sen. John Thune has won an internal election among Republican senators to become the chamber’s next majority leader

S.D., was chosen as the next majority leader of the Senate, succeeding Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell as the GOP’s Senate leader. NBC News’ Ali Vitali reports on Thune’s rise through Washington and his relationship with President-elect Donald Trump.

U.S. Senate Republicans elected John Thune to lead the chamber next year, opting for a well-regarded insider and shrugging off a public pressure campaign by supporters of Donald Trump to pick a loyalist to the president-elect.