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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.
In the 2004 Senate election, John Thune defeated Daschle by 4,508 votes, 50.6% to 49.4%. [24] It was the first time that a Senate party leader had lost a bid for reelection since 1952, when Barry Goldwater defeated Ernest McFarland in Arizona. [25]
In conjunction with figures derived from the Pew Research Center's 2021 "survey of the religious composition of the United States", [2] [165] the most basic breakdown of the above data indicates that 84% of the Senate identify as Christian (compared with 62% of the population), 9% identify as Jewish (compared with 2% of the population), 4% have ...
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 ...
Daines, who gave one of Thune's two nominating speeches before voting began, insinuated that Trump was backing Thune in the race against Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, two ...
Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota was elected new Senate majority leader, replacing Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who is stepping aside.
Pages in category "John Thune" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. ... 2002 United States Senate election in South Dakota;
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.