Shea Levin — text status

*BREAKING:* Senate Republicans reelected Sen. John Thune of South Dakota as their leader on Tuesday afternoon by acclamation, with no dissent and no challenger, despite a push by conservatives to delay the vote after last week's crushing midterm losses. The rest of the GOP leadership team, including Barrasso, Cotton, Capito and Lankford, was also reelected. Thune will become minority leader in January after Democrats seized control of the Senate. Several senators, led by Ron Johnson, had demanded a full and frank debate over what went wrong before any vote was held.