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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86" title="جان تون – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="جان تون" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thune" title="John Thune – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="John Thune" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thune" title="John Thune – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="John Thune" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thune" title="John Thune – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="John Thune" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%BF%CE%BD_%CE%98%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BD" title="Τζον Θιούν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τζον Θιούν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thune" title="John Thune – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="John Thune" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86" title="جان تون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جان تون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thune" title="John Thune – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="John Thune" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thune" title="John Thune – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="John Thune" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thune" title="John Thune – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="John Thune" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thune" title="John Thune – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="John Thune" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%27%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%AA%27%D7%95%D7%9F" title="ג&#039;ון ת&#039;ון – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ג&#039;ון ת&#039;ון" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEons_Tj%C5%ABns" title="Džons Tjūns – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Džons Tjūns" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thune" title="John Thune – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="John Thune" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thune" title="John Thune – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="John Thune" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%86" title="جون ثون – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جون ثون" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thune" title="John Thune – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="John Thune" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thune" title="John Thune – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="John Thune" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3" title="ジョン・スーン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ジョン・スーン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thune" title="John Thune – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="John Thune" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thune" title="John Thune – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="John Thune" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt 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margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span>&#32;<br />January 3, 2025</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Whip</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Barrasso" title="John Barrasso">John Barrasso</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Schumer" title="Chuck Schumer">Chuck Schumer</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Leader of the <a 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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Party leaders of the United States Senate">Senate Minority Whip</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 20, 2021&#160;–&#32;January 3, 2025</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data">Mitch McConnell</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Durbin" title="Dick Durbin">Dick Durbin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Dick Durbin</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Dick Durbin</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Commerce,_Science,_and_Transportation" title="United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation">Senate Commerce Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2015&#160;–&#32;January 3, 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jay_Rockefeller" title="Jay Rockefeller">Jay Rockefeller</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Wicker" title="Roger Wicker">Roger Wicker</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Senate_Republican_Conference" title="Senate Republican Conference">Chair of the Senate Republican Conference</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 26, 2012&#160;–&#32;January 3, 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data">Mitch McConnell</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Vice Chair</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt">Roy Blunt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Alexander" title="Lamar Alexander">Lamar Alexander</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">John Barrasso</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Senate_Republican_Policy_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Republican Policy Committee">Senate Republican Policy Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />June 17, 2009&#160;–&#32;January 26, 2012</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data">Mitch McConnell</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Ensign" title="John Ensign">John Ensign</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">John Barrasso</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span>&#32;<br />January 3, 2005<div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.1em">Serving&#32;with&#32;<a href="/wiki/Mike_Rounds" title="Mike Rounds">Mike Rounds</a></div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Daschle" title="Tom Daschle">Tom Daschle</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S.&#32;House&#32;of&#32;Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a>'s <span data-sort-value="South DakotaAL&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="South Dakota&#39;s at-large congressional district">at-large</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1997&#160;–&#32;January 3, 2003</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Johnson_(South_Dakota_politician)" title="Tim Johnson (South Dakota politician)">Tim Johnson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Janklow" title="Bill Janklow">Bill Janklow</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">John Randolph Thune</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1961-01-07</span>) </span>January 7, 1961<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;64)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Pierre,_South_Dakota" title="Pierre, South Dakota">Pierre, South Dakota</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a 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style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/θ/: &#39;th&#39; in &#39;thigh&#39;">θ</span><span title="/uː/: &#39;oo&#39; in &#39;goose&#39;">uː</span><span title="&#39;n&#39; in &#39;nigh&#39;">n</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">THOON</span></i></a>; born January 7, 1961) is an American politician serving as the <a href="/wiki/Seniority_in_the_United_States_Senate" title="Seniority in the United States Senate">senior</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States senator">United States senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a>, since 2005. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>, he has been the <a href="/wiki/Senate_majority_leader" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate majority leader">Senate majority leader</a> and <a href="/wiki/Senate_Republican_Conference" title="Senate Republican Conference">Senate Republican</a> leader since 2025. Thune is in his fourth Senate term and is the dean of <a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_South_Dakota" title="United States congressional delegations from South Dakota">South Dakota's congressional delegation</a>. From 1997 to 2003, he served three terms as the <a href="/wiki/U.S._representative" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. representative">U.S. representative</a> for <span data-sort-value="South DakotaAL&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="South Dakota&#39;s at-large congressional district">South Dakota's at-large congressional district</a></span>. </p><p>Thune has worked in politics and civic organizations since completing his MBA degree. He first ran for the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate">U.S. Senate</a> in <a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2002 United States Senate election in South Dakota">2002</a>, losing to incumbent Senator <a href="/wiki/Tim_Johnson_(South_Dakota_politician)" title="Tim Johnson (South Dakota politician)">Tim Johnson</a>. In <a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2004 United States Senate election in South Dakota">2004</a>, he defeated Senate Democratic Leader <a href="/wiki/Tom_Daschle" title="Tom Daschle">Tom Daschle</a>. In the Senate, Thune served as the Republican chief deputy <a href="/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">whip</a> from 2007 to 2009 and chaired the <a href="/wiki/Senate_Republican_Policy_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Republican Policy Committee">Senate Republican Policy Committee</a> from 2009 to 2012. He served as the Senate Republican Conference chair, the third-ranking position in the Senate, from 2012 to 2019. </p><p>The Senate Republican Conference selected Thune as the majority whip for the <a href="/wiki/116th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="116th Congress">116th Congress</a>; he succeeded Senator <a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">John Cornyn</a> of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, who was term-limited in the position. In 2020, he was chosen as minority whip for the <a href="/wiki/117th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="117th Congress">117th Congress</a>. In 2024, he was elected Senate Republican leader, succeeding <a href="/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">Mitch McConnell</a>. Thune is the first Senate party leader to have originally taken office as a senator in the 21st century.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life,_education,_and_early_political_career"><span id="Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_early_political_career"></span>Early life, education, and early political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Early life, education, and early political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thune was born in <a href="/wiki/Pierre,_South_Dakota" title="Pierre, South Dakota">Pierre, South Dakota</a>, the son of Yvonne Patricia (née Bodine) and Harold Richard Thune.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Harold Thune was a fighter pilot in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_theater_of_World_War_II" title="Pacific Ocean theater of World War II">Pacific theater</a> during World War II who flew the <a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">Grumman F6F Hellcat</a>; he was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_States)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)">Distinguished Flying Cross</a> after shooting down four enemy planes.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Harold Thune flew his missions off the <a href="/wiki/USS_Intrepid_(CV-11)" title="USS Intrepid (CV-11)">USS <i>Intrepid</i></a>. Thune's paternal grandfather, Nicholas Thune, was an immigrant from <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> who partnered with his brother to start Thune Hardware stores in <a href="/wiki/Mitchell,_South_Dakota" title="Mitchell, South Dakota">Mitchell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Murdo,_South_Dakota" title="Murdo, South Dakota">Murdo, South Dakota</a>. Thune's maternal grandfather was from <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, Canada, and his mother was born in <a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan" title="Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thune was a star athlete in high school,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> active in <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Track_and_field" title="Track and field">track</a>, and <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a>. He graduated from Jones County High School in 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He played college basketball at <a href="/wiki/Biola_University" title="Biola University">Biola University</a> in California, from which he graduated in 1983 with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree in business.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Thune received a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">Master of Business Administration</a> degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_South_Dakota" title="University of South Dakota">University of South Dakota</a> in 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>After completing his MBA, Thune became involved in politics. He worked as a legislative aide for U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/James_Abdnor" title="James Abdnor">James Abdnor</a> from 1985 to 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1989, Thune moved to Pierre, where he served as executive director of the <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Republican_Party" title="South Dakota Republican Party">state Republican Party</a> for two years.<sup id="cite_ref-CRP_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRP-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Thune was appointed Railroad Director of South Dakota by <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_South_Dakota" title="Governor of South Dakota">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/George_S._Mickelson" title="George S. Mickelson">George S. Mickelson</a> and served from 1991 to 1993. From 1993 to 1996, he was executive director of the South Dakota Municipal League.<sup id="cite_ref-CRP_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRP-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._House_of_Representatives_(1997–2003)"><span id="U.S._House_of_Representatives_.281997.E2.80.932003.29"></span>U.S. House of Representatives (1997–2003)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives (1997–2003)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thune began his political career in 1996 by entering the race for South Dakota's lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Almanac_of_American_Politics" title="The Almanac of American Politics">The Almanac of American Politics</a></i> said that Thune "entered the 1996 race as very much an underdog."<sup id="cite_ref-www3.nationaljournal.com_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www3.nationaljournal.com-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His opponent in the Republican primary was sitting <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_South_Dakota" title="Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota">Lieutenant Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Carole_Hillard" title="Carole Hillard">Carole Hillard</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rapid_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Rapid City">Rapid City</a>, who benefited from the support of the longtime <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="South Dakota Governor">South Dakota Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Janklow" title="Bill Janklow">Bill Janklow</a>. A May 1996 poll showed Hillard leading Thune by a margin of 69%–15%.<sup id="cite_ref-www3.nationaljournal.com_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www3.nationaljournal.com-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By relying on strong personal skills and the help of his old network of Abdnor friends, Thune won the primary, defeating Hillard 59%–41%.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the general election, Thune defeated Democrat <a href="/wiki/Rick_Weiland" title="Rick Weiland">Rick Weiland</a>, a long-serving aide to U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Tom_Daschle" title="Tom Daschle">Tom Daschle</a>, 58%–37%.