Date Of Birth & Birthplace: 1/7/1961 (Pierre, SD) Race: White Religion: Protestant Residence: Sioux Falls, SD Education: BA from Biola University, La Mirada, CA; MBA in Business from University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD Occupation: Former U.S. Congressman Office Type:U.S. Senate -- South Dakota
Quarterly Campaign Finance Information
Cash on Hand: $2,560,895
Total Receipts: $3,647,760
Total Disbursements: $1,092,403
Date of Last Report: 5/12/2004
Biography:
John Thune grew up in Murdo, S.D., received an undergraduate degree from Biola University in California and a masters in business administration from the University of South Dakota.
Thune was a legislative aide to then-U.S. Sen. James Abdnor from 1985 to 1987. He followed Abdnor to the Small Business Administration, where he worked from 1987 to 1989. Thune returned to South Dakota and was executive director of the state Republican Party from 1989 to 1991, state railroad director from 1991 to 1993 and executive director of the South Dakota Municipal League from 1993 to 1996. He worked for a Washington lobbying firm from 2003 to 2004.
Thune ran for South Dakota's open U.S. House seat in 1996 and won. He served three terms and lost a 2002 U.S. Senate bid to Sen. Tim Johnson by 524 votes.
Thune and his wife, Kimberley, have two daughters.
Past Campaigns:
Thune was elected to South Dakota's U.S House seat in 1996 and served three terms there before he decided to run for the U.S. Senate in 2002. He lost to Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., by 524 votes out of 337,508 votes cast.
