Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

John Thune

Official portrait of John Thune
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from South Dakota (class 3)
Leadership
Senate Majority Leader
Party
Republican
Born
1961
In Congress
House since 1997 · Senate since 2005 · 27 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2029
FEC filing name
THUNE, JOHN R.
Next election
2028
Map of South Dakota with the whole state highlighted

South Dakota

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. Senate · South DakotaIncumbentNot up for election in 2026; seat is next up in 2028

FEC candidate ID S2SD00068 · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · South Dakota$4,679,035.63Not up for election in 2026; seat is next up in 2028
2021–2022U.S. Senate · South Dakota$7,547,602.66Won the general election (69.63%)
Total raised$4,679,035.63
Total spent$2,146,218.39
Cash on hand$17,917,154.51
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $1,529,708.38PACs and other committees: $849,000.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $945,252.24Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,355,075.01
  • Individual contributions$1,529,708.3833%
  • PACs and other committees$849,000.0018%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$945,252.2420%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,355,075.0129%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$429,520.6722%
  • Contributions over $200$1,564,385.2178%
  • Itemized from inside South Dakota$237,767.2414%
  • Itemized from other states$1,491,875.2386%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $209,389.78 · Texas $153,622.54 · Florida $116,338.68 · New York $95,228.84 · Iowa $67,520.48. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$18M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $620,052.67APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $202,294.59JULY QUARTERLY: raised $805,298.08JULY QUARTERLY: spent $372,846.61OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $723,993.10OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $273,460.15YEAR-END: raised $643,788.92YEAR-END: spent $310,559.04APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $666,792.05APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $293,455.05JULY QUARTERLY: raised $681,975.07JULY QUARTERLY: spent $359,730.07OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $537,135.74OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $333,872.882025-032025-092026-032026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving915
Voted yea662
Voted nay252
Did not vote1 of 915
Bills and resolutions sponsored58
Sponsored that became law1
Cosponsored69

Recorded Senate roll-call votes from January 9, 2025 through September 30, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official Senate record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 30, 2026On the Nomination · PN 1129
Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor
Nomination ConfirmedYea
Sep 30, 2026On the Cloture Motion · PN 1129
Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor
Cloture Motion Agreed toYea
Sep 30, 2026On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR 9340
A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedYea
Sep 30, 2026On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR 7008
A bill to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedYea
Sep 29, 2026On the Motion to Discharge · SRES 852
A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Motion to Discharge RejectedNay
Sep 29, 2026On the Motion to Proceed · SJRES 197
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to
Motion to Proceed RejectedNay
Sep 28, 2026On Passage of the Bill · S 4668
A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.
Bill PassedYea
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To establish certain standards with respect to coaches of varsity sports teams.
Amendment RejectedNay
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To increase the limitation on funding for post-eligibility insurance and catastrophic injury for student athletes.
Amendment RejectedNay
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To limit price increases for college athletics tickets.
Amendment RejectedNay

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • S.Res. 928 A resolution to authorize testimony, document production, and representation by the Senate Legal Counsel in the case of United States v. Terry.
    Introduced Sep 29, 2026 · Latest action Sep 29, 2026: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5186; text: CR S5178)
  • S. 5359 Pennington County Land Conveyance Act
    Introduced Aug 7, 2026 · Latest action Sep 30, 2026: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  • S.Res. 840 A resolution to authorize testimony and representation by the Senate Legal Counsel.
    Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Latest action Aug 6, 2026: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4530; text: CR S4525)
  • S.Res. 839 A resolution to authorize representation by the Senate Legal Counsel in Federal Trade Commission v. Key Investment Group, LLC, et al.
    Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Latest action Aug 6, 2026: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4530; text: CR S4525)
  • S.Res. 817 An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.
    Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Latest action Jul 30, 2026: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 47. Record Vote Number: 217.
  • S.Con.Res. 37 A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to honor the late Senator Lindsey O. Graham.
    Introduced Jul 21, 2026 · Latest action Jul 22, 2026: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  • S.Res. 810 A resolution to constitute the majority party's membership on certain committees for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, or until their successors are chosen.
    Introduced Jul 21, 2026 · Latest action Jul 21, 2026: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4200; text: CR S4196)
  • S. 5015 Broadband MAP Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 16, 2026 · Latest action Jul 16, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • S.Res. 745 A resolution to authorize production of records to the United States Attorney.
    Introduced May 20, 2026 · Latest action May 20, 2026: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2428; text: CR S2420)
  • S. 4448 Accelerating Broadband Permits Act of 2026
    Introduced Apr 30, 2026 · Latest action Jul 22, 2026: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

179 committees reported giving $850,250.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

Show all 179 committees

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE.
  • Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.

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