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Thune won his subsequent races for <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House</a> by wide margins. He was reelected in 1998 with 75% of the vote,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and in 2000 with 73% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._Senate_(2005–present)"><span id="U.S._Senate_.282005.E2.80.93present.29"></span>U.S. Senate (2005–present)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: U.S. Senate (2005–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Thune,_official_portrait,_111th_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/John_Thune%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress.jpg/220px-John_Thune%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="279" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/John_Thune%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress.jpg/330px-John_Thune%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/John_Thune%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress.jpg/440px-John_Thune%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3040" /></a><figcaption>Thune in 2010 (<a href="/wiki/111th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="111th Congress">111th Congress</a>)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_2">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2002">2002</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: 2002"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2002 United States Senate election in South Dakota">2002 United States Senate election in South Dakota</a></div> <p>In 2002, after briefly considering a run for governor, Thune set his sights on the U.S. Senate. He ran against incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Tim_Johnson_(South_Dakota_politician)" title="Tim Johnson (South Dakota politician)">Tim Johnson</a> and lost by only 524 votes (0.15%).<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> One study concluded: "While the margin of victory [for Johnson] was a mere 524 votes, getting into that winning position required a number of important factors, including Native American turnout, the ability of Johnson and his allies to more effectively use the ground war to get their message out, Thune's ineffectiveness on the air and lack of experience in winning competitive elections, low voter turnout in key Republican counties, the drought, and finally the presence of Kurt Evans. Evans, a Libertarian candidate who withdrew from the race, endorsed Thune, but remained on the ballot and siphoned away more votes from Thune than Johnson. Evans received only 3,070 votes, but that ended up being six times greater than the margin of victory."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Despite the close results, Thune did not contest the election.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2004">2004</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: 2004"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2004 United States Senate election in South Dakota">2004 United States Senate election in South Dakota</a></div> <p>In 2004 Thune challenged <a href="/wiki/Tom_Daschle" title="Tom Daschle">Tom Daschle</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Minority_Leader" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Minority Leader">United States Senate Minority Leader</a> and leader of the Senate <a href="/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">Democrats</a>. In early 2003, Daschle had unexpectedly decided not to run for president. CNN reported that the "announcement surprised even some of his closest aides, one of whom told CNN plans were being made for Daschle to announce his candidacy Saturday in his hometown of <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen,_South_Dakota" title="Aberdeen, South Dakota">Aberdeen, South Dakota</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2004 U.S. Senate race in South Dakota was the most expensive Senate race that year, with a total of $30 million spent,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the most expensive race in South Dakota history. It was widely followed in the national media. Thune, along with Senate Majority Leader <a href="/wiki/Bill_Frist" title="Bill Frist">Bill Frist</a>, President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, and Vice President <a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Dick Cheney</a>, described Daschle as the "chief obstructionist" of Bush's agenda. "Thune was able to criticize 'Daschle for serving incompatible masters' and portray him, as Frist did when he came to South Dakota to campaign for Thune, as a partisan obstructionist and political heir to liberal icon and former Senator <a href="/wiki/George_McGovern" title="George McGovern">George McGovern</a> of South Dakota."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Daschle's critics charged the Democrat with using <a href="/wiki/Filibuster" title="Filibuster">filibusters</a> to block confirmation of several of Bush's nominees to the federal judiciary and of being out of step with South Dakota voters on other political and social issues: "The GOP had targeted Daschle, the Senate minority leader, claiming he had been the chief obstruction to President Bush on such issues as tax cuts, judicial nominees and the war in Iraq."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 2, 2004, Thune defeated Daschle by 4,508 votes,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> winning 51% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Daschle's loss was the first ousting of an incumbent floor leader since 1952, when Arizona Senator <a href="/wiki/Ernest_McFarland" title="Ernest McFarland">Ernest McFarland</a> lost to <a href="/wiki/Barry_Goldwater" title="Barry Goldwater">Barry Goldwater</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The loss made Daschle "the first Senate party leader in more than five decades to be voted out of office".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>South Dakota native <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brokaw" title="Tom Brokaw">Tom Brokaw</a> commented that Thune "ran a very strong campaign" to win the 2004 race.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/University_of_South_Dakota" title="University of South Dakota">University of South Dakota</a> political scientist Bill Richardson said, "motivated John Thune supporters went to the polls in large numbers, part of a massive South Dakota turnout. Unofficial results show nearly 80 percent of registered voters cast ballots."<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After Thune defeated Daschle, many Republicans regarded him as a "rising star with unlimited political potential".<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2010">2010</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2010 United States Senate election in South Dakota">2010 United States Senate election in South Dakota</a></div> <p>Thune was reelected without any opposition in either the primary or general election.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Scott_Heidepriem" title="Scott Heidepriem">Scott Heidepriem</a>, the <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Senate" title="South Dakota Senate">South Dakota Senate</a> Minority Leader and a Democratic <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_gubernatorial_election,_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="South Dakota gubernatorial election, 2010">candidate</a> for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_South_Dakota" title="Governor of South Dakota">Governor of South Dakota</a>, said, "We just concluded that John Thune is an extremely popular senator who is going to win another term in the Senate."<sup id="cite_ref-yankton_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yankton-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The conservative publication <i><a href="/wiki/Townhall" title="Townhall">Townhall</a></i> commented that the absence of a Democratic candidate in the election marked "the first time in the state's modern history in which a major party has failed to field a Senate candidate".<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2016">2016</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: 2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2016 United States Senate election in South Dakota">2016 United States Senate election in South Dakota</a></div> <p>Thune faced Democratic nominee Jay Williams, chair of the <a href="/wiki/Yankton_County,_South_Dakota" title="Yankton County, South Dakota">Yankton County</a> Democratic Party.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On November 8, he defeated Williams with 71.8% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2022">2022</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: 2022"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2022 United States Senate election in South Dakota">2022 United States Senate election in South Dakota</a></div> <p>Thune "drew the wrath of <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> for pushing back on the former president's false claims" that he won the 2020 presidential election.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Trump called upon South Dakota Governor <a href="/wiki/Kristi_Noem" title="Kristi Noem">Kristi Noem</a> to launch a primary challenge to Thune in the 2022 U.S. Senate election in South Dakota; Noem declined.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Thune also received negative feedback from Trump supporters for his position on the 2020 election.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> While Thune seriously considered retiring from the Senate,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> he announced in January 2022 that he would seek reelection to a fourth term.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was reelected with 69.6% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Brian Bengs.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 6, 2006, Thune was chosen by Senate Republican <a href="/wiki/Assistant_Majority_Leader" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Majority Leader">Whip</a> <a href="/wiki/Trent_Lott" title="Trent Lott">Trent Lott</a> to be the GOP's <a href="/wiki/Chief_Deputy_Whip" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Deputy Whip">Chief Deputy Whip</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After briefly serving as <a href="/wiki/Republican_Conference_Vice-Chair_of_the_United_States_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Conference Vice-Chair of the United States Senate">Republican Conference Vice-Chairman</a>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> Thune became chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Policy_Committee_Chairman_of_the_United_States_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Policy Committee Chairman of the United States Senate">Republican Policy Committee</a> in June 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The post was the fourth-ranking position in the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2009, Thune was one of 14 senators to vote against a procedural move that essentially guaranteed a major expansion of a national service corps. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the bill would cost at least $418 million in the fiscal year 2010 and $5.7 billion from 2010 to 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was elected <a href="/wiki/Republican_Conference_Chairman_of_the_United_States_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Conference Chairman of the United States Senate">Republican Conference Chairman</a> in 2011, taking office in January 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The conference chairman is the third-ranking position in the Senate. In late 2011, the <i><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Daily_Republic" title="Mitchell Daily Republic">Mitchell Daily Republic</a></i> wrote: "Thune's elevation to the No. 3 spot makes him the highest-ranking Republican senator in South Dakota history. Thune has served as chairman of the Republican Policy Committee from 2009 until the present time and was vice chairman of the Republican Conference from 2008 to 2009 and the Republican chief deputy whip from 2006 to 2008."<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Thune_and_Benjamin_Netanyahu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/John_Thune_and_Benjamin_Netanyahu.jpg/220px-John_Thune_and_Benjamin_Netanyahu.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/John_Thune_and_Benjamin_Netanyahu.jpg/330px-John_Thune_and_Benjamin_Netanyahu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/John_Thune_and_Benjamin_Netanyahu.jpg/440px-John_Thune_and_Benjamin_Netanyahu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="599" /></a><figcaption>Thune with Israel Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a>, 2011</figcaption></figure> <p>Thune's emergence as a conservative voice in the Senate gained him a lengthy profile in the conservative magazine <i><a href="/wiki/The_Weekly_Standard" title="The Weekly Standard">The Weekly Standard</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/American_Conservative_Union" title="American Conservative Union">American Conservative Union</a> gave Senator Thune a rating of 100 in 2006<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and again in 2010. As of 2020 Thune's lifetime ACU rating was 84.11.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Thune was praised in a 2010 <i><a href="/wiki/Weekly_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Weekly Standard">Weekly Standard</a></i> profile as an exceptional politician who was, unlike many of his colleagues, able to communicate traditional conservatism, making him a popular alternative to <a href="/wiki/Tea_Party_movement" title="Tea Party movement">Tea Party</a> representatives.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2018, Thune called on Special Counsel <a href="/wiki/Robert_Mueller" title="Robert Mueller">Robert Mueller</a> to "start winding" down his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Thune is South Dakota's senior U.S. senator.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Senate Republican Conference selected him as majority whip for the <a href="/wiki/116th_United_States_Congress" title="116th United States Congress">116th Congress</a>, succeeding <a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">John Cornyn</a>, who was term-limited in the position.