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John Randolph Thune (/ ˈ θ uː n / THOON; born January 7, 1961) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Dakota, a seat he has held since 2005. A member of the Republican Party , he has been the Senate majority leader and Senate Republican leader since 2025.
Thune, a former at-large congressman from South Dakota, lost a razor-thin Senate race in 2002 before narrowly ousting then-Democratic Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle from office in 2004.
South Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, and elects U.S. senators to class 2 and class 3. Its current U.S. senators are Republicans John Thune (since 2005) and Mike Rounds (since 2015). Karl E. Mundt is South Dakota's longest-serving senator (1948–1973).
SENATE'S POWER AND TRADITIONS. Thune, whose current six-year term extends through 2028, has strong support in South Dakota, which insulated him against Trump's hopes of putting up a primary ...
U.S. Senate Republicans elected Sen. John Thune of South Dakota to be the Majority Leader starting in January, opting for a seasoned Washington insider despite pressure by supporters of President ...
Thune did not face any opposition whatsoever in his 2010 re-election. [3] South Dakota State Senate Minority Leader Scott Heidepriem said "We just concluded that John Thune is an extremely popular senator who is going to win another term in the Senate." [4] There were exactly 89,136 undervotes compared to the concurrent gubernatorial election.
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) walking to Senate Republican vote where he would be elected to serve as Senate majority leader on Nov. 13, 2024 at the United States Capitol replacing Senate minority ...
The 2004 United States Senate election in South Dakota was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator and Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle ran for re-election to a fourth term, but was narrowly defeated by Republican John Thune. Daschle was the only incumbent U.S. Senator to lose re-election in the 2004 election cycle.