John Thune

When Mike Rounds was a scrappy Cinderella candidate for South Dakota governor in 2002, he had a limited budget, but he had big ideas. When it came to advertising, Rounds departed from the traditional campaign strategy of heavy television advertising and worked with the Pierre Capital...

As stewards of the land, our state's agriculture producers and property owners take seriously the responsibility of caring for our wide open spaces. Agriculture, hunting and travel are all big business in South Dakota and greatly depend on well-maintained cropland, forestlands and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., announced Wednesday his selection of Scott and Jamie Nagy and their family of Brookings for the 2014 Angels in Adoption Award presented by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption, of which Thune is a member. Scott, the head coach...

As South Dakota farmers look to harvest their 2014 crops, many in the agriculture industry are still worried about when trains might pick up grain remaining in storage after the 2013 harvest. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., said he worries, too, as railroad companies have not been able...

Pressler ‘horrendously embarrassed’ by June 21 vote.

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — The South Dakota Republican Party has hired Dick Wadhams as senior political consultant leading up to the November election. He already has been working for the Mike Rounds Senate campaign for the past year. Wadhams is a Denver-based Republican political...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Thune has promoted a Chamberlain native as his new communications director for his Senate and Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee offices in Washington. Rachel Millard replaces Andi Fouberg, who's the new president and CEO of the...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — South Dakota Republicans say they're pleased with a Supreme Court decision that says for-profit businesses can hold religious views under federal law. But state Democratic Party Chairwoman Deb Knecht says the decision will make it even more difficult for...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) is currently seeking intelligent, hard-working college students to serve as summer interns in his office in Washington, D.C., as well as in his offices in Aberdeen, Rapid City, and Sioux Falls. Interns in Thune's state...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following ongoing reports of waiting lists, delayed care, and gross mismanagement at Department of Veterans Affairs health care facilities, U.S. Sen.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator John Thune, R-S.D., on Tuesday sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack calling on the Forest Service to accept responsibility for the April 3, 2013, Pautre Fire, and to approve damage claims from individuals who lost...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., on Monday made the following comment regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed regulations on existing power plants: "Make no mistake, the administration's proposed rule is nothing more than a national energy...