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U.S. Senator · South Dakota
John Thune
RepublicanState R+15119th Congress
Typical swing score51#40 of 100 senators across tracked bills
Contact John Thune’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office511 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s state, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Democrats · 3 signals
- WeakBacks 1 Democratic-led tracked billSponsor or active cosponsor of 1 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: S. 725.
- Weak13th most moderate of 53 Senate RepublicansDW-NOMINATE +0.431 vs. the Senate Republican median of +0.558: 0.127 toward the Democrats (rank 13 of 53 by distance toward the Democrats).
- WeakHeritage Action 79 vs. Senate Republican avg 88Heritage Action (119th Congress, higher = more conservative) scored this member 79; the Senate Republican average is 88.1 (n=53). That is 9 points toward the Democrats.
Keeps them with Republicans · 1 signal
- Medium
Term and election
From the congress-legislators dataset- Current term
- January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2029
- Senate class
- Class 3
- Seniority
- Senior senator
- Next election
- November 7, 2028
- Years in office
- 29.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- Senate Select Committee on IntelligenceEx OfficioMajority · 10th in seniority
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryMajority · 10th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade
- Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology
- Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Thune← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.431 is 0.13 to the left of the Senate Republican median (+0.558).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the Senate Republican average- 119th Congress79Senate Republican average: 88 (n=53)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to it| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 22SAVE ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 60
| Middle |
| S. 5639Portal for Appraisal Licensing Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov |