John Thune
U.S. Senator · South Dakota · Republican
From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 4, 2026 · How we measure
Money and votes
2025–26 cycle · through Sep 30, 2026Method38 PACs of the 163 that gave
Of the 163 PACs that gave to Thune and have a lobbying organization behind them, 38 belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.
23% · Senate median: 41%
35 bills
Those PACs’ organizations lobbied on 35 bills. Thune voted Yea on 13, and sponsored or cosponsored 22 with no recorded vote.
$173K of $880K
Those 38 PACs gave Thune $173K, 20% of all the PAC money he received.
Senate median: 29%
PAC money only. Individuals and transfers bring the campaign’s total to $4.7M.
A filing shows that an organization lobbied on a bill, not which side it took. The PAC gives the money; the organization behind it does the lobbying.
Top three bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied
- H.J.Res. 88 Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Motor Vehicle and Engine Pollution Control Standards; Advanced Clean Cars II; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision". $14K4 PACs
Yea on passage
Top 3 of 48 bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied, 13 broad must-pass bills among them
Who funds Thune 186 PACs
- Mortgage Bankers AssociationTrade association PAC · funds 196 other members61% to Republicans
- Sammons EnterprisesCorporate PAC · funds 40 other members58% to Republicans
- American Council of Engineering CompaniesTrade association PAC · funds 305 other members60% to Republicans
All 48 bills with each PAC’s gift and filing, the amounts and lobbying spend of the top PACs, money by cycle Pro
Free account See ProCampaign totals from Thune’s own reports
FEC S2SD00068Gifts from the PACs’ FEC reports through Sep 30, 2026; lobbying from LDA filings through Q3 2026; votes from Voteview. Broad must-pass bills sort below narrow ones and do not set the money-bar scale.
Broad must-pass bills are left out of the figures above; 70 more PACs belong to organizations that lobbied only on those.
23 of Thune’s PACs have no federal lobbying on record or no organization Oathstar could match.
Filings lag, so recent gifts can take weeks to appear. Thune’s leadership PAC (Commonsense, Conservative Values PAC, Heartland Values PAC) is reported separately.