articleSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday won reelection as Senate GOP leader, fending off a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott and setting himself up to become the longest-serving party leader in the history of the Senate. But the effort failed and McConnell, R-Ky., beat Scott, R-Fla., and maintain his firm grip on GOP power in the Senate. With that vote, GOP senators rejected a plea from Scott to try a new direction after Republicans failed to win a Senate majority. Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) talks with reporters as he arrives for a meeting with Senate Republicans at the U.S. Capitol on November 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., who pushed for delaying the elections, said McConnell and Scott debated in front of the room after Scott announced his run for leader.

Source: Fox News November 17, 2022 00:50 UTC