U.S. Senator · SD
John Thune
RepublicanSenate Class 3Term through January 2029
Funding profile · 2017–2022 term
8% of the money Thune raised came from small donors.
More grassroots-funded than 26% of the Senate.
Thune raised $13.2M across the full six-year Senate term (2017–2022), and ended the period with $16.9M cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.
- Small donors
- 8%$1.0M
- Large donors
- 39%$5.2M
- Bundled
- 3%$0.3M
- PACs
- 32%$4.2M
- Other
- 18%$2.4M
Against the senate
How Thune compares to the typical member.
- Small-donor share
- 8%vs 19% senate median
- PAC share
- 32%vs 14% senate median
Who has a stake in Thune
The organizations behind the money.
Thune's largest organized backing comes from Votesane PAC. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.
Money organized for Thune
Votesane PAC›
$178K
Votesane PAC›
$178K
Who it funds, across Congress
40% Democrats · 60% Republicans · $2.6M to 42 members
AIPAC›$128K
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby that both gives directly and bundles individual donations; its super PAC (United Democracy Project) runs large independent campaigns in primaries.
Who it funds, across Congress
59% Democrats · 40% Republicans · $38.7M to 359 members
Outside spending, by party
Spent $13.9M to elect Democrats; $5.0M to defeat Democrats.
NORPAC›$47K
A pro-Israel political action committee that bundles individual donations to candidates it judges supportive of the U.S. relationship with Israel.
Who it funds, across Congress
40% Democrats · 59% Republicans · $2.2M to 82 members
US Cellular PAC›$10K
Who it funds, across Congress
26% Democrats · 71% Republicans · $86K to 24 members
Iheartmedia Inc. - Clear Channel Outdoor PAC›$10K
Who it funds, across Congress
45% Democrats · 53% Republicans · $372K to 105 members
› What is organized money?
An organization reaches a member two ways. Its own PAC writes a direct check. And it bundles: it gathers individual donations from its supporters and routes them through its conduit. Both count here as one “organized” total. The bundled part is already inside the individual giving shown in the funding mix above. Here it is regrouped by the organization that gathered it, so you can see who did the organizing.
The same money, by industry
Which industries have a stake.
The same organized money, grouped by the industry of the organization that moved it. It shows the interests behind Thune's backing, not just the individual groups.
Plus $1.3M from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.
The money spent about Thune
Spent for or against.
Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Thune, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Thune.
American Energy Action Fund$102K
To help Thune$102KTo hurt Thune—National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund›$2K
To help Thune$2KTo hurt Thune—The National Rifle Association's Political Victory Fund, its candidate-giving arm.
American Energy Action Fund›$102K—$102K
American Energy Action Fund
National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund›$2K—$2K
National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund
The National Rifle Association's Political Victory Fund, its candidate-giving arm.
FEC filings, 2017–2022 term · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 649 organizations with a stake
About this data
FEC-disclosed receipts for the 2017–2022 term. This is the disclosed money only. Spending by outside groups that do not reveal their donors, the dark money that set a record in 2024, never appears in these figures.
Every percentage here is a share of all receipts, not of individual contributions only. So the small-donor share counts transfers, loans, and other money in its base, and can read higher than figures that divide only by individual money.
PAC figures are contributions to Thune's campaign committee from FEC filings. Industry labels are grouped from each committee's name and are approximate. Joint fundraising committees and small-dollar conduits like ActBlue and WinRed are not counted.
Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.
Where Thune stands