Sen. John R. Thune

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 01/07/1961 Birthplace: Pierre, SD District: represents SD Political Party: Republican Religion: Protestant Education: MBA, University of South Dakota, 1984 BS, Biola University, 1983. Last elected in 2004 receiving 197,848 (51.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  energy (297) country (216) tax (201) dakota (188) south (183)

Money Raised $2,103,730 (#57) Spent 42% (#486) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 78% (#39) From PACs 10% (#529) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 56 (#100) Total cost $246,444,000 (#78) Received 55 (#97) Total cost $206,305,378 (#70) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 46% right-wing (#128) Predictable 90% (#358) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 15 times (#80) Avg. length 980 words (#193) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 279 (#494) Introduced 47 (#321) Debated 11 (#188) Enacted 4 (#177) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement U.S. Chamber of Commerce 40% (2/5 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Top Contributors Individuals reporting the same zip code who have donated to a lawmaker's political campaign. Use with caution: based on raw FEC data. 1 Jerry E. Polis $15,000 from December 17, 2001 to June 10, 2002 2 Peter A. Simon $10,000 on July 24, 2002 3 William A. Richardson $10,000 from December 17, 2001 to June 10, 2002 4 Michael J. Novogradac $10,000 from December 17, 2001 to June 20, 2002 5 Stanley E. Fulton $10,000 on June 10, 2002 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Contributor Employers Campaigns disclose the employers of their contributors; this list aggregates them. Use with caution: this list is based on raw FEC data 1 Self $326,063 2 Retired $324,157 3 Homemaker $106,017 4 Lombard Investments $20,700 5 Polis Real Estate $15,000 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Lobby Contributors New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings 1 Brooke Frankenfield - Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc $5,000 2 Ms. De'Ana H. Dow - New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. $5,000 3 Rymenia Lee - E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. $4,500 4 Rymenia Lee - E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. $4,500 5 Mr. John H. Fitch, Jr. - National Funeral Directors Assn $3,000 More lobby contributors → Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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