Friday 11 November 2022 09:41 PM Republicans now call for the SENATE leadership elections to be delayed trends now
A number of Senate Republicans are publicly calling for next week's leadership election to be delayed, as it's still up in the air which party will control the upper chamber.
Georgia is already headed for an early December runoff, while votes are still being counted in Arizona and Nevada.
Republicans' most likely path to the majority will be through Nevada and Georgia, as Arizona's Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly looks likely to win his race against GOP hopeful Blake Masters.
'The Senate GOP leadership vote next week should be postponed,' suggested Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who easily won reelection, on Twitter on Friday.
His tweet was met with agreement by a number of GOP senators Friday afternoon.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell may have to wait several more weeks to affirm he'll still be in control of his party come January, as a handful of Senate Republicans want next week's leadership election to be delayed
Sen. Josh Hawley (left) has said he wouldn't support Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's leadership bid, while Hawley and Sen. Marco Rubio (right) publicly floated that leadership elections should be held off
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio publicly floated the plan Friday, while Politico reported that GOP Sens. Ron Johnson, Mike Lee and Rick Scott were pushing it behind-the-scenes
Sens. Josh Hawley and Sen. Cynthia Lummis agreed that next week's Senate leadership election should be delayed. Votes are still being counted in Nevada and Arizona, while Georgia is headed to a runoff
Rubio said the next leaders of the Senate GOP should be 'genuinely committed to fighting for the priorities & values of the working Americans (of every background) who gave us big wins in states like #Florida.'
Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis highlighted Rubio's tweet, writing 'ditto.'
While Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley
