罗恩·约翰逊与里克·斯科特推动推迟领导层投票，但未提出替代人选挑战图恩
作者：亚历克斯·米勒 | 福克斯新闻
发布时间：美国东部时间2026年11月10日下午3点42分
佛罗里达州共和党参议员里克·斯科特仍不准备支持约翰·图恩竞选另一任期的参议院共和党领袖。他和其他共和党人希望了解图恩或其他竞争者的具体施政方案，此时民主党即将接管参议院控制权。
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尽管在上周毁灭性的中期选举失利后，部分议员仍心存不满、牢骚不断，但参议院共和党领导层既没有出现大规模离职，也没有彻底改组。
参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州共和党参议员约翰·图恩在参议院 Old Chamber 闭门会议中保住了共和党最高领袖职位，议员们在会上敲定了剩余任期及后续的政治路线。
图恩与他的大部分领导团队（其中现在包括俄亥俄州共和党参议员伯尼·莫雷诺）在一群共和党人未能阻止领导层选举后迅速当选。
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不过这并非一帆风顺，闭门磋商的对话持续了7个多小时。
共和党参议员拒绝对图恩提供支持 领导层角逐即将拉开帷幕
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2026年11月9日，参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州共和党参议员约翰·图恩在国会访客中心与记者交谈。（美国盖蒂图片社旗下CQ-Roll Call公司提供）
威斯康星州共和党参议员罗恩·约翰逊带头推动推迟选举，在Old Chamber举行的31票支持、15票反对推进原定选举的投票失败后，他也退场不再参与。
约翰逊和其他人士希望就中期选举的失利进行深入探讨，并制定一份路线图，明确共和党领袖候选人在剩余执政时间内能完成哪些工作。
参议院共和党反叛者推动推迟领导层投票 要求中期选举惨败后问责
不过，所有参选领导层的议员都没有遇到反对者。
“这绝不是针对约翰·图恩个人，”约翰逊表示，“我认为他遭到了我们基本盘的不公攻击，我并不同意这种做法。但我反对的是立刻举行选举，不给任何人提供真正挑战任何领导职位的机会。”
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周一，图恩坚称自己仍会参选，但不确定结果如何。
“这是我的期望，”当被问及是否获得参议院共和党支持时，图恩说，“投票前你永远无法确定结果。”
投票前，约翰逊和少数同僚认为领导层应该进行改组，但并未提出替代图恩的人选。
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“在这次令人震惊的败选之后，你绝不能再继续维持现状，”约翰逊表示，“这种惨败要求必须做出改变。”
当被问及是否有兴趣参选时，约翰逊说：“这正是问题所在。你会想担任这个职位吗？”
“我认为有不少有才华的人，”约翰逊说，“而且我不是——我们至少需要从领导团队那里看到未来的战略规划，你不能在经历那样的惨败后就强行举行选举，然后说‘我们以鼓掌方式选出这个领导团队吧’。”
佛罗里达州共和党参议员里克·斯科特此前曾两次参选领袖，最近一次就是挑战图恩。不过这位加入约翰逊变革运动的议员，不愿再次参选。
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“我认为我们必须承认选民感到不满，”斯科特表示，“我们需要开始倾听选民的声音。”
国会回归残酷跛脚鸭期 面临政府关门截止日期与领导层角逐：“会议室里全是糟心事”
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2026年2月12日，威斯康星州共和党参议员罗恩·约翰逊在华盛顿特区 Dirksen 参议院办公大楼出席参议院国土安全与政府事务委员会听证会时发言。（奇普·索莫德维拉/盖蒂图片社）
斯科特要求共和党列出的待办事项必须有可靠承诺，包括迅速推进司法提名、“不通过庞大综合法案”完成政府拨款、实施股票交易禁令、推进许可改革、通过国防授权法案、再次尝试推进《拯救美国法案》以及可能通过预算平衡法案实现预算平衡。
除约翰逊和斯科特外，北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员特德·巴德、犹他州共和党参议员迈克·李、路易斯安那州共和党参议员约翰·肯尼迪、印第安纳州共和党参议员吉姆·班克斯和宾夕法尼亚州共和党参议员戴夫·麦科密克也加入了推动推迟选举的行列，但该努力未获成功，随着无记名投票的进行，这场未遂的政变也随之瓦解。
不过，在那批人之外还有其他人对上周的选举感到不满，认为共和党需要对过去两年的所作所为进行更深刻的反思，正是这些作为导致参议院民主党历史性大胜。
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密苏里州共和党参议员乔希·霍利认为，共和党在执政期间列出的所谓成就，反而成了拖累他们的因素。
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“而且，你知道，本届国会的记录摆在那里，我觉得我们最好认真反思一下自己到底在做什么，”霍利说。
“当你削减医疗补助资金却给数据中心拨款，削减农村医院经费却给计划生育协会拨款，当普通民众的医疗成本高得离谱，而你又无法在从化肥到汽油等其他民生问题上为他们做些什么，”他继续说道，“是的，公众对此非常不满。”
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道负责报道美国参议院事务的记者。
Senate GOP rebellion fizzles as Thune keeps power despite historic midterm massacre
Ron Johnson and Rick Scott pushed to delay the leadership vote but offered no alternative candidate to challenge Thune
By Alex Miller | Fox News
Published November 10, 2026 3:42pm EST
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., isn’t ready to back John Thune for another term as Senate GOP leader. He and other Republicans want specifics on how Thune, or another contender, would get work done as Democrats prepare to take control.
