Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past 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
Primary December 23, 2020 · General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
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 DakotaIncumbentWon the general election (69.63%)

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$7,547,602.66
Total spent$4,017,841.44
Cash on hand$16,942,232.64
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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: $3,751,172.67PACs and other committees: $2,832,833.33Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $957,251.53Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $6,345.13
  • Individual contributions$3,751,172.6750%
  • PACs and other committees$2,832,833.3338%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$957,251.5313%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$6,345.130%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

646 committees reported giving $2,883,823.00 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.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting John R. Thune$104,391.92
  • Independent expenditures opposing John R. Thune$1,475.90
  • Company and union communications to members about John R. Thune$644.87

FEC totals for the 2022 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

South Dakota U.S. Senate, 2022 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
John R. Thune (R)$7,547,602.66$16,942,232.642022-12-31
Brian L Bengs (D)$497,968.04$5,701.402022-12-31
Bruce Whalen Sr. (R)$75,564.34$0.002022-11-23
Mark S. Mowry (R)$35,474.00$25.092022-06-15
Patrick William Schubert Sr. (R)$1,288.95$1,532.662022-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
South Dakota State UniversitySeptember 28 – October 10, 2022565 (RV)± 4.0%John Thune 53% · Brian Bengs 28%
Lake Research Partners (D)September 6–11, 2022400 (LV)± 4.9%John Thune 46% · Brian Bengs 33% · Tamara Lesnar 8%
Moore Information Group (R)March 14–19, 2022400 (LV)± 5.0%John Thune 59% · Brian Bengs 24% · Tamara Lesnar 6%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States Senate election in South Dakota (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

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.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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