Florida Sen. Rick Scott’s campaign to be the next Senate Majority Leader is surging with a blizzard of endorsements from colleagues who normally keep silent about who they will support for the position until the secret ballots are cast.
Scott, Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, and Sen. John Thune of South Dakota are competing to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the longest-serving Republican Senate leader of modern times, having filled the position since 2007 in Senates controlled by both parties.
Scott challenged McConnell for the position two years ago, but garnered only 11 votes. Cornyn was McConnell’s deputy during President Donald Trump’s first term in the White House. Thune was McConnell’s deputy during President Joe Biden’s tenure in the Oval Office….