<sup id="cite_ref-Brett_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brett-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He served as minority whip in the <a href="/wiki/117th_United_States_Congress" title="117th United States Congress">117th Congress</a><sup id="cite_ref-auto_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and continued to serve as minority whip in the <a href="/wiki/118th_United_States_Congress" title="118th United States Congress">118th Congress</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thehill20241107_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehill20241107-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><b><a href="/wiki/119th_United_States_Congress" title="119th United States Congress">119th United States Congress</a> Committee assignments</b><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Agriculture,_Nutrition_and_Forestry" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry">Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">Committee on Finance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Commerce,_Science,_and_Transportation" title="United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence" title="United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence">Select Committee on Intelligence</a></li></ul> <p><b>Caucus membership</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afterschool_Caucuses" title="Afterschool Caucuses">Afterschool Caucuses</a><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Senate_Republican_leader">Senate Republican leader</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Senate Republican leader"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On November 13, 2024, Thune won the <a href="/wiki/2024_Senate_Republican_Conference_leadership_election" title="2024 Senate Republican Conference leadership election">Senate Republican Conference leadership election</a> on the second ballot to become the next <a href="/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Party leaders of the United States Senate">Senate majority leader</a> to replace the retiring <a href="/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">Mitch McConnell</a>, following the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_elections" title="2024 United States elections">November 2024 U.S. elections</a>, in which Republicans carried the Senate. The other candidates were <a href="/wiki/Rick_Scott" title="Rick Scott">Rick Scott</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">John Cornyn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nbc20241107_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbc20241107-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nw20241109_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nw20241109-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The election occurred in a closed-door Republican caucus setting, and senators' votes were not publicized. Thune beat Cornyn in the second ballot 29-24. </p><p>On January 9, 2025, Thune, representing the Republican Party, spoke at <a href="/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Jimmy_Carter" title="Death and state funeral of Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter's funeral service</a> alongside President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Carter_(politician)" title="Jason Carter (politician)">Jason Carter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_the_District_of_Columbia" title="Mayor of the District of Columbia">Mayor</a> <a href="/wiki/Muriel_Bowser" title="Muriel Bowser">Muriel Bowser</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Political positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2019, Thune was one of 38 senators to sign a letter to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Agriculture" title="United States Secretary of Agriculture">U.S. Secretary of Agriculture</a> <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Perdue" title="Sonny Perdue">Sonny Perdue</a> warning that dairy farmers "have continued to face market instability and are struggling to survive the fourth year of sustained low prices" and urging his department to "strongly encourage these farmers to consider the Dairy Margin Coverage program."<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (April 2019)">better&#160;source&#160;needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Drug_policy">Drug policy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: Drug policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2017, Thune was one of six senators to sign a letter to Senate Majority Leader <a href="/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">Mitch McConnell</a> and Minority Leader <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Schumer" title="Chuck Schumer">Chuck Schumer</a> requesting their "help in ensuring the long-term sustainability of the <a href="/wiki/340B_Drug_Pricing_Program" title="340B Drug Pricing Program">340B program</a>", a rule mandating that drug companies give discounts to health-care organizations presently serving large numbers of low-income patients.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economy">Economy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2019, Thune introduced legislation to repeal the <a href="/wiki/Inheritance_tax" title="Inheritance tax">estate tax</a>, which applies to couples with estates above $22.4 million.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2019, Thune was one of 20 senators to sponsor the Employer Participation in Repayment Act, enabling employers to contribute up to $5,250 to their employees' student loans.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Energy">Energy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: Energy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thune_eats_with_Soldier_(6102055).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Thune_eats_with_Soldier_%286102055%29.jpg/220px-Thune_eats_with_Soldier_%286102055%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Thune_eats_with_Soldier_%286102055%29.jpg/330px-Thune_eats_with_Soldier_%286102055%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Thune_eats_with_Soldier_%286102055%29.jpg/440px-Thune_eats_with_Soldier_%286102055%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5757" data-file-height="3172" /></a><figcaption>Thune at Powidz Air Base in Poland</figcaption></figure> <p>On March 6, 2014, Thune introduced the <a href="/wiki/Reliable_Home_Heating_Act_(S._2086;_113th_Congress)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reliable Home Heating Act (S. 2086; 113th Congress)">Reliable Home Heating Act (S. 2086; 113th Congress)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SenatepassesCox_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SenatepassesCox-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The bill would require the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Motor_Carrier_Safety_Administration" title="Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration">Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration</a> (FMCSA) to exempt motor carriers that transport home heating oil from numerous federal safety regulations if the governor of a state declares a <a href="/wiki/State_of_emergency" title="State of emergency">state of emergency</a> caused by a shortage of residential heating fuel.<sup id="cite_ref-cbo2086_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbo2086-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The bill also would require the <a href="/wiki/Energy_Information_Administration" title="Energy Information Administration">Energy Information Administration</a> (EIA) to notify states if certain petroleum reserves fall below historical averages.<sup id="cite_ref-cbo2086_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbo2086-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BrownThuneAddress_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BrownThuneAddress-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environment">Environment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=19" title="Edit section: Environment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2019, Thune joined all Senate Republicans, three Democrats, and <a href="/wiki/Angus_King" title="Angus King">Angus King</a> in voting against the <a href="/wiki/Green_New_Deal" title="Green New Deal">Green New Deal</a> resolution.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Arguing against its implementation, Thune said the resolution would "absolutely be devastating and disastrous" for the agriculture economy both in South Dakota and across the US.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Facebook">Facebook</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=20" title="Edit section: Facebook"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2016, Thune sent <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> a letter requesting details on how it operates its Trending Topics feature,<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> after a <a href="/wiki/Gizmodo" title="Gizmodo">Gizmodo</a> article cited anonymous sources (claiming to be former Facebook employees) who alleged systemic anti-conservative political bias in how material is selected for display in the list.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Some commentators criticized Thune's letter as an example of government overreach against a private company.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Facebook denied the bias allegations.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Thune thanked Facebook in a public statement.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_policy">Foreign policy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=21" title="Edit section: Foreign policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 2006, Thune said he believed the US could win the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a> through stability. He elaborated, "It's making sure that Iraq can't be a staging ground for terrorist attacks against its neighbors in the region or, worse yet, against the United States." Thune also espoused the position that the Bush administration and a majority of members of Congress would grant military commanders the final decision on when to reduce U.S. military forces there.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In July 2008, Thune said that the Bush administration's moves in Iraq had been a "remarkable success", noting civilian casualties had been reduced by 80 percent, and charged Democratic presidential candidate and Senator <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> with failing "to acknowledge the basic fact of the success and result and progress and gains that have been made as a result of the surge."<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2010, Thune was one of 26 senators who voted against the ratification of <a href="/wiki/New_START" title="New START">New START</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> a nuclear arms reduction treaty between the United States and the <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian Federation</a> obliging both countries to have no more than 1,550 strategic warheads and 700 launchers deployed during the next seven years, and providing for a continuation of on-site inspections that halted when <a href="/wiki/START_I" title="START I">START I</a> expired the previous year. It was the first arms treaty with Russia in eight years.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2012, Thune and <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Grassley" title="Chuck Grassley">Chuck Grassley</a> requested that <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Secretary of the Treasury">United States Secretary of the Treasury</a> <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Geithner" title="Timothy Geithner">Timothy Geithner</a> provide a review of the Chinese company Wanxiang Group's plan to acquire bankrupt battery maker A123, arguing that the transaction should be reviewed to ensure that U.S. military and taxpayer interests in A123 were protected.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In October 2018, Thune requested staff briefings about a <a href="/wiki/Bloomberg_L.P." title="Bloomberg L.P.">Bloomberg</a> report that the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_China" title="Government of China">Chinese government</a> had implanted malicious hardware into server motherboards, writing charges that "the U.S. hardware supply chain has been purposely tampered with by a foreign power [and] must be taken seriously."<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2016, Thune was one of 34 senators to sign a letter to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> advocating that the United States use "all available tools to dissuade Russia from continuing its airstrikes in Syria" from an <a href="/wiki/List_of_Iranian_Air_Force_bases" title="List of Iranian Air Force bases">Iranian airbase</a> near <a href="/wiki/Hamadan" title="Hamadan">Hamadan</a> and stating that the airstrikes violated "a legally binding Security Council Resolution" on Iran.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In June 2017, Thune co-sponsored the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Anti-Boycott_Act" title="Israel Anti-Boycott Act">Israel Anti-Boycott Act</a> (s. 720), which would have made it a federal crime, punishable by a maximum sentence of 20 years' imprisonment,<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> to encourage or participate in boycotts against Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In March 2018, Thune voted to table a resolution spearheaded by <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Sanders" title="Bernie Sanders">Bernie Sanders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Murphy" title="Chris Murphy">Chris Murphy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Lee" title="Mike Lee">Mike Lee</a> that would have required President Trump to withdraw American troops either in or influencing <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a> within the next 30 days unless they were combating <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">Al-Qaeda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2020, a group of Senate Republicans planned to introduce a privacy bill that would regulate the data <a href="/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019" class="mw-redirect" title="Coronavirus disease 2019">COVID-19</a> contact-tracing apps collect. Senator <a href="/wiki/Roger_Wicker" title="Roger Wicker">Roger Wicker</a> said the legislation would "hold businesses accountable to consumers if they use personal data to fight the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>". Thune said the act would permit the creation of "platforms that could trace the virus and help flatten the curve and stop the spread—and maintaining privacy protections for <a href="/wiki/Citizenship_of_the_United_States" title="Citizenship of the United States">U.S. citizens</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine">2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>, Thune said that the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainians" title="Ukrainians">Ukrainian people</a> could not sustain the war without military support from the U.S. and other countries. He called on European partners to make robust contributions to help Ukraine.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_care">Health care</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=22" title="Edit section: Health care"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thune was part of the group of 13 senators drafting the <a href="/wiki/2017_Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act_replacement_proposals#Senate_legislation" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act replacement proposals">Senate version</a> of the <a href="/wiki/American_Health_Care_Act_of_2017" title="American Health Care Act of 2017">American Health Care Act of 2017</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In July 2017, Thune said that Republicans would continue trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act regardless of whether that month's effort collapsed: "We are going to vote to repeal and replace Obamacare. It's not a question of if, it's a question of when."<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gun_control">Gun control</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=23" title="Edit section: Gun control"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thune advocates gun rights, sponsoring legislation that would allow individuals with <a href="/wiki/Concealed_carry_permit" class="mw-redirect" title="Concealed carry permit">concealed carry permits</a> to use such permits as a valid permit in other states.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He also voted against banning standard-capacity magazines of over 10 rounds.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-small_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-small-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On October 3, 2017, Thune became the center of media attention for saying in response to <a href="/wiki/2017_Las_Vegas_shooting" title="2017 Las Vegas shooting">the mass shooting in Las Vegas</a>: "It sounds like [the shooter] used <a href="/wiki/Stock_(firearms)#Bump_stock" title="Stock (firearms)">conversion kits</a> and other things, you know, to make the weapons more lethal. We'll look at the facts when we get them all in here. I think a lot of us want to do everything we can to prevent tragedies like that from happening again. You know, it's an open society. And when somebody does what he wants to do it's going to be hard to prevent anything. But I think people are going to have to take steps in their own lives to take precautions. To protect themselves. And in situations like that, you know, try to stay safe. As somebody said, get small."<sup id="cite_ref-small_96-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-small-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_Donald_Trump_and_Melania_Trump_with_Senator_John_Thune.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/President_Donald_Trump_and_Melania_Trump_with_Senator_John_Thune.jpg/220px-President_Donald_Trump_and_Melania_Trump_with_Senator_John_Thune.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/President_Donald_Trump_and_Melania_Trump_with_Senator_John_Thune.jpg/330px-President_Donald_Trump_and_Melania_Trump_with_Senator_John_Thune.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/President_Donald_Trump_and_Melania_Trump_with_Senator_John_Thune.jpg/440px-President_Donald_Trump_and_Melania_Trump_with_Senator_John_Thune.