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Already running for a second term in the Senate, Florida’s Rick Scott launched a second campaign this week to be the chamber’s next Republican leader.
His announcement makes it a three-way race for Republican leader that includes two deputies of Minority Leader Mitch McConnell: John Thune of South Dakota, the No. 2 Senate Republican, and John Cornyn of Texas, a former whip.