John Thune

John Randolph Thune is an American politician and businessman serving as the senior United States senator from South Dakota, a seat he has held since 2005. Thune is in his fourth Senate term and is the Senate minority whip, a post he has held since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Thune served three terms as the U.S. representative for from 1997 to 2003. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
John Thune has 2,093 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1996 Forum as a Republican Representative. The year with the most videos was 2021 with 161 videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2010 with an average of 5,999 views per program. Most appearances with Mitch McConnell (293), John A. Barrasso M.D. (265), Roy Blunt (182). Most common tags: Washington Politics, Republican Party, Federal Budget.

Appearances by Title:January 3, 2005 - Present U.S. Senator, R-SD View Map


Majority Whip (Jan 03, 2019 - Present) Republican Conference Chair (Jan 26, 2012 - Jan 03, 2019) Republican Policy Committee Chair (Jan 02, 2009 - Jan 26, 2012) Videos: 1,887

Previously

U.S. Senate Candidate, South Dakota
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c. October 4, 2002 - c. November 5, 2002 Videos: 14 U.S. Representative, R-SD January 3, 1997 - January 3, 2003 Videos: 192 U.S. Representative Candidate,
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c. November 5, 1996 - c. November 11, 1996 Videos: 0

Recent Appearances

  • Senate Session

    Senate Session

    The Senate confirmed Dennis Hankins’s nomination for U.S. ambassador to Haiti. Mr. Hankins was nominated by President Biden i…

  • Senate Republican Agenda

    Senate Republican Agenda

    Following their weekly caucus luncheon, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and other members of Senate Republican leaders…

  • Senate Session, Part 1

    Senate Session, Part 1

    The Senate confirmed the nomination of Jasmine Yoon to be a U.S. District Court judge for the Western District of Virginia, a…

  • Senate Session

    Senate Session

    The Senate approved a House-passed six-bill government spending package to avert a partial shutdown at midnight and fund a po…

  • Senate Session

    Senate Session

    The Senate worked on a House-passed government funding measure. This bill would extend funding for part of the government bey…

  • Senate Session, Part 1

    Senate Session, Part 1

    The Senate confirmed Ronald Keohane’s nomination to be an assistant defense secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and v…

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Member of Congress Record

District Map
Ideology Rankings
Past Elections

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov

Committees

Votes

Floor Activity

    • Days on Floor: 98
    • Total Time Speaking: 15 hours
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Bills

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