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="2968" /></a><figcaption>Thune and his wife with President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> and First lady <a href="/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump">Melania Trump</a>, 2025</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Judiciary">Judiciary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=24" title="Edit section: Judiciary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2016, about seven months before the next presidential election, Thune declared his opposition to considering President Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court, saying that "the next president should make this lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court" because the "American people deserve to have their voices heard on the nomination of the next Supreme Court justice". In September 2020, less than two months before the next presidential election, Thune supported an immediate vote on Trump's nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy caused by Justice <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg" title="Ruth Bader Ginsburg">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</a>'s death.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trade">Trade</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=25" title="Edit section: Trade"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2018 Thune was one of 36 Republican senators to sign a letter to President Trump requesting he preserve the <a href="/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement" title="North American Free Trade Agreement">North American Free Trade Agreement</a> by modernizing it for the economy of the 21st century.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In July 2018, as the Trump administration pushed for aid for agricultural producers affected by retaliatory tariffs, Thune said the plan offered a "false and short-term" sense of security and cited the importance of fair and free trade for South Dakota's farmers.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_presidential_election_results">2020 presidential election results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=26" title="Edit section: 2020 presidential election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2020, Thune said he opposed any further efforts to challenge the 2020 presidential election results. He argued that such efforts would "go down like a shot dog" in the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Then-President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>, who contended that the election results were illegitimate and that he had defeated Democratic nominee <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>, responded by attacking Thune on Twitter,<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and publicly called on South Dakota Governor <a href="/wiki/Kristi_Noem" title="Kristi Noem">Kristi Noem</a> to challenge him in a 2022 U.S. Senate primary.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Thune <a href="/wiki/2021_United_States_Electoral_College_vote_count" title="2021 United States Electoral College vote count">voted to certify</a> the 2020 presidential election results.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidential_and_vice-presidential_speculation">Presidential and vice-presidential speculation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=27" title="Edit section: Presidential and vice-presidential speculation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before the selection of <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Palin" title="Sarah Palin">Sarah Palin</a>, Thune was mentioned as a possible vice-presidential pick for Republican nominee <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a> in the 2008 presidential election. Thune publicly played down the speculation.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Thune_(53301829345).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/John_Thune_%2853301829345%29.jpg/228px-John_Thune_%2853301829345%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="228" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/John_Thune_%2853301829345%29.jpg/342px-John_Thune_%2853301829345%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/John_Thune_%2853301829345%29.jpg/456px-John_Thune_%2853301829345%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6720" data-file-height="4480" /></a><figcaption>Thune speaking at the Republican Jewish Coalition 2023 Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas, <a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Significant speculation arose regarding a potential 2012 presidential bid by Thune.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-allen_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allen-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was encouraged to run by Senate Minority Leader <a href="/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">Mitch McConnell</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a> Senator <a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Graham" title="Lindsey Graham">Lindsey Graham</a>, who called him "a consensus builder".<sup id="cite_ref-Graham_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Graham-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> One <i><a href="/wiki/Wall_Street_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Wall Street Journal">Wall Street Journal</a></i> article stated that Thune had "name ID in the parts of the first caucus state of Iowa that get neighboring South Dakota media, a $6.9 million bank account he could use for a presidential run, and a national fundraising list of 100,000 names from his race against [former Senator Tom] Daschle."<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> DNC Executive Director <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_O%27Malley_Dillon" class="mw-redirect" title="Jennifer O&#39;Malley Dillon">Jennifer O'Malley Dillon</a> publicly stated that "among a field of generally flawed (in one way or another) Republican presidential candidates, Thune was the one candidate that she feared.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to multiple commentators, Thune's candidacy could be helped by his personal appearance.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On February 22, 2011, Thune announced he would not run in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the summer of 2012, the <i><a href="/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today">USA Today</a></i> reported that Thune was on <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a>'s short list as a potential running mate but <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> Congressman <a href="/wiki/Paul_Ryan" title="Paul Ryan">Paul Ryan</a> was selected instead.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Despite some speculation, Thune also declined to seek the presidency in 2016, saying that his "window ... might have closed in 2012".<sup id="cite_ref-LHagen_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LHagen-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=28" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2010 United States Senate election in South Dakota">2010 United States Senate election in South Dakota</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2016 United States Senate election in South Dakota">2016 United States Senate election in South Dakota</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2022 United States Senate election in South Dakota">2022 United States Senate election in South Dakota</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">South Dakota's at-large Congressional district Republican primary election, 1996 </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Party</b> </td> <td><b>Candidate</b> </td> <td><b>Votes</b> </td> <td><b>%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Republican</b> </td> <td><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Checked" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/12px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/18px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/24px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="19" data-file-height="18" /></span></span><b>John R. Thune</b> </td> <td><b>41,322</b> </td> <td><b>59.49</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carole_Hillard" title="Carole Hillard">Carole Hillard</a> </td> <td>28,139 </td> <td>40.51 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"> <caption><span data-sort-value="South DakotaAL&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="South Dakota&#39;s at-large congressional district">South Dakota's at-large congressional district</a></span>: Results 1996–2000<sup id="cite_ref-clerkresults_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clerkresults-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th> </th> <th>Democratic </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Pct </th> <th> </th> <th>Republican </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Pct </th> <th> </th> <th>3rd Party </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Pct </th> <th> </th> <th>3rd Party </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Pct </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._House_election,_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House election, 1996">1996</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Weiland" title="Rick Weiland">Rick Weiland</a></span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">119,547 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><span class="nowrap"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Checked" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/12px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/18px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/24px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="19" data-file-height="18" /></span></span><b>John R. Thune</b></span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right"><b>186,393</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>58%</b> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"><span class="nowrap">Stacey L.</span> Nelson </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">10,397 </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">3% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">Kurt Evans </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">6,866 </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">2% </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._House_election,_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House election, 1998">1998</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Moser&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeff Moser (page does not exist)">Jeff Moser</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">64,433 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">25% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Checked" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/12px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/18px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/24px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="19" data-file-height="18" /></span></span><b>John R. Thune</b> <b>(incumbent)</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right"><b>194,157</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>75%</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._House_election,_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House election, 2000">2000</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curt_Hohn&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Curt Hohn (page does not exist)">Curt Hohn</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">78,321 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">25% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Checked" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/12px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/18px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/24px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="19" data-file-height="18" /></span></span><b>John R. Thune</b> <b>(incumbent)</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right"><b>231,083</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>73%</b> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#FED105">Brian Lerohl </td> <td style="background:#FED105"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">5,357 </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">2% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from South Dakota">Senate elections in South Dakota</a>: Results 2002–2022<sup id="cite_ref-clerkresults_123-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clerkresults-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th> </th> <th>Democratic </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Pct </th> <th> </th> <th>Republican </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Pct </th> <th> </th> <th>3rd Party </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Pct </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota,_2002" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in South Dakota, 2002">2002</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Checked" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/12px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/18px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/24px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="19" data-file-height="18" /></span></span><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Johnson_(U.S._Senator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tim Johnson (U.S. Senator)">Tim Johnson</a></b></span> <b>(incumbent)</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right"><b>167,481</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50%</b> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">John R. Thune </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right">166,949 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">49% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#FED105">Kurt Evans </td> <td style="background:#FED105"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">3,071 </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">1% </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota,_2004" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in South Dakota, 2004">2004</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Daschle" title="Tom Daschle">Tom Daschle</a> (incumbent) </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">193,340 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">49% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Checked" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/12px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/18px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/24px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="19" data-file-height="18" /></span></span><b>John R. Thune</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right"><b>197,848</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>51%</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota,_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in South Dakota, 2010">2010</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Checked" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/12px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/18px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/24px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="19" data-file-height="18" /></span></span><b>John R. Thune</b> <b>(incumbent)</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right"><b>227,947</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>100%</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota,_2016" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in South Dakota, 2016">2016</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Jay Williams </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">104,140 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">28% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Checked" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/12px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/18px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/24px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="19" data-file-height="18" /></span></span><b>John R. Thune</b> <b>(incumbent)</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right"><b>265,516</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>72%</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2022 United States Senate election in South Dakota">2022</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Brian Bengs </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">91,007 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">26.15% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Checked" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/12px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/18px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Check_mark_23x20_02.svg/24px-Check_mark_23x20_02.