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Washington (CNN)- It was tea party vs. the establishment in a closely - watched race for an obscure Senate Republican leadership post - and the establishment won.

will not seek the top House Republican leadership post.

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Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan celebrates his one - year anniversary for assuming the leadership post following the indictment of Dean Skelos.

The Republican - controlled Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that would enshrine its term limits rule in state law for leadership posts in the Legislature.

Seeking to bolster their argument, the Republicans released letters dating back to 2013 signed by then - Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos that listed various lawmakers in leadership posts and chair titles in order to receive stipends.

Sen. John Bonacic, the lone member of the Republican conference to call for then - Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno to give up his leadership post after learning of the FBI's probe into his outside business interests, released a statement this evening calling Bruno's two - year sentence «appropriate.»

One thing we don't yet know — and a glaring ommission from Klein's discussion with the Times — is what leadership post, if any, he or any other IDC member might be getting in return for their coordination with the Republicans.

Boehner stepped down from his leadership post and left Congress last October, after leading the Republican majority since 2011.

In addition to Senate Republicans that have benefited from the practice, three members of the Independent Democratic Conference, which has a power - sharing arrangement with the GOP, receive stipends despite not serving as committee chairs or having leadership posts.

The NYP and Fred Dicker's «Assembly Republican blocks coup effort against Sheldon Silver» item make one thing perfectly clear — Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin (R - Rensselaer), has had enough of Speaker Sheldon Silver and may provide the leadership necessary to force the soon to be federally indicted speaker to resign from his Assembly Speaker post.

Republican Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino criticized Senate GOP lawmakers on Tuesday for not moving to have Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos step down from his leadership post as he fights corruption charges.

Contested Chairman Phil Ragusa won re-election with 417 votes to 174 against former Rep. Bob Turner, who was backed by Bart Haggerty and the Southern faction, and will maintain his leadership post within the Queens Republican Party, according to unofficial reports.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- Repudiated at the polls, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced Wednesday that he will resign his leadership post at the end of next month, clearing the way for a potentially disruptive Republican shake - up just before midterm elections with control of Congress at stake.

Town Justice Rudolph Bruer and Town Trustee Jim King have both informed Republican leadership that they will not seek re-election to the posts they've each held for about two decades, GOP chairman Peter McGreevy confirmed Tuesday.

ALBANY — Senate Republicans are now «nearly unanimous» in believing Majority Leader Dean Skelos must resign his leadership post as he faces federal corruption charges, according to two leading Republicans close to the situation.

A key proponent of the legislation was Senate President Joe Negron, a Stuart Republican who is stepping down from his leadership post in November.

WILLSBORO — One of the region's leading political figures has resigned from his leadership posts in the Republican Party

WILLSBORO — One of the region's leading political figures has resigned from his leadership posts in the Republican Party more

Skelos has pleaded not guilty, and is clinging to his leadership post despite calls for his resignation from Republicans and Democrats.

The measures have differing chances in either house: Senate Republicans have supported term limits for leadership posts in the Legislature, having enshrined the provision in their chamber's rules.

Last last night, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» office released a list of 16 senators — 15 Republicans and one Democrat (Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder)-- who have pledged their support for Skelos» effort to remain in his leadership post.

IDC Leader Jeff Klein, whose breakaway Democratic conference has a relationship — though no longer a power - sharing deal — with the Senate Republicans, issued a statement calling the corruption charges outlined today by the US attorney against Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos «serious and distburing,» but did not join fellow Democrats in calling for the senator to give up his leadership post.

The pledged to do so, while left vague in the statement, underscores the fence mending Flanagan is expected to do with upstate Republicans and gun - rights advocates who opposed his elevation to the leadership post.

The appointment of DeFrancisco to the number two post in the Senate brings regional balance to the Republican leadership, but it also extends an olive branch to the faction of GOP lawmakers who supported the Syracuse lawmaker over Majority Leader John Flanagan of Suffolk County on Long Island.

