Florida’s Rick Scott joined the race to be the Senate’s next Republican leader on Wednesday, telling colleagues in a letter that “we need a dramatic sea change to save our country.”
“I am running for leader because I believe our Conference should be governed to better accomplish what each of us came here to do,” Scott wrote. “I hope this year’s leadership elections will give us the opportunity to choose leaders who will help each of us represent the hopes and dreams of our voters.”
He joins South Dakota Sen. John Thune, currently the No. 2 Senate Republican, and Texas Sen. John Cornyn, a former Senate Republican whip, in the race for leader.
