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John Thune
U.S. Senator (Class 3), SD
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
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Aviation, Space, and Innovation unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Telecommunications and Media unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Finance unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Finance — Health Care unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Finance — International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Finance — Taxation and IRS Oversight unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
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)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Tulsi Gabbard | Yea | Feb 6, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session | Yea | Feb 6, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Table the Motion to Reconsider Re: Vought Nomination | Yea | Feb 6, 2025 | Motion to Table Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget | Yea | Feb 6, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Russell Vought to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget | Yea | Feb 5, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Eric Turner, of Texas, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Yea | Feb 5, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Eric Turner to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Yea | Feb 4, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Pamela Bondi, of Florida, to be Attorney General | Yea | Feb 4, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Yea | Feb 4, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Pamela Bondi to be Attorney General | Yea | Feb 3, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Christopher Wright, of Colorado, to be Secretary of Energy | Yea | Feb 3, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Russell Vought | Yea | Feb 3, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Yea | Jan 30, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Christopher Wright to be Secretary of Energy | Yea | Jan 30, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Douglas Burgum, of N.D., to be Secretary of the Interior | Yea | Jan 30, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Douglas Burgum to be Secretary of the Interior | Yea | Jan 29, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Lee Zeldin, of N.Y., to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency | Yea | Jan 29, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lee Zeldin to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency | Yea | Jan 29, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 23 — Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act | Yea | Jan 28, 2025 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Sean Duffy, of WI, to be Secretary of Transportation | Yea | Jan 28, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sean Duffy to be Secretary of Transportation | Yea | Jan 27, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Scott Bessent, of S.C., to be Secretary of the Treasury | Yea | Jan 27, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Scott Bessent to be Secretary of the Treasury | Yea | Jan 25, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Kristi Noem, of South Dakota, to be Secretary of Homeland Security | Yea | Jan 25, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kristi Noem to be Secretary of Homeland Security | Yea | Jan 24, 2025 | Cloture Motion 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 type | Contributions | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $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.
Social media
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