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John Thune

John Thune

Senator· SDRSenate● In office
Before officeBusinessperson · Railway executive · James Abdnor · South Dakota Republican Party · South Dakota Municipal League
File · Money Read

What the money shows

John Thune has an estimated net worth of $690,000. The 2026 campaign raised $3.3M. John Thune sits on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC

Est. net worth
$690K
$315K+
Raised (last cycle)
$3.3M
Years in role
21
Senator since 2005 · 29y in office
Net-worth filings
13
+$449K since 2013
File A — Net Worth

Net worth over time

Estimated from financial disclosures. The band shows the disclosed range; the line is the midpoint estimate.

midpoint disclosed range govt salary
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† Includes one or more open-ended top brackets (over $50M). The high end is a floor, so the true figure may be higher.

File C — Service

Term history

  1. SenatorSDR
    20232029 · 6 yrs
  2. SenatorSDR
    20172023 · 6 yrs
  3. SenatorSDR
    20112017 · 6 yrs
  4. SenatorSDRHouseSenate
    20052011 · 6 yrs
  5. RepresentativeSD-0R
    20012003 · 2 yrs
  6. RepresentativeSD-0R
    19992001 · 2 yrs
  7. RepresentativeSD-0R
    19971999 · 2 yrs
File D — Benchmark

If they'd just invested 20%

A disciplined-saver benchmark: 20% of each year's government salary, invested at an assumed 10%/yr return — versus actual disclosed net worth.

hypothetical retirement actual net worth salary

Hypothetical, not actual savings — see methodology.