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John Thune

U.S. Senator (Class 3), SD

Republican South Dakota since Jan 3, 2023

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 3), SD current
South Dakota
Republican Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2029 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District South Dakota current
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2005 Jan 1, 2030 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US Senate District South Dakota
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2023 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), SD
South Dakota
Republican Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), SD
South Dakota
Republican Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2017 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District South Dakota
United States
Republican Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2017 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US Senate District South Dakota
United States
Republican Jan 4, 2005 Jan 3, 2011 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), SD
South Dakota
Republican Jan 4, 2005 Jan 3, 2011 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, SD-At-Large
South Dakota
Republican Jan 3, 2001 Jan 3, 2003 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District SD-AL
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2001 Jan 3, 2003 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, SD-At-Large
South Dakota
Republican Jan 6, 1999 Jan 3, 2001 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District SD-AL
United States
Republican Jan 6, 1999 Jan 3, 2001 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District SD-AL
United States
Republican Jan 7, 1997 Jan 3, 1999 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, SD-At-Large
South Dakota
Republican Jan 7, 1997 Jan 3, 1999 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.431, social dim. 0.231. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Bradley Hansell to be Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Yea Jul 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Lukas to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Yea Jul 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Cristian M. Stevens to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri Yea Jul 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Joshua M. Divine to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri Yea Jul 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Yea Jul 17, 2025 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Schmitt Admt. No. 2853 Yea Jul 17, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Merkley Amdt. No. 2863 Nay Jul 17, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Ossoff Amdt. No. 2896 Nay Jul 17, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Shaheen Amdt. No. 2898 Nay Jul 17, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Murkowski Amdt. No. 2865 Nay Jul 17, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Amdt. No. 2893 Yea Jul 17, 2025 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Booker Amdt. No. 2887 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Motion to Recommit Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Rosen Amdt. No. 2878 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Motion to Recommit Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Schiff Amdt. No. 2862 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Motion to Recommit Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Motion to Recommit Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Baldwin Amdt. No. 2855 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Motion to Recommit Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Motion to Recommit Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Motion to Recommit Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Coons Amdt. No. 2856 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Yea Jul 15, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Yea Jul 15, 2025 Motion to Discharge Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,000 recorded contributions totalling $13,818,078. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 814 of 1000 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Corporate PAC 491 $11,862,422 86%
Big donor 301 $941,150 7%
Party 16 $375,265 3%
Super PAC 6 $88,628 1%
Unclassified 186 $550,613 4%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$199,701 CHARLES SCHWAB & CO. INC. FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$154,009 CHARLES SCHWAB & CO. INC. FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE Corporate PAC Apr 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$147,827 CHARLES SCHWAB & CO. INC. FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE Corporate PAC Nov 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$135,375 CHARLES SCHWAB & CO. INC. FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$132,598 CHARLES SCHWAB & CO. INC. FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE Corporate PAC Jan 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$127,399 CHARLES SCHWAB & CO. INC. FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE Corporate PAC Aug 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$111,410 CHARLES SCHWAB & CO. INC. FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE Corporate PAC Jan 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$88,206 CHARLES SCHWAB & CO. INC. FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE Corporate PAC Jul 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$82,550 CHARLES SCHWAB & CO. INC. FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE Corporate PAC Jul 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$82,075 CHARLES SCHWAB & CO. INC. FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE Corporate PAC May 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$77,623 CHARLES SCHWAB & CO. INC. FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE Corporate PAC Jul 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$71,444 CHARLES SCHWAB & CO. INC. FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$67,483 CHARLES SCHWAB & CO. INC. FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$60,782 CHARLES SCHWAB & CO. INC. FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE Corporate PAC Mar 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$59,700 2024 THUNE REPUBLICAN SENATE VICTORY FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE Party Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (2 as lead sponsor)

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