The day after the election, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stood before assembled reporters. “Good morning, everyone,” he said with a slight smile on his owlish mien. “It is certainly a happy day for the GOP.

Here’s everything you need to know about the candidates and who came out on top to replace Senate Minority Leader McConnell after Wednesday’s closed-door election.

In the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades, three senators are vying to replace longtime GOP leader Mitch McConnell when he steps down from the post at the beginning of next year.