Senate Officers

[WilliamStone1776]

If a major third party won several seats in The Senate, would there be 2 Senate Minority Leaders?

[Dr. MB]

I think, as long as they remained the third largest party, they would just be known as Senate Party Leader. If the Libertarians won 8 Senate seats for example the leader would be known as "Senate Libertarian Leader" or maybe "Senate Third Party Leader", unless the party chose to caucus with one of the major parties.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

We've never had need for more than a Majority and a Minority caucus in Congress. Minor parties have traditionally been able to caucus for purposes of assigning committee positions and chairs with one of the two biggest parties. We have never had a party so toxic that neither of the two major parties was willing to embrace it in hopes of absorbing it.