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There was neither an exodus nor a mass housecleaning in the Senate GOP leadership, despite frustration and rumblings of discontent among some lawmakers reeling from last week’s devastating midterm losses.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., secured another term as the top Republican behind the closed doors of the Old Senate Chamber, where lawmakers charted their course for their few remaining weeks in power and beyond.
Thune, along with the bulk of his leadership team, which now includes Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, were swiftly elected after a group of Republicans failed to delay the leadership elections.
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It wasn’t without a fight, though, with conversations behind closed doors dragging on for over seven hours.
GOP SENATOR WITHHOLDS SUPPORT FOR THUNE AS LEADERSHIP SHOWDOWN LOOMS
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., talks with reporters in the Capitol Visitor Center on Nov. 9, 2026.(CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., led the charge to delay, and didn’t stick around after his attempts to do so failed on a 31 to 15 vote in the Old Senate Chamber to proceed with the scheduled election.
Johnson and others wanted to have a deep conversation about what had happened during the midterm elections, and a roadmap on what Republican leadership candidates could accomplish with the little time they had left in power.
SENATE GOP REBELS MOVE TO DELAY LEADERSHIP VOTE, DEMAND RECKONING AFTER MIDTERM DISASTER
But there was no opposition to any of the lawmakers running for leadership.
“This has never been anything against John Thune,” Johnson said. “I think he has been very unfairly attacked, you know, by our base, and I don’t agree with that. What I didn’t agree with was holding the election right away, giving nobody an opportunity to really challenge any leadership position.”
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On Monday, Thune was adamant that he’d still run but was unsure of the outcome.
“That’s the hope,” Thune said when asked if he had the Senate GOP’s support. “You never know right until they vote.”
Before the vote, Johnson and a handful of others believed there should be a shakeup in leadership, but didn’t offer an alternative to Thune.
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“After the stunning defeat, you just can’t continue on business as usual,” Johnson said. “I mean, that kind of defeat demands change.”
When asked if he’d be interested in running, Johnson said, “That’s part of the problem. Would you want it?”
“I think there’s a number of people with talent,” Johnson said. “Again, I’m not — at a minimum, we need to see out of our leadership team what’s the strategy moving forward, and you can’t come off of a defeat like that and just ram through elections and oh yeah, ‘let’s just elect that leadership team by acclamation.’”
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., had previously run for leader twice and most recently against Thune. But the lawmaker, who joined Johnson’s crusade for change, declined to throw his hat into the arena again.
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“I think we have to acknowledge the voters are not happy,” Scott said. “We have to start listening to voters.”
CONGRESS RETURNS TO BRUTAL LAME-DUCK STRETCH WITH SHUTDOWN DEADLINE, LEADERSHIP RACES: ‘CLOSET IS FULL OF S—’
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Scott wanted ironclad promises on the GOP’s to-do list, including ramming through judicial nominees, government funding “without a massive omnibus,” a stock trade ban, permitting reform, passing the National Defense Authorization Act, taking another crack at the SAVE America Act and balancing the budget — possibly through budget reconciliation.
Johnson and Scott were joined by Sens. Ted Budd, R-N.C., Mike Lee, R-Utah, John Kennedy, R-La., Jim Banks, R-Ind., and Dave McCormick, R-Pa., in a push to delay the elections that was not met, and the would-be coup faded as the secret ballots were cast.
Still, there were others outside that cohort who weren’t happy with last week and believed that there should be deeper soul-searching on what Republicans did over the last two years that led to a historic night for Senate Democrats.
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Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., contended that much of what the GOP listed as accomplishments over their time in power is what worked against them.
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“And, you know, you have the kind of record that this Congress has had, I think we better have a pretty tough family conversation about what it is we’re doing,” Hawley said.
“When you cut Medicaid, but you fund data centers, when you cut rural hospital funding, but you fund Planned Parenthood, when you let the cost of healthcare for working people go through the roof, but you can’t do anything for them on other issues of affordability, from fertilizer to gas,” he continued. “Yeah you know what? The public doesn’t like that very much.”
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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