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="19" data-file-height="18" /></span></span><b>John R. Thune</b> <b>(incumbent)</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right"><b>242,316</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>69.63%</b> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#FED105">Tamara Lesnar </td> <td style="background:#FED105"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">14,697 </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">4.22% </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sen._Thune_swearing_in_reenactment.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Sen._Thune_swearing_in_reenactment.jpg/220px-Sen._Thune_swearing_in_reenactment.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Sen._Thune_swearing_in_reenactment.jpg/330px-Sen._Thune_swearing_in_reenactment.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Sen._Thune_swearing_in_reenactment.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="244" /></a><figcaption>Thune and his wife Kimberley with Vice President <a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Dick Cheney</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=29" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thune is an <a href="/wiki/Evangelicalism" title="Evangelicalism">evangelical Christian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He married Kimberley Weems of <a href="/wiki/Doland,_South_Dakota" title="Doland, South Dakota">Doland, South Dakota</a> in 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-allen_111-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allen-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Thunes have two daughters and five grandchildren.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thune is physically active and has frequently competed in running events. A 2012 <i><a href="/wiki/Runner%27s_World_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Runner&#39;s World Magazine">Runner's World Magazine</a></i> feature called Thune "the fastest man in Congress since 2009."<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thune is a fan of the bands <a href="/wiki/Styx_(band)" title="Styx (band)">Styx</a>, <a href="/wiki/Journey_(band)" title="Journey (band)">Journey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_(band)" title="Boston (band)">Boston</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Doobie_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Doobie Brothers">Doobie Brothers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=30" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20241113184833/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4987984-house-senate-republicans-leadership-election/">"Live Updates: Johnson Nominated for Speaker, Thune Elected Senate GOP Leader"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hill_(newspaper)" title="The Hill (newspaper)">The Hill</a></i>. 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Thune: Anatomy of a High Plains Senate Race</i> University of Oklahoma Press (September 30, 2007). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8061-3850-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-8061-3850-5">0-8061-3850-5</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8061-3850-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8061-3850-3">978-0-8061-3850-3</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=t000250">Biography</a> at the <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S2SD00068">Financial information (federal office)</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Election_Commission" title="Federal Election Commission">Federal Election Commission</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/john-thune/1534">Legislation sponsored</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/398">Profile</a> at <a href="/wiki/Vote_Smart" title="Vote Smart">Vote Smart</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Thune&amp;action=edit&amp;section=32" title="Edit section: External 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Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Johnson_(South_Dakota_politician)" title="Tim Johnson (South Dakota politician)">Tim Johnson</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from South Dakota">U.S. House of Representatives</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="South Dakota&#39;s at-large congressional district">South Dakota's at-large congressional district</a> </b><br />1997–2003 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Janklow" title="Bill Janklow">Bill Janklow</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Pressler" title="Larry Pressler">Larry Pressler</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from South Dakota">U.S. Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators" title="Classes of United States senators">Class 2</a>) </b><br /><a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2002 United States Senate election in South Dakota">2002</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Joel_Dykstra" title="Joel Dykstra">Joel Dykstra</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold">Ron Schmidt</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from South Dakota">U.S. Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators" title="Classes of United States senators">Class 3</a>) </b><br /><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2004 United States Senate election in South Dakota">2004</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2010 United States Senate election in South Dakota">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2016 United States Senate election in South Dakota">2016</a>, <a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2022 United States Senate election in South Dakota">2022</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>Most recent</b> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Bennett_(politician)" title="Bob Bennett (politician)">Bob Bennett</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Party leaders of the United States Senate">Senate Republican Chief Deputy Whip</a> </b><br />2007–2009 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Burr" title="Richard Burr">Richard Burr</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">John Cornyn</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Conference_Vice-Chair_of_the_United_States_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Conference Vice-Chair of the United States Senate">Vice Chair of the Senate Republican Conference</a> </b><br />2009 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Murkowski" title="Lisa Murkowski">Lisa Murkowski</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Ensign" title="John Ensign">John Ensign</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Senate_Republican_Policy_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Republican Policy Committee">Senate Republican Policy Committee</a> </b><br />2009–2012 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2">Succeeded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Barrasso" title="John Barrasso">John Barrasso</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Alexander" title="Lamar Alexander">Lamar Alexander</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Conference_Chairman_of_the_United_States_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Conference Chairman of the United States Senate">Chair of the Senate Republican Conference</a> </b><br />2012–2019 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">John 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Chair)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Durbin" title="Dick Durbin">Dick Durbin</a> (Whip)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amy_Klobuchar" title="Amy Klobuchar">Amy Klobuchar</a> (Steering/Policy Committee Chair)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cory_Booker" title="Cory Booker">Cory Booker</a> (Strategic Communications Committee Chair)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Warner" title="Mark Warner">Mark Warner</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Warren" title="Elizabeth Warren">Elizabeth Warren</a> (Caucus Vice Chairs)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Sanders" title="Bernie Sanders">Bernie Sanders</a> (Outreach Chair)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tammy_Baldwin" title="Tammy Baldwin">Tammy Baldwin</a> (Caucus Secretary)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirsten_Gillibrand" title="Kirsten Gillibrand">Kirsten Gillibrand</a> (Campaign Committee Chair)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto" title="Catherine Cortez Masto">Catherine Cortez Masto</a> (Outreach Vice Chair)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Murphy" title="Chris Murphy">Chris Murphy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Schatz" title="Brian Schatz">Brian Schatz</a> (Caucus Deputy Secretaries)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Schatz" title="Brian Schatz">Brian Schatz</a> (Chief Deputy Whip)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patty_Murray" title="Patty Murray">Patty Murray</a> (President pro tempore emerita)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Statewide_political_officials_of_South_Dakota402" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" 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Rhoden</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_South_Dakota" title="List of governors of South Dakota">Governor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Venhuizen" title="Tony Venhuizen">Tony Venhuizen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_South_Dakota" title="Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota">Lieutenant Governor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monae_Johnson" title="Monae Johnson">Monae Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_South_Dakota" title="Secretary of State of South Dakota">Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Jackley" title="Marty Jackley">Marty Jackley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_South_Dakota" title="Attorney General of South Dakota">Attorney General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Haeder" title="Josh Haeder">Josh Haeder</a>, Treasurer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rich_Sattgast" title="Rich Sattgast">Rich Sattgast</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_Auditor_of_South_Dakota" title="State Auditor of South Dakota">Auditor</a></li> <li><a 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Hanson">Gary W. Hanson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Nelson_(American_politician)" title="Chris Nelson (American politician)">Chris Nelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Public_Utilities_Commission" title="South Dakota Public Utilities Commission">Public Utilities Commissioners</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Senate" title="South Dakota Senate">Senate</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Venhuizen" title="Tony Venhuizen">Tony Venhuizen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_South_Dakota" title="Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Karr" title="Chris Karr">Chris Karr</a>, President pro tempore</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Mehlhaff" title="Jim Mehlhaff">Jim Mehlhaff</a>, Majority Leader</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Larson" title="Liz Larson">Liz Larson</a>, Minority Leader</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_House_of_Representatives" title="South Dakota House of Representatives">House</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Hansen" title="Jon Hansen">Jon Hansen</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_speakers_of_the_South_Dakota_House_of_Representatives" title="List of speakers of the South Dakota House of Representatives">Speaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karla_Lems" title="Karla Lems">Karla Lems</a>, Speaker pro tempore</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Odenbach" title="Scott Odenbach">Scott Odenbach</a>, Majority Leader</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erin_Healy" title="Erin Healy">Erin Healy</a>, Minority Leader</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Supreme_Court" title="South Dakota Supreme Court">Supreme Court</a><br /><span class="nobold">(appointed)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steven_R._Jensen" title="Steven R. 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(United States)">R</a>) / <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Schumer" title="Chuck Schumer">Chuck Schumer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Majority<br />leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Senate" title="Alabama Senate">AL</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Steve_Livingston" title="Steve Livingston">Livingston</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Alaska_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Senate">AK</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Giessel" title="Cathy Giessel">Giessel</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Senate" title="Arizona Senate">AZ</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Janae_Shamp" title="Janae Shamp">Shamp</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Senate" title="Arkansas Senate">AR</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blake_Johnson_(Arkansas_politician)" title="Blake Johnson (Arkansas politician)">Johnson</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/California_State_Senate" title="California State Senate">CA</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lena_Gonzalez" title="Lena Gonzalez">Gonzalez</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Senate" title="Colorado Senate">CO</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rodriguez_(politician)" title="Robert Rodriguez (politician)">Rodriguez</a> (D) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_State_Senate" title="Connecticut State Senate">CT</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Duff" title="Bob Duff">Duff</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Senate" title="Delaware Senate">DE</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Townsend_(American_politician)" title="Bryan Townsend (American politician)">Townsend</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Florida_Senate" title="Florida Senate">FL</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Boyd_(politician)" title="Jim Boyd (politician)">Boyd</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Georgia_State_Senate" title="Georgia State Senate">GA</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Steve_Gooch" title="Steve Gooch">Gooch</a> (R) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Senate" title="Hawaii Senate">HI</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dru_Kanuha" title="Dru Kanuha">Kanuha</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Senate" title="Idaho Senate">ID</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lori_Den_Hartog" title="Lori Den Hartog">Den Hartog</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">IL</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kimberly_Lightford" title="Kimberly Lightford">Lightford</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Senate" title="Indiana Senate">IN</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chris_Garten" title="Chris Garten">Garten</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Senate" title="Iowa Senate">IA</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jack_Whitver" title="Jack Whitver">Whitver</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Kansas_Senate" title="Kansas Senate">KS</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chase_Blasi" title="Chase Blasi">Blasi</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Senate" title="Kentucky Senate">KY</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Max_Wise" title="Max Wise">Wise</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_Senate" title="Louisiana State Senate">LA</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Stine" title="Jeremy Stine">Stine</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Maine_Senate" title="Maine Senate">ME</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eloise_Vitelli" title="Eloise Vitelli">Vitelli</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Senate" title="Maryland Senate">MD</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nancy_J._King" title="Nancy J. King">King</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Senate" title="Massachusetts Senate">MA</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Stone_Creem" title="Cynthia Stone Creem">Creem</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Senate" title="Michigan Senate">MI</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Winnie_Brinks" title="Winnie Brinks">Brinks</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Senate" title="Minnesota Senate">MN</a>:</b> <span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Erin_Murphy_(Minnesota_politician)" title="Erin Murphy (Minnesota politician)">Murphy</a> (DFL)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_Senate" title="Mississippi State Senate">MS</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dean_Kirby" title="Dean Kirby">Kirby</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Senate" title="Missouri Senate">MO</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tony_Luetkemeyer" title="Tony Luetkemeyer">Luetkemeyer</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Montana_Senate" title="Montana Senate">MT</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_McGillvray" title="Tom McGillvray">McGillvray</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Legislature" title="Nebraska Legislature">NE</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ben_Hansen" title="Ben Hansen">Hansen</a> (R)*</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Nevada_Senate" title="Nevada Senate">NV</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Cannizzaro" title="Nicole Cannizzaro">Cannizzaro</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Senate" title="New Hampshire Senate">NH</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Regina_Birdsell" title="Regina Birdsell">Birdsell</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Senate" title="New Jersey Senate">NJ</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Ruiz_(politician)" title="Teresa Ruiz (politician)">Ruiz</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Senate" title="New Mexico Senate">NM</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Peter_Wirth_(politician)" title="Peter Wirth (politician)">Wirth</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Senate" title="New York State Senate">NY</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Stewart-Cousins" title="Andrea Stewart-Cousins">Stewart-Cousins</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Senate" title="North Carolina Senate">NC</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_Newton_(politician)" title="Paul Newton (politician)">Newton</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_Senate" title="North Dakota Senate">ND</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Hogue" title="David Hogue">Hogue</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Senate" title="Ohio Senate">OH</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Theresa_Gavarone" title="Theresa Gavarone">Gavarone</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Senate" title="Oklahoma Senate">OK</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Julie_Daniels" title="Julie Daniels">Daniels</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Oregon_State_Senate" title="Oregon State Senate">OR</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kayse_Jama" title="Kayse Jama">Jama</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Senate" title="Pennsylvania State Senate">PA</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Pittman_(politician)" title="Joe Pittman (politician)">Pittman</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Senate" title="Rhode Island Senate">RI</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ryan_W._Pearson" title="Ryan W. Pearson">Pearson</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Senate" title="South Carolina Senate">SC</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/A._Shane_Massey" title="A. Shane Massey">Massey</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Senate" title="South Dakota Senate">SD</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Mehlhaff" title="Jim Mehlhaff">Mehlhaff</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Senate" title="Tennessee Senate">TN</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jack_Johnson_(American_politician)" title="Jack Johnson (American politician)">Johnson</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Texas_Senate" title="Texas Senate">TX</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tan_Parker" title="Tan Parker">Parker</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Utah_State_Senate" title="Utah State Senate">UT</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kirk_Cullimore_Jr." title="Kirk Cullimore Jr.">Cullimore</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Vermont_Senate" title="Vermont Senate">VT</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alison_H._Clarkson" title="Alison H. Clarkson">Clarkson</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Senate" title="Virginia Senate">VA</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Scott_Surovell" title="Scott Surovell">Surovell</a> (D) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Washington_State_Senate" title="Washington State Senate">WA</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Pedersen" title="Jamie Pedersen">Pedersen</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Senate" title="West Virginia Senate">WV</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Patrick_S._Martin" title="Patrick S. Martin">Martin</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Senate" title="Wisconsin Senate">WI</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Devin_LeMahieu" title="Devin LeMahieu">LeMahieu</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Senate" title="Wyoming Senate">WY</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tara_Nethercott" title="Tara Nethercott">Nethercott</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_District_of_Columbia" title="Council of the District of Columbia">DC</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Phil_Mendelson" title="Phil Mendelson">Mendelson</a> (D)</i>*</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Legislature_of_Guam" title="Legislature of Guam">GU</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jesse_A._Lujan" title="Jesse A. Lujan">Lujan</a> (R)</i>*</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands_Senate" title="Northern Mariana Islands Senate">MP</a>:</b> <span style="color:#DDDDBB;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Donald_M._Manglona" title="Donald M. Manglona">Manglona</a> (I)</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Senate of Puerto Rico">PR</a>:</b> <span style="color:#161687;">▌</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gregorio_Mat%C3%ADas_Rosario&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Gregorio Matías Rosario (page does not exist)">Matías Rosario</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Progressive_Party_(Puerto_Rico)" title="New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)">PNP</a>)</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Legislature_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Legislature of the Virgin Islands">VI</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Vialet" title="Kurt Vialet">Vialet</a> (D)</i>*</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minority<br />leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Senate" title="Alabama Senate">AL</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Singleton" title="Bobby Singleton">Singleton</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Alaska_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Senate">AK</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Shower" title="Mike Shower">Shower</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Senate" title="Arizona Senate">AZ</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Priya_Sundareshan" title="Priya Sundareshan">Sundareshan</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Senate" title="Arkansas Senate">AR</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Greg_Leding" title="Greg Leding">Leding</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/California_State_Senate" title="California State Senate">CA</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Brian_Jones_(politician)" title="Brian Jones (politician)">Jones</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Senate" title="Colorado Senate">CO</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_Lundeen" title="Paul Lundeen">Lundeen</a> (R) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_State_Senate" title="Connecticut State Senate">CT</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Harding_(politician)" title="Stephen Harding (politician)">Harding</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Senate" title="Delaware Senate">DE</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Hocker" title="Gerald Hocker">Hocker</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Florida_Senate" title="Florida Senate">FL</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jason_Pizzo" title="Jason Pizzo">Pizzo</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Georgia_State_Senate" title="Georgia State Senate">GA</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harold_V._Jones_II" title="Harold V. Jones II">Jones</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Senate" title="Hawaii Senate">HI</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Fevella" title="Kurt Fevella">Fevella</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Senate" title="Idaho Senate">ID</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Melissa_Wintrow" title="Melissa Wintrow">Wintrow</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">IL</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Curran_(Illinois_politician)" title="John Curran (Illinois politician)">Curran</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Senate" title="Indiana Senate">IN</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Greg_Taylor_(politician)" title="Greg Taylor (politician)">Taylor</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Senate" title="Iowa Senate">IA</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Janice_Weiner" title="Janice Weiner">Weiner</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Kansas_Senate" title="Kansas Senate">KS</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dinah_Sykes" title="Dinah Sykes">Sykes</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Senate" title="Kentucky Senate">KY</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Neal" title="Gerald Neal">Neal</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_Senate" title="Louisiana State Senate">LA</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Boudreaux" title="Gerald Boudreaux">Boudreaux</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Maine_Senate" title="Maine Senate">ME</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Trey_Stewart" title="Trey Stewart">Stewart</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Senate" title="Maryland Senate">MD</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Stephen_S._Hershey_Jr." title="Stephen S. Hershey Jr.">Hershey</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Senate" title="Massachusetts Senate">MA</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Tarr" title="Bruce Tarr">Tarr</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Senate" title="Michigan Senate">MI</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Aric_Nesbitt" title="Aric Nesbitt">Nesbitt</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Senate" title="Minnesota Senate">MN</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mark_Johnson_(Minnesota_politician)" title="Mark Johnson (Minnesota politician)">Johnson</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_Senate" title="Mississippi State Senate">MS</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Simmons" title="Derrick Simmons">Simmons</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Senate" title="Missouri Senate">MO</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Doug_Beck" title="Doug Beck">Beck</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Montana_Senate" title="Montana Senate">MT</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pat_Flowers_(politician)" title="Pat Flowers (politician)">Flowers</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Legislature" title="Nebraska Legislature">NE</a>:</b> <i>Vacant</i>*</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Nevada_Senate" title="Nevada Senate">NV</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robin_L._Titus" title="Robin L. Titus">Titus</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Senate" title="New Hampshire Senate">NH</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Perkins_Kwoka" title="Rebecca Perkins Kwoka">Perkins Kwoka</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Senate" title="New Jersey Senate">NJ</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Anthony_M._Bucco" title="Anthony M. Bucco">Bucco</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Senate" title="New Mexico Senate">NM</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Sharer" title="William Sharer">Sharer</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Senate" title="New York State Senate">NY</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rob_Ortt" title="Rob Ortt">Ortt</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Senate" title="North Carolina Senate">NC</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dan_Blue" title="Dan Blue">Blue</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_Senate" title="North Dakota Senate">ND</a>:</b> <span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Hogan" title="Kathy Hogan">Hogan</a> (D-NPL)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Senate" title="Ohio Senate">OH</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nickie_Antonio" title="Nickie Antonio">Antonio</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Senate" title="Oklahoma Senate">OK</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Julia_Kirt" title="Julia Kirt">Kirt</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Oregon_State_Senate" title="Oregon State Senate">OR</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Bonham" title="Daniel Bonham">Bonham</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Senate" title="Pennsylvania State Senate">PA</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jay_Costa" title="Jay Costa">Costa</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Senate" title="Rhode Island Senate">RI</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jessica_de_la_Cruz" title="Jessica de la Cruz">de la Cruz</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Senate" title="South Carolina Senate">SC</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Brad_Hutto" title="Brad Hutto">Hutto</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Senate" title="South Dakota Senate">SD</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Liz_Larson" title="Liz Larson">Larson</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Senate" title="Tennessee Senate">TN</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Raumesh_Akbari" title="Raumesh Akbari">Akbari</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Texas_Senate" title="Texas Senate">TX</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carol_Alvarado" title="Carol Alvarado">Alvarado</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Utah_State_Senate" title="Utah State Senate">UT</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Luz_Escamilla" title="Luz Escamilla">Escamilla</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Vermont_Senate" title="Vermont Senate">VT</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Randy_Brock" title="Randy Brock">Brock</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Senate" title="Virginia Senate">VA</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ryan_McDougle" title="Ryan McDougle">McDougle</a> (R) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Washington_State_Senate" title="Washington State Senate">WA</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Braun" title="John Braun">Braun</a> (R)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Senate" title="West Virginia Senate">WV</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Woelfel" title="Mike Woelfel">Woelfel</a> (D) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Senate" title="Wisconsin Senate">WI</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dianne_Hesselbein" title="Dianne Hesselbein">Hesselbein</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Senate" title="Wyoming Senate">WY</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Gierau" title="Mike Gierau">Gierau</a> (D)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_District_of_Columbia" title="Council of the District of Columbia">DC</a>:</b> None</i>*</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Legislature_of_Guam" title="Legislature of Guam">GU</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span></i>Vacant<i> (D)</i>*</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands_Senate" title="Northern Mariana Islands Senate">MP</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span></i>Vacant<i> (D)</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Senate of Puerto Rico">PR</a>:</b> <span style="color:#FF3333;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Luis_Javier_Hern%C3%A1ndez_Ortiz" title="Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz">Hernández Ortiz</a> (<a href="/wiki/Popular_Democratic_Party_(Puerto_Rico)" title="Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)">PPD</a>/D)</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Legislature_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Legislature of the Virgin Islands">VI</a>:</b> <span style="color:#DDDDBB;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dwayne_M._DeGraff" title="Dwayne M. DeGraff">DeGraff</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">I</a>)</i>*</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>*Unicameral body</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Current_United_States_senators648" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Current_U.S._senators" title="Template:Current U.S. senators"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Current_U.S._senators" title="Template talk:Current U.S. senators"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Current_U.S._senators" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Current U.S. senators"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Current_United_States_senators648" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_senators" title="List of current United States senators">Current United States senators</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States#Constitutional_roles" title="Vice President of the United States">President</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/JD_Vance" title="JD Vance">JD Vance</a> (R) ‧ <b><a href="/wiki/President_pro_tempore_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="President pro tempore of the United States Senate">President pro tempore</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Grassley" title="Chuck Grassley">Chuck Grassley</a> (R)</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd plainlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent; text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 14em;"> <ul><li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Alabama" title="List of United States senators from Alabama">AL</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Tuberville" title="Tommy Tuberville">Tuberville</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Katie_Britt" title="Katie Britt">Britt</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Alaska" title="List of United States senators from Alaska">AK</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Murkowski" title="Lisa Murkowski">Murkowski</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Dan_Sullivan_(U.S._senator)" title="Dan Sullivan (U.S. senator)">Sullivan</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arizona" title="List of United States senators from Arizona">AZ</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Kelly" title="Mark Kelly">Kelly</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Ruben_Gallego" title="Ruben Gallego">Gallego</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arkansas" title="List of United States senators from Arkansas">AR</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Boozman" title="John Boozman">Boozman</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Cotton" title="Tom Cotton">Cotton</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_California" title="List of United States senators from California">CA</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Alex_Padilla" title="Alex Padilla">Padilla</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Adam_Schiff" title="Adam Schiff">Schiff</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Colorado" title="List of United States senators from Colorado">CO</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bennet" title="Michael Bennet">Bennet</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Hickenlooper" title="John Hickenlooper">Hickenlooper</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Connecticut" title="List of United States senators from Connecticut">CT</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Blumenthal" title="Richard Blumenthal">Blumenthal</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Murphy" title="Chris Murphy">Murphy</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Delaware" title="List of United States senators from Delaware">DE</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Coons" title="Chris Coons">Coons</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Blunt_Rochester" title="Lisa Blunt Rochester">Blunt Rochester</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Florida" title="List of United States senators from Florida">FL</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Rick_Scott" title="Rick Scott">R. Scott</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Ashley_Moody" title="Ashley Moody">Moody</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Georgia" title="List of United States senators from Georgia">GA</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Jon_Ossoff" title="Jon Ossoff">Ossoff</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Raphael_Warnock" title="Raphael Warnock">Warnock</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Hawaii" title="List of United States senators from Hawaii">HI</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Brian_Schatz" title="Brian Schatz">Schatz</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Mazie_Hirono" title="Mazie Hirono">Hirono</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Idaho" title="List of United States senators from Idaho">ID</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Crapo" title="Mike Crapo">Crapo</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Risch" title="Jim Risch">Risch</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Illinois" title="List of United States senators from Illinois">IL</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Durbin" title="Dick Durbin">Durbin</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Tammy_Duckworth" title="Tammy Duckworth">Duckworth</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Indiana" title="List of United States senators from Indiana">IN</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Todd_Young" title="Todd Young">Young</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Banks" title="Jim Banks">Banks</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Iowa" title="List of United States senators from Iowa">IA</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Grassley" title="Chuck Grassley">Grassley</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Joni_Ernst" title="Joni Ernst">Ernst</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kansas" title="List of United States senators from Kansas">KS</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Moran" title="Jerry Moran">Moran</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Roger_Marshall" title="Roger Marshall">Marshall</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States senators from Kentucky">KY</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">McConnell</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Rand_Paul" title="Rand Paul">Paul</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Louisiana" title="List of United States senators from Louisiana">LA</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cassidy" title="Bill Cassidy">Cassidy</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Kennedy_(Louisiana_politician)" title="John Kennedy (Louisiana politician)">Kennedy</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Maine" title="List of United States senators from Maine">ME</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Susan_Collins" title="Susan Collins">Collins</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#DDDDBB;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Angus_King" title="Angus King">King</a> (I)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Maryland" title="List of United States senators from Maryland">MD</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Van_Hollen" title="Chris Van Hollen">Van Hollen</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Angela_Alsobrooks" title="Angela Alsobrooks">Alsobrooks</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Massachusetts" title="List of United States senators from Massachusetts">MA</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Warren" title="Elizabeth Warren">Warren</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Ed_Markey" title="Ed Markey">Markey</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Michigan" title="List of United States senators from Michigan">MI</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Gary_Peters" title="Gary Peters">Peters</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Elissa_Slotkin" title="Elissa Slotkin">Slotkin</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Minnesota" title="List of United States senators from Minnesota">MN</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Amy_Klobuchar" title="Amy Klobuchar">Klobuchar</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Tina_Smith" title="Tina Smith">Smith</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Mississippi" title="List of United States senators from Mississippi">MS</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Roger_Wicker" title="Roger Wicker">Wicker</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Cindy_Hyde-Smith" title="Cindy Hyde-Smith">Hyde-Smith</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">MO</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hawley" title="Josh Hawley">Hawley</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Eric_Schmitt" title="Eric Schmitt">Schmitt</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Montana" title="List of United States senators from Montana">MT</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Daines" title="Steve Daines">Daines</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Sheehy" title="Tim Sheehy">Sheehy</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States senators from Nebraska">NE</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Deb_Fischer" title="Deb Fischer">Fischer</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Pete_Ricketts" title="Pete Ricketts">Ricketts</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Nevada" title="List of United States senators from Nevada">NV</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto" title="Catherine Cortez Masto">Cortez Masto</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Jacky_Rosen" title="Jacky Rosen">Rosen</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_Hampshire" title="List of United States senators from New Hampshire">NH</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Shaheen" title="Jeanne Shaheen">Shaheen</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Hassan" title="Maggie Hassan">Hassan</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_Jersey" title="List of United States senators from New Jersey">NJ</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Cory_Booker" title="Cory Booker">Booker</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Andy_Kim_(politician)" title="Andy Kim (politician)">Kim</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_Mexico" title="List of United States senators from New Mexico">NM</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Martin_Heinrich" title="Martin Heinrich">Heinrich</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Ray_Luj%C3%A1n" title="Ben Ray Luján">Luján</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_York" title="List of United States senators from New York">NY</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Schumer" title="Chuck Schumer">Schumer</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Kirsten_Gillibrand" title="Kirsten Gillibrand">Gillibrand</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_North_Carolina" title="List of United States senators from North Carolina">NC</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Thom_Tillis" title="Thom Tillis">Tillis</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Ted_Budd" title="Ted Budd">Budd</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_North_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from North Dakota">ND</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Hoeven" title="John Hoeven">Hoeven</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Cramer" title="Kevin Cramer">Cramer</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Ohio" title="List of United States senators from Ohio">OH</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Moreno" title="Bernie Moreno">Moreno</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Jon_Husted" title="Jon Husted">Husted</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Oklahoma" title="List of United States senators from Oklahoma">OK</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/James_Lankford" title="James Lankford">Lankford</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Markwayne_Mullin" title="Markwayne Mullin">Mullin</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Oregon" title="List of United States senators from Oregon">OR</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Ron_Wyden" title="Ron Wyden">Wyden</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Merkley" title="Jeff Merkley">Merkley</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States senators from Pennsylvania">PA</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Fetterman" title="John Fetterman">Fetterman</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Dave_McCormick" title="Dave McCormick">McCormick</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Rhode_Island" title="List of United States senators from Rhode Island">RI</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Reed_(Rhode_Island_politician)" title="Jack Reed (Rhode Island politician)">Reed</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; 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Scott</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from South Dakota">SD</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Thune</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Rounds" title="Mike Rounds">Rounds</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States senators from Tennessee">TN</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Marsha_Blackburn" title="Marsha Blackburn">Blackburn</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hagerty" title="Bill Hagerty">Hagerty</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Texas" title="List of United States senators from Texas">TX</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">Cornyn</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">Cruz</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Utah" title="List of United States senators from Utah">UT</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Lee" title="Mike Lee">Lee</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Curtis" title="John Curtis">Curtis</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Vermont" title="List of United States senators from Vermont">VT</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#DDDDBB;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Sanders" title="Bernie