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    John Thune

    Senate Majority Leader and senator from South Dakota

    Senate Majority Leader, United States Senate

    Background

    John Thune is the Senate Majority Leader and a Republican senator from South Dakota.

    He was first elected to the U.S. House in 1996 and won his current Senate seat in 2004.

    He was elected to a fourth Senate term in 2022.

    Key facts

    Current post
    Senate Majority Leadersource
    Senate seat
    Won his current Senate seat in 2004source
    Fourth term
    Elected in 2022; second South Dakotan in history elected to a fourth Senate termsource
    Born
    January 7, 1961source
    Master's degree
    Business administration, University of South Dakota, 1984source

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    Sources

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