Soon after the polls close Tuesday, another contest shifts into high gear in Washington, where Senate Republicans will pick a new leader in a race colored by who wins the White House and control of Congress.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who announced earlier this year he would step down from his post at the end of this Congress, told senators this week that the leadership election will be held on Nov. 13. Possible successors, led by Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) and former whip and campaigns chief Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), have been running campaigns for a ...