As of Nick's last post on this subject, no vote had been scheduled for the leadership race, but he noted that the contest could pit a top Republican donor's family against one of the first African - American candidates the party has had run for elected citywide office in recent memory.

Flanagan, who was elevated to the majority leader post in May, has faced skepticism from upstate Republicans over what they consider to be a continued downstate domination of the legislative leadership in Albany.

(CNN)- One day after assuming a leadership post in the Republican Governor's Association, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is staking his opposition to the congressional Democrats» health care reform plan while taking an indirect swipe at a potential future presidential rival.

Tensions between upstate and downstate Republicans boiled over during a leadership fight last year after previous Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos gave up his leadership post following his arrested - and subsequent conviction on federal corruption charges.

The partnership, as it worked in 2011 - 12, would give Republicans breathing room on some controversial bills and give Klein a better chance to pass legislation and garner legislative perks, such as committee leadership posts.

Since then, there has been a growing number of Republican senators publicly calling for him to resign his leadership post.

Republican county leaders in Suffolk, Rockland, Erie, Onondaga, Chemung, Oswego and Yates have called on Skelos to step down from his leadership post.

ALBANY — State Senator John Bonacic, a Republican from the Hudson Valley, became the first member of his conference to call on Majority Leader Dean Skelos to resign from his leadership post, following Skelos» arrest on federal corruption charges on Monday.

It would take 50 Republican House members to force leadership elections when the House reconvenes later this month — a move that would likely end DeLay's chances of reclaiming the post as majority leader.

1) 2012 Democratic Presidential nominee Robert Wexler beats Obama as libertarian / progressive fusion Democrat with 4 wars going and national debt at $ 16 trillion 2) Cory Booker for Lautenberg's seat in NJ; expect retirement soon 3) New House Majority Leader Debbie Wasserman - Schultz 4) Junior Senator Nevada Republican Jon Porter takes care of Reid 5) Jeff Flake moves up to a leadership post among House Republicans, will become # 2 when Cantor replaces Boehner 6) Joe Sestak, Jr, upsets Specter in PA 7) Raul Grijalva beats random Minuteman for retired John McCain's seat 8) Xavier Becerra next Governor of California 9) Bill Thompson next Mayor Of New York City 10) Next Speaker Of The House (2010): Melvin Watt

* Rep. Mike Rogers (Mich.): Rogers is the freshest face among the four Republicans seeking the top leadership posts.

Both men - a Democrat and a Republican, respectively - were recently arrested and subsequently stepped down from their powerful leadership posts.

As one Republican said there was «waning confidence» in the ability of Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) to hold on to his leadership post, a fifth upstate GOP senator called on him to step down.

Mr. Skelos — a Long Island Republican who remains a state senator but stepped down from his leadership post — and his son both face two new charges, one of extortion and one of soliciting bribes, in a new superseding indictment handed up in federal court this afternoon.

The state party chairman alleged she and other Colorado Republicans had threatened to go public with accusations he was having an extramarital affair unless he resigned from his leadership post.

SKELOS WATCH: The fallout from Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» arrest on federal corruption charges continues, with Skelos facing increased pressure to step down from his leadership post.

GOP officials told The Washington Post that the White House has communicated with Republican congressional leadership about the shift in Trump's position.

Fact 1: Republicans control both houses of Congress Fact 2: A Republican controlled ethics committee voted THREE TIMES to censure Tom Delay for ethics violations Fact 3: The Republican leadership, not liking this, removed the Republican on the committee who was voting to censure Delay and replaced him with a Republican who accepted Delay's leftover campaign money for his own campaign Fact 4: The Republicans further tried to shield Delay by making a change to the rules to allow a Congressman under indictment to retain their leadership post, relenting only when Democrats had a field day trumpeting that little change in the media

In an appearance on «The View,» Gillibrand said that Republicans should «show far more leadership» in speaking out about Wynn, who resigned from his post Saturday.

Golisano was skeptical that Republicans, who ran the Senate for more than 40 years, would make reforms he wants, including an independent Senate budget office and term limits for leadership posts.