John Thune

Republican U.S. Senate · SD · cycle 2022 · data as of 2026-11-02 · 2026 races in SD

87.2%

Direct-contributionshare

Aggregate-only · no individual donor names on the card

What the money says

Plain language · cited

Raised $7,547,603 in the 2022 cycle. FEC ↗ Placed at approximately the 32nd percentile among other U.S. Senate members this cycle.

10.3% of individual money came from small-dollar donors under $200. PACs supplied 43% of contributions. FEC ↗

Direct contributions — individuals, PACs, and party — make up 87.2% of receipts (excluding self-funding and loans); the rest is transfers from other committees and other receipts, also disclosed. FEC ↗

Auto-generated from the data above

PACs supplied 43% of contributions here — among the more PAC-funded campaigns in the U.S. Senate.

Funding profile

Unweighted · never a blended score

Small-donor (grassroots) share10.3%

From the unitemized (sub-$200) total, which reconciles exactly against FEC's individual-contribution figure. Small gifts that ActBlue/WinRed itemize aren't counted here — see the size-based measure below.

Small-dollar by transaction size14.2%

Share of itemized + unitemized contributions received in individual transactions under $200 (FEC schedule_a/by_size), counting each gift by its own amount — so it captures small repeat donors the unitemized field hides. Its denominator is raw itemized receipts, so it reads conservatively.

PAC share of contributions43%

Committee & JFC transfer share12.7%

Share of receipts (excluding self-funding and loans) that arrived as transfers from joint-fundraising and other authorized committees rather than direct contributions — reported in the sending committees’ filings, never undisclosed “dark” money. This bar is the transfer component only, not the whole non-direct remainder — a determined 0% means no transfer receipts (other complement receipts such as offsets may still exist); “—” means no external receipts to decompose.

In-state contributor share16.5%

Share of itemized individual dollars from in-state donors — unitemized (<$200) contributions have no state breakdown.

Top-20 donor concentration4%

Share from the 20 largest individual donors this 2-year period, by exact name — a neutral concentration measure, approximate (recurring small-dollar donors may be undercounted), not a score.

How the money splits

Exact, from FEC aggregates

Individual contributions

Small-dollar (<$200) vs. larger itemized giving

10.3%

89.7%

Small-dollar under $200Itemized $200+

All contributions

Individuals vs. political action committees

57%

43%

IndividualsPACs

Funding mix & position over time

Across every election cycle on record

Small-dollar share up from 0% (1996) to 16.5% (2026) A cycle with too little reported money to trust any ratio is left out entirely; a cycle where one specific figure can't be computed (e.g. an all-itemizing committee has no small-dollar figure to read) is left out of just that line. Includes cycles run for a different chamber.

Small-dollar share

1996 0%1998 0%2000 0%2002 0%2004 0%2006 33.5%2008 29.9%2010 18.9%2012 30%2014 19%2016 8.8%2018 21.8%2020 23.8%2022 10.3%2024 17.8%2026 16.5%

Direct-contribution share

1996 25.3%1998 28.5%2000 23.8%2002 29.5%2004 7.7%2006 38%2008 89%2010 96.1%2012 88.5%2014 87.4%2016 90.7%2018 79%2020 71.8%2022 87.2%2024 45.5%2026 49.8%

PAC share of contributions

1996 24.5%1998 27.9%2000 23.6%2002 26.9%2004 7.8%2006 8.8%2008 11.4%2010 32%2012 21.1%2014 37%2016 50.9%2018 35.4%2020 31.5%2022 43%2024 29.3%2026 36.7%

Cash on hand

1996 $14K1998 $215K2000 $483K2002 $8K2004 $1.6M2006 $2.1M2008 $3.9M2010 $7.1M2012 $8.5M2014 $9.7M2016 $10.6M2018 $11.6M2020 $13.4M2022 $16.9M2024 $15.4M2026 $17.7M

Committee assignments

congress-legislators (CC0)

Current committee and subcommittee seats, from the public congressional record. Listed independently of the funding figures on this page — a committee seat is not evidence of why any contribution was made.

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Majority

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade

Majority

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology

Majority

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety

Majority

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Majority

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Aviation, Space, and Innovation

Majority

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Telecommunications and Media

Majority

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy

Majority

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety

Majority

Senate Committee on Finance

Majority

Senate Committee on Finance — Health Care

Majority

Senate Committee on Finance — International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness

Majority

Senate Committee on Finance — Taxation and IRS Oversight

Majority

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Ex Officio

Sector / industry breakdown

Itemized individual donors · by employer/occupation

Employer/occupation reported on itemized ($200+) individual contributions, grouped into broad sectors. Sectors with fewer than 5 distinct donors are folded into "All other (suppressed)" so no small group can be traced to one donor. Based on this committee's largest itemized contributions (a bounded sample, not the complete donor list) — sector totals are approximate and won't sum to the full itemized total.

unclassified

$1.2M · 35.8% of itemized

Retired / not employed

$458K · 13.6% of itemized

Finance / insurance

$424K · 12.6% of itemized

Real estate

$103K · 3.1% of itemized

Legal

$102K · 3% of itemized

Healthcare

$82K · 2.4% of itemized

Energy

$50K · 1.5% of itemized

Agriculture

$34K · 1% of itemized

Government

$33K · 1% of itemized

All other (suppressed)

$27K · 0.8% of itemized

Technology

$24K · 0.7% of itemized

Outside spending

Separate FEC filings · not counted above

Outside groups reported $107K in independent expenditures naming this candidate this cycle: $104K supporting, $2K opposing (FEC Schedule E). These are filed by the groups themselves, not this candidate's committee, and are not part of the receipts above. FEC ↗

AMERICAN ENERGY ACTION FUND FEC ↗

$102K supporting

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND FEC ↗

$2K supporting

REALLY AMERICAN PAC FEC ↗

$1K opposing

EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND FEC ↗

$862 opposing

SOUTH DAKOTAN FOR POLITICAL INTEGRITY FEC ↗

$56 supporting

Individual-donor detail

Held for the deep-table phase. v1 shows aggregate figures only — by design, not by omission.

NameCity / StateEmployerOccupationAmountDateStreet addressPhone

Statutory notice. When individual detail ships, street address and phone are never shown, and the data may not be used to solicit contributions or for any commercial purpose (52 U.S.C. §30111(a)(4)). Named individuals appear only here in the deep table — never on a shareable card — each with a match-confidence indicator.