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华盛顿电 —— 参议院共和党人于周二投票再次选举参议员约翰·锡恩为其领袖，尽管该党遭遇惨痛的中期选举失利（至少有7个参议院席位落入民主党手中），他们仍选择维持现有路线，准备进入少数党阵营。
参议院共和党人在老参议院会议厅闭门会谈大半天后，以鼓掌表决（即无反对意见）的方式支持锡恩连任两年领袖。
65岁的锡恩是来自南达科他州的共和党人，他在2024年选举后首次当选领袖。他自2005年起担任参议员，在担任参议院共和党二号人物、参议员米奇·麦康奈尔的副手两年后掌权。
由于他在党团中广受认可，几乎没人怀疑锡恩会继续留任领袖。不过，几名保守派议员最后时刻推动延迟选举的举动，给此次选举平添了变数。
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参议院多数党领袖约翰·锡恩于2026年9月15日在国会大厦参加参议院午餐会后举行记者会。 汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-Roll Call公司 via 盖蒂图片社
共和党籍威斯康星州参议员罗恩·约翰逊在共和党中期选举结果惨败后，发起了推迟投票的推动行动。他征集了几名同僚的签名——路易斯安那州参议员约翰·肯尼迪、北卡罗来纳州参议员泰德·巴德、佛罗里达州参议员里克·斯科特和犹他州参议员迈克·李——以促使党团在周二投票前召开会议。不过，推迟选举的努力最终并未成功。
约翰逊告诉记者，参议院共和党人在经历了选举中的“惨败”后，“根本无法继续按老一套行事”。
当被问及是否需要更换领导层时，约翰逊表示：“这种失利要求必须做出改变。”
但约翰逊承认，没有能替代锡恩的明确人选。他认为，参议院共和党人至少需要听取领导团队关于未来策略的说明。
周二上午，议员们闭门会谈了两小时，下午再次开会后，约翰逊告诉记者：“这从未针对约翰·锡恩。”
他说：“我认为他遭到了我们选民极其不公的攻击。”
锡恩本人对重组的努力表示理解，他承认是否推迟领袖选举的决定最终取决于议员们。
锡恩在周一告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻网：“我认为，就推动未来工作而言，尽快解决这些问题至关重要。我们看看议员们明天的想法。”
锡恩此次连任领袖，是在他领导参议院共和党人过去两年通过了总统的大规模税收、边境安全和国防议程、迅速确认总统提名，并推动通过了几项两党优先事项之后。与此同时，他的任期内也经历了两次创纪录的政府关门，以及白宫经常与国会共和党人步调不一的情况。
一些共和党人对锡恩的执政记录提出批评，认为共和党议程不够激进。保守派的不满在《拯救美国法案》一事上达到顶峰，这项颇具争议的选举法案是特朗普总统反复推动的。锡恩明确表示，该法案在参议院缺乏推进所需的足够支持。
在选举前，锡恩驳斥了有关参议院共和党议程的批评，他告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻网：“我不明白怎么能更激进了。”他在为参议院共和党人的记录辩护的同时，也承认存在一些他们无法控制的因素。
参议院共和党人进入中期选举周期时，原本的选情地图看似有利，民主党几乎没有什么可争取的席位。但由于生活成本问题和伊朗战争成为焦点，共和党候选人在全国各地接连落败，扩大了民主党获胜的选区范围。参议院共和党人在俄亥俄州、北卡罗来纳州等摇摆州，以及南卡罗来纳州、堪萨斯州和得克萨斯州等共和党铁票区失去了席位。阿拉斯加州和密西西比州的两场参议院竞选仍未决，可能会给民主党带来更多胜选机会。
锡恩在中期选举后首次在参议院发表演讲时表示：“毫无疑问，周二晚的选举之夜是艰难的。”他说，选举结果让参议院共和党人“有机会反思作为一个政党我们需要改进的地方”，并传递了“一个明确的信号：下一届国会需要加倍投入我们一直在做的、提升民众购买力的工作”。
Thune reelected as Senate GOP leader after brutal midterm losses
November 10, 2026 / 3:46 PM EST / CBS News
Washington — Senate Republicans reelected Sen. John Thune as their leader on Tuesday, staying the course as they prepare to enter the minority after the party’s brutal midterm losses, which saw at least seven Senate seats fall to the Democrats.
Senate Republicans backed Thune for another two years as leader by acclamation, or without opposition, after meeting behind closed doors in the Old Senate Chamber for much of the day.
Thune, 65, is a South Dakota Republican who was first elected leader after the 2024 elections. He’s been in the Senate since 2005 and took the helm two decades later, after working under Sen. Mitch McConnell as the No. 2 Senate Republican.
Well-liked by his conference, there was little doubt that Thune would remain leader. But a last-minute push by several conservative members to delay the elections added a wrinkle.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune conducts a news conference after the Senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 15, 2026. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin led the push to delay the vote after the disastrous midterm results for Republicans. He secured signatures from a handful of his colleagues — Sens. John Kennedy of Louisiana, Ted Budd of North Carolina, Rick Scott of Florida and Mike Lee of Utah — to compel a conference meeting ahead of Tuesday’s elections. But the effort to delay any further fell short.
Johnson told reporters that Senate Republicans “just can’t continue on business as usual” after a “stunning defeat” at the polls.
“I mean, that kind of defeat demands change,” Johnson said, when asked whether new leadership was needed.
But Johnson conceded that there wasn’t a clear alternative to Thune. He argued that Senate Republicans at least needed to hear from their leadership team about the strategy moving forward.
After meeting behind closed doors for two hours Tuesday morning, and reconvening later in the afternoon, Johnson told reporters that “this has never been anything against John Thune.”
“I think he has been very unfairly attacked by our base,” Johnson said.
For his part, Thune appeared sympathetic to the efforts to regroup, and he acknowledged that the decision over whether to delay selecting their leaders would ultimately come down to members.
“I think in the end, I think it’s important that for purposes of moving forward, that we get some of these issues settled as soon as possible,” Thune told CBS News on Monday. “We’ll see what our members think tomorrow.”
Thune’s reelection as leader comes after he led Senate Republicans as they passed the president’s massive tax, border security and defense agenda, swiftly confirmed the president’s nominees, and approved a handful of bipartisan priorities over the last two years. At the same time, his tenure was marked by two record-breaking government shutdowns, and a White House that often moved out of step with Republicans in Congress.
Some Republicans were critical of Thune’s record, arguing that the GOP agenda wasn’t aggressive enough. Conservative frustrations came to a head over the SAVE America Act, a controversial election bill that President Trump repeatedly pushed. Thune made clear that the legislation did not enjoy enough support in the upper chamber to move forward.
Ahead of the election, Thune pushed back on the criticism about the Senate GOP agenda, telling CBS News, “I don’t know how you could be more aggressive.” And he defended Senate Republicans’ record, while acknowledging that there were factors beyond their control.
Senate Republicans had entered the midterm cycle with a map that initially looked favorable, offering few pickup opportunities for Democrats. But GOP candidates across the country were routed as cost of living concerns and the war in Iran took center stage, and expanded the map for Democrats. The Senate GOP lost seats in battleground states like Ohio and North Carolina, along with Republican strongholds like South Carolina, Kansas and Texas. Two Senate contests — Alaska and Mississippi — remain unresolved, and could yield more victories for Democrats.
Thune, in his first floor speech since the midterms, said, “There is no doubt about it, Tuesday night was a tough election night.” He said the election results gave Senate Republicans “an opportunity to reflect on what we as a party need to do better” and “a clear message that this coming Congress needs to double down on the work that we’ve been doing on affordability.”
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