John Thune

RepublicanSD · Senator

John Thune

RepublicanSD · Senator

Voting Ideologyⓘ

Liberal

Conservative

Conservative (0.432)

John Thune is a Republican Senator from SD. He has served 29 years in Congress across 7 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as conservative, voting with his party 34.9% of the time.

Years in Office

Terms Served

119

Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

34.9%

Party Loyaltyⓘ

211 votes against party

Missed Votesⓘ

324 total votes

Bills Sponsoredⓘ

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How John Compares

vs. the average Senator

Party Loyalty-11.2% vs avg

34.9%

Avg: 46.1%

Missed Votes-2.3% vs avg

Avg: 2.3%

Bills Sponsored-6.1 vs avg

Avg: 18.1

Committee Assignments

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Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2025-12-31

$17,018,310

Cash on Handⓘ

$2,793,133

Total Receiptsⓘ

$1,159,160

Disbursementsⓘ

$874,318

Individual Donors

$571,500

PAC Contributionsⓘ

Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

1997–2003House · SD-0 · Republican

2005–PresentSenate · SD · RepublicanCurrent

State Demographics

SD · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

899,194

Population

$72,421

Median Income

37.7

Median Age

31.1%

College Educated

Racial Composition

White 81.5%Black 2.2%Hispanic 4.6%Asian 1.4%