Sanders">Sanders</a> (I)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Welch" title="Peter Welch">Welch</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Virginia" title="List of United States senators from Virginia">VA</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Warner" title="Mark Warner">Warner</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Kaine" title="Tim Kaine">Kaine</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Washington" title="List of United States senators from Washington">WA</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Patty_Murray" title="Patty Murray">Murray</a> (D)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Maria_Cantwell" title="Maria Cantwell">Cantwell</a> (D)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_West_Virginia" title="List of United States senators from West Virginia">WV</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Shelley_Moore_Capito" title="Shelley Moore Capito">Capito</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right">⎣</div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Justice" title="Jim Justice">Justice</a> (R)</div></li> <li><div><div style="width:3em; display:inline-block; text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Wisconsin" title="List of United States senators from Wisconsin">WI</a>:</b></div> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span> <a href="/wiki/Ron_Johnson" title="Ron Johnson">Johnson</a> (R)</div><div><div style="width:3em; 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Griffin">Griffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Stevens" title="Ted Stevens">Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Simpson_(American_politician)" title="Alan Simpson (American politician)">Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trent_Lott" title="Trent Lott">Lott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Nickles" title="Don Nickles">Nickles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">McConnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trent_Lott" title="Trent Lott">Lott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Kyl" title="Jon Kyl">Kyl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">Cornyn</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Thune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Barrasso" title="John Barrasso">Barrasso</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal of the United States Senate"><img alt="Seal of the United States Senate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/160px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Republican_Conference_chairs_of_the_United_States_Senate105" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:US_Senate_Republican_Conference_chairs" title="Template:US Senate Republican Conference chairs"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:US_Senate_Republican_Conference_chairs" title="Template talk:US Senate Republican Conference chairs"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:US_Senate_Republican_Conference_chairs" title="Special:EditPage/Template:US Senate Republican Conference chairs"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Republican_Conference_chairs_of_the_United_States_Senate105" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Senate_Republican_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference">Republican Conference chairs of the United States Senate</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_P._Hale" title="John P. 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McNary">McNary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Vandenberg" title="Arthur Vandenberg">Vandenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Millikin" title="Eugene Millikin">Millikin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leverett_Saltonstall" title="Leverett Saltonstall">Saltonstall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Chase_Smith" title="Margaret Chase Smith">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norris_Cotton" title="Norris Cotton">Cotton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Curtis" title="Carl Curtis">C. T. Curtis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Packwood" title="Bob Packwood">Packwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._McClure" class="mw-redirect" title="James A. 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Burke">Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philo_Hall" title="Philo Hall">Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_H._Burke" title="Charles H. Burke">Burke</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seat</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_S._Gifford" title="Oscar S. Gifford">Gifford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rankin_Gamble" title="John Rankin Gamble">J. Gamble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_L._Jolley" title="John L. Jolley">Jolley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_V._Lucas" title="William V. Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Gamble" title="Robert J. Gamble">R. Gamble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeman_Knowles" title="Freeman Knowles">Knowles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Gamble" title="Robert J. Gamble">R. Gamble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eben_Martin" title="Eben Martin">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Parker_(politician)" title="William H. Parker (politician)">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eben_Martin" title="Eben Martin">Martin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/100px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/200px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Districts (1913–1983)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="South Dakota&#39;s 1st congressional district">1st district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hall_Dillon" title="Charles Hall Dillon">Dillon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Christopherson" title="Charles A. Christopherson">Christopherson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_H._Hildebrandt" title="Fred H. Hildebrandt">Hildebrandt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Mundt" title="Karl Mundt">Mundt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Lovre" title="Harold Lovre">Lovre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_McGovern" title="George McGovern">McGovern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Reifel" title="Ben Reifel">Reifel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_E._Denholm" title="Frank E. Denholm">Denholm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Pressler" title="Larry Pressler">Pressler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Daschle" title="Tom Daschle">Daschle</a></li> <li><i>(district abolished in 1983)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="South Dakota&#39;s 2nd congressional district">2nd district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_H._Burke" title="Charles H. Burke">Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_C._Johnson" title="Royal C. Johnson">R. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_B._Werner" title="Theodore B. Werner">Werner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Case" title="Francis Case">Case</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellis_Yarnal_Berry" class="mw-redirect" title="Ellis Yarnal Berry">Berry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Abourezk" title="James Abourezk">Abourezk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Abdnor" title="James Abdnor">Abdnor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clint_Roberts_(politician)" title="Clint Roberts (politician)">Roberts</a></li> <li><i>(district abolished in 1983)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="South Dakota&#39;s 3rd congressional district">3rd district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eben_Martin" title="Eben Martin">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Gandy" title="Harry Gandy">Gandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Williamson_(American_politician)" title="William Williamson (American politician)">Williamson</a></li> <li><i>(district abolished in 1933)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">One at-large seat (1983–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seat</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Daschle" title="Tom Daschle">Daschle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Johnson_(South_Dakota_politician)" title="Tim Johnson (South Dakota politician)">T. Johnson</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Thune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Janklow" title="Bill Janklow">Janklow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Herseth_Sandlin" title="Stephanie Herseth Sandlin">Herseth Sandlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kristi_Noem" title="Kristi Noem">Noem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dusty_Johnson" title="Dusty Johnson">D. 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Daschle</a>&#160;(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_Johnson_(South_Dakota_politician)" title="Tim Johnson (South Dakota politician)">T. Johnson</a>&#160;(D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from South Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Thune</a>&#160;(R)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/106th_United_States_Congress" title="106th United States Congress">106th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from South Dakota">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Daschle" title="Tom Daschle">T. Daschle</a>&#160;(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_Johnson_(South_Dakota_politician)" title="Tim Johnson (South Dakota politician)">T. Johnson</a>&#160;(D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from South Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Thune</a>&#160;(R)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/107th_United_States_Congress" title="107th United States Congress">107th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from South Dakota">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Daschle" title="Tom Daschle">T. Daschle</a>&#160;(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_Johnson_(South_Dakota_politician)" title="Tim Johnson (South Dakota politician)">T. Johnson</a>&#160;(D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from South Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Thune</a>&#160;(R)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress" title="109th United States Congress">109th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from South Dakota">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_Johnson_(South_Dakota_politician)" title="Tim Johnson (South Dakota politician)">T. Johnson</a>&#160;(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Thune</a>&#160;(R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from South Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Herseth_Sandlin" title="Stephanie Herseth Sandlin">S. Herseth</a>&#160;(D)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress" title="110th United States Congress">110th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from South Dakota">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_Johnson_(South_Dakota_politician)" title="Tim Johnson (South Dakota politician)">T. Johnson</a>&#160;(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Thune</a>&#160;(R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from South Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Herseth_Sandlin" title="Stephanie Herseth Sandlin">S. Herseth&#160;Sandlin</a>&#160;(D)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress" title="111th United States Congress">111th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from South Dakota">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_Johnson_(South_Dakota_politician)" title="Tim Johnson (South Dakota politician)">T. Johnson</a>&#160;(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Thune</a>&#160;(R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from South Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Herseth_Sandlin" title="Stephanie Herseth Sandlin">S. Herseth&#160;Sandlin</a>&#160;(D)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/112th_United_States_Congress" title="112th United States Congress">112th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from South Dakota">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_Johnson_(South_Dakota_politician)" title="Tim Johnson (South Dakota politician)">T. Johnson</a>&#160;(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Thune</a>&#160;(R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from South Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kristi_Noem" title="Kristi Noem">K. Noem</a>&#160;(R)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/113th_United_States_Congress" title="113th United States Congress">113th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from South Dakota">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_Johnson_(South_Dakota_politician)" title="Tim Johnson (South Dakota politician)">T. Johnson</a>&#160;(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Thune</a>&#160;(R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from South Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kristi_Noem" title="Kristi Noem">K. Noem</a>&#160;(R)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/114th_United_States_Congress" title="114th United States Congress">114th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from South Dakota">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Thune</a>&#160;(R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Rounds" title="Mike Rounds">M. Rounds</a>&#160;(R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from South Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kristi_Noem" title="Kristi Noem">K. Noem</a>&#160;(R)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/115th_United_States_Congress" title="115th United States Congress">115th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from South Dakota">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Thune</a>&#160;(R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Rounds" title="Mike Rounds">M. Rounds</a>&#160;(R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from South Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kristi_Noem" title="Kristi Noem">K. Noem</a>&#160;(R)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/116th_United_States_Congress" title="116th United States Congress">116th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from South Dakota">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Thune</a>&#160;(R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Rounds" title="Mike Rounds">M. Rounds</a>&#160;(R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from South Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dusty_Johnson" title="Dusty Johnson">D. Johnson</a>&#160;(R)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/117th_United_States_Congress" title="117th United States Congress">117th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from South Dakota">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Thune</a>&#160;(R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Rounds" title="Mike Rounds">M. Rounds</a>&#160;(R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from South Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dusty_Johnson" title="Dusty Johnson">D. Johnson</a>&#160;(R)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/118th_United_States_Congress" title="118th United States Congress">118th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from South Dakota">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Thune</a>&#160;(R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Rounds" title="Mike Rounds">M. Rounds</a>&#160;(R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from South Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dusty_Johnson" title="Dusty Johnson">D. Johnson</a>&#160;(R)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/119th_United_States_Congress" title="119th United States Congress">119th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_South_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from South Dakota">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. Thune</a>&#160;(R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Rounds" title="Mike Rounds">M. 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