John Thune
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John Thune

U.S. Senator (SD) [Republican]

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Committees registered to them

FEC IDCommitteeConnected organisation
C00409581FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNETHUNE VICTORY COMMITTEE

"Connected organisation" is the sponsoring body named in the committee's own registration — the only corporate tie the filing states outright.

Campaign totals, 2026 cycle

Candidate IDReceiptsFrom individualsFrom committees DisbursementsCash on handThrough
S2SD00068$4,141,900$1,304,799$758,000$1,812,346$17,713,89206/30/2026

Source: FEC bulk file weball26.

Money in — from other political committees, 2026 cycle

Contributing committeeTotalContributionsRecord
MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MORPAC)$21,2506C00004812 →
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC)$13,0004C00010868 →
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC$10,0003C00029447 →
DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; AKA DFA-PAC$10,0002C00001388 →
THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,0002C00193631 →
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VERIZON PAC)$10,0002C00186288 →
MORGAN STANLEY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,0002C00337626 →
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,0002C00426775 →
CONOCOPHILLIPS SPIRIT PAC$10,0002C00112896 →
CROP INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION PAC-CIPA PAC$10,0002C00503680 →
CARDINAL HEALTH INC. PAC$10,0002C00332833 →
BLACK & VEATCH POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BLACK & VEATCH PAC)$10,0002C00012310 →
NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL PORK PAC$10,0002C00201871 →
HUMANA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,0002C00271007 →
GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC. PAC$8,5002C00830208 →

Top 15 of 181 committees, $839,250 total. Each links to that committee's own FEC page, where its donors are listed in turn.

Money out — largest payees, 2026 cycle

PayeeTotalPaymentsCommittee
AMERICAN EXPRESS$350,03019C00409581 →
UNITED STATES TREASURY$302,88022C00409581 →
RIZZO DUKES GROUP LLC$158,1936C00409581 →
CROSBY OTTENHOFF GOUP$137,20317C00409581 →
SDLS, LLC$127,4409C00409581 →
THE LUKENS COMPANY$116,7989C00409581 →
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO INC$93,2556C00409581 →
MDG STRATEGIES INC$47,50016C00409581 →

Vendors and operating costs, not political giving. See the explainer below for what this money can and cannot be used for.

Personal financial disclosure — the private side

Senate disclosures are not published as files that can be linked directly; the Senate requires each search to be run by hand.

Search this person at the Senate Electronic Financial Disclosure database. It covers annual reports, periodic transaction reports for stock trades, and candidate filings.

What "money in" and "money out" mean here — and what they are not

Everything in the money tables on this page is campaign money, not personal money. It belongs to a political committee, not to the person. The two are separate by law, and this page never mixes them.

TermWhat it isWhose pocket
Money in Contributions a committee received — from individuals, from other political committees (PACs), from party committees. Capped per donor per election and itemised above $200. The committee's account. Not personal income, and not taxable to the candidate.
Money out What the committee spent: staff, consultants, advertising, travel, rent, card processing, taxes, and contributions to other candidates. Mostly vendors, not politics. Paid to outside businesses and people. A payee is a supplier, not a beneficiary of a gift.
Outside spending Money spent for or against someone by groups acting independently, who may not coordinate with the campaign. Never touches the candidate's committee. They cannot direct it or refuse it.
Personal finances Salary, assets, debts, stock trades, outside income, a spouse's employment. The person's own accounts — not shown in any FEC table. It appears only in the financial-disclosure filings linked in their own section.

Can campaign money become private money? Not lawfully. Converting campaign funds to personal use is prohibited by 52 U.S.C. § 30114, and the FEC applies an "irrespective test": if the expense would exist even without the campaign — a mortgage, a country-club membership, household groceries — campaign funds cannot pay for it. Salaries to the candidate are allowed only within narrow limits, and payments to a candidate's own business must be at fair market value.

So where would private enrichment show up? Not in the tables above. It would show in the financial-disclosure filings — assets, outside income, stock transactions — or in payments from a committee to a business the person owns, which appear as ordinary payees in "money out". This page gives you both sets of records and leaves the reading to you.

Not shown, and why

How to read this page. Every number comes from a public filing and links to its source, so any row can be checked in one click. Figures are what filers reported; amendments change them, and a net figure can even read as negative when corrections outweigh new spending in a cycle.

A contribution is not evidence of wrongdoing. Giving to a campaign is legal and ordinary, and so is paying a vendor. This page records who gave, who was paid, and what the filings say. It draws no conclusion about influence and alleges no quid pro quo.

Same template for everyone. Every profile is generated by one script from the same sources for the same cycle, whatever the person's party. Where a record does not exist, the page says so rather than leaving a blank that reads as innocence.

Corrections. Every figure links to its record. If one is wrong, tell us — it gets fixed and noted.