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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, since 2005. A member of the Republican Party , he has been the Senate majority leader and Senate Republican leader since 2025.
Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2004, 2010, 2016, and 2022. The next election will be in 2028. # Senator Party Dates in office Electoral history T T Electoral history Dates in office Party Senator # 1 Richard Pettigrew: Republican Nov 2, 1889 – Mar 3, 1901 Elected in 1889. 1 51st: 1 ...
Some polls showed either Thune or Daschle leading by extremely slim margins. Thune is a onetime aide to Senator James Abdnor, [6] the man Daschle defeated in 1986 to gain his seat in the Senate. [7] During Daschle's farewell address on November 19, 2004, he received a standing ovation from the Senate floor. [8]
Thune won with 29 votes, with Sen. John Cornyn of Texas coming close at 24 votes. Scott was eliminated after the first round of voting, where he received 13 votes — just three more than the 10 ...
How was Thune elected? Thune won 29-24 against his opponent Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in a second round of voting. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., was also a contender but was eliminated in the first round.
Senate Republicans have elected Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., as the next Senate majority leader this week. Thune won in a secret ballot vote of 29-24, beating Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in the second ...
On December 23, 2020, then-President Donald Trump said Thune would face a primary challenger after Thune refused to support a challenge of the 2020 Electoral College results, tweeting: [3] "Republicans in the Senate so quickly forget. Right now they would be down 8 seats without my backing them in the last Election.
U.S. Sen. John Thune, of South Dakota, was chosen by his peers to lead his Republican colleagues in the 119th U.S. Congress. Thune, currently the Senate whip, will replace Kentucky Sen. Mitch ...