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Official portrait of John Thune

7th term · 29.8 years in office: 6 full terms completed, 1 in progress.

Senator · SD · Republican · since Jan 1997

John Thune

Bills authored 21Missed votes 0 of 214Party unity 67% derived, how we compute this

Counted from 214 roll calls and 48 sponsorship records on file.

Stray indexpending review

Who they are

We don't publish a biography until a person has checked every sentence against its source. There isn't a reviewed one for this member yet. That is a gap in our review queue, and it says nothing about them.

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

29.8YRS

In office · 7th term · since Jan 1997

We hold certified results for U.S. House seats only.

100%

Attendance

senate median 98.13% (100 members)

Not a candidate in any election we track.

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence ex officioSenate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestrySenate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationSenate Committee on FinanceSenate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Aviation, Space, and Innovation subcommitteeSenate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry · Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade subcommitteeSenate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry · Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology subcommitteeSenate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy subcommitteeSenate Committee on Finance · Health Care subcommitteeSenate Committee on Finance · International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness subcommitteeSenate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry · Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety subcommitteeSenate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety subcommitteeSenate Committee on Finance · Taxation and IRS Oversight subcommitteeSenate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Telecommunications and Media subcommittee21 bills authored · 1 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

○ marks what they campaigned on; ▪ marks how they voted

The dashed shape is what they campaigned on. The solid shape is how they voted. Where the shapes separate, the record differs from the platform. The distance is measured. What it means is up to you.

SaysDoes
  • Economy & taxes: not yet stated. Voted 1 of 100 toward fiscal restraint.
  • Safety & enforcement: not yet stated. Voted 2 of 100 toward stricter enforcement.
  • Immigration: not yet stated. Voted 51 of 100 toward tighter limits.
  • Rights & liberty: not yet stated. Voted 11 of 100 toward individual liberty.
  • Environment & energy: not yet stated. Voted 27 of 100 toward develop & extract.
  • Governance & oversight: not yet stated. Voted 39 of 100 toward exec. discretion.
Rim = strongest position on each cluster’s named pole · Same scale for every member · How we score ▸

pending review

The stats, cluster by cluster

6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

Each rail runs between two positions real bills take. Select a cluster to open its issues.

StatedRecordGapSorted by gap size · How we score ▸

Chips place the record relative to the middle. The number is the distance to the stated position, in points.

Issue pages

Votes by issue.

72 issues · 0 with both halves · 46 with one · 26 with neither

Sort
Regulation (cross-sector)No statements18 counted votesNot yet statedMarket protectionsNo statements10 counted votesNot yet statedMilitary budgetNo statements9 counted votesNot yet statedSpending vs. restraintNo statements8 counted votesNot yet statedGovernment role in coverageNo statements7 counted votesNot yet statedSNAP & nutritionNo statements7 counted votesNot yet statedAid & alliancesNo statements6 counted votesNot yet statedBanking/financial rulesNo statements6 counted votesNot yet statedFarm policy & subsidiesNo statements6 counted votesNot yet statedTrade & tariffsNo statements6 counted votesNot yet stated

The number is the distance to the stated position, in points.

Receipts · recent votes on passage

How John Thune voted.

Money & ties

Who funds John Thune.

How complete is this money picture?

12%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

  • Campaign financeNot yet derived · 34%
  • Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
  • Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
  • Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Disclosed federally when a campaign committee registers; we do not yet hold FEC totals for this candidate.

Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.

Members must disclose trades within 45 days; this picture is always at least that far behind.

A gap in the disclosure system, not a statement about this member — lobbyist meetings are not federally disclosed for any member of Congress.

Weights are fixed product-wide and disclosed, so this percentage is comparable across members.

Who funds them

Disclosed federally when a campaign committee registers; we do not yet hold FEC totals for this candidate.

Disclosed trades

We hold no disclosed-trade filings for this member. That is a gap in what we have loaded; it does not mean none were filed.

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)0.431
Social (dim 2)0.234

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

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Civic Herald. “John Thune: voting record, stated positions, funding.” https://civicherald.app/politicians/john-thune-T000250.

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