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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SJRES 138 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain… | Nay | Apr 15, 2026 | Motion to Discharge Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SJRES 32 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain… | Nay | Apr 15, 2026 | Motion to Discharge Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SJRES 123 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that… | Nay | Apr 15, 2026 | Motion to Discharge Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Christopher R. Wolfe, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas | Yea | Apr 14, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Christopher R. Wolfe to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas | Yea | Apr 14, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: John Thomas Shepherd, of Arkansas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas | Yea | Apr 14, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Thomas Shepherd to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas | Yea | Apr 13, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. | Nay | Mar 26, 2026 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture on Husted Amdt. No. 4732 | Yea | Mar 26, 2026 | Cloture Motion Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SJRES 103 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… | Nay | Mar 25, 2026 | Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. | Yea | Mar 25, 2026 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SJRES 107 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… | Nay | Mar 25, 2026 | Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SJRES 116 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that… | Nay | Mar 24, 2026 | Motion to Discharge Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 | Yea | Mar 24, 2026 | Motion to Table Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 | Yea | Mar 24, 2026 | Motion to Table Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to proceed to Legislative session | Yea | Mar 24, 2026 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Colin McDonald, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General | Yea | Mar 24, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Colin McDonald to be an Assistant Attorney General | Yea | Mar 23, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Markwayne Mullin, of Oklahoma, to be Secretary of Homeland Security | Yea | Mar 23, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Markwayne Mullin to be Secretary of Homeland Security | Yea | Mar 22, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 | Nay | Mar 21, 2026 | Cloture Motion Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Tuberville Amdt. No. 4421 to the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to S. 1383 with Amendment | Yea | Mar 21, 2026 | Cloture Motion Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. | Yea | Mar 20, 2026 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SJRES 118 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that… | Nay | Mar 18, 2026 | Motion to Discharge Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 | Yea | Mar 17, 2026 | Motion to Proceed 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.
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