U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., announced his candidacy for vice-chair of the Senate Republican Conference, Wednesday after the retirement of the conference chair set-off a domino-effect of legislators running for higher seats.
Johnson's announcement came after Conference Chair Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said he would step down, which led Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., to announce he would run for Alexander's seat.
Current vice-chair John Barrasso, R-Wyo., announced he would run to replace Thune, opening up the seat for Johnson.
Johnson said ""business as usual is bankrupting America"" and must stop.
""Every day I ask myself ‘what can I do to be effective—to have an impact?'"" Johnson said in a statement.
As Vice-Chair, Johnson said he would ""communicate how urgent the [fiscal is and work with the Republican Conference to develop real solutions.""
