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Cycle 2022 · through December 31, 2022

John Thune

REP · SD · Senate
Senate Majority Leader · up 2028 (last race: 2022)

Where John Thune's campaign money comes from, by four headline measures. Total receipts for cycle 2022: $7.55M · FEC committee C00409581

From SD
16.5%
$685K of $4.16M itemized
Itemized contributions only ($200+). The FEC doesn't tag unitemized donors by state, so the small-dollar pool isn't included here.
From small donors (under $200)
14.2%
$646K of $4.55M from individuals
From individuals (not PACs)
57.0%
$2.83M from PACs and party committees
ActBlue and WinRed pass-through donations are counted as individual contributions here, which matches how the FEC totals them — they're conduit services, not the donor.
Top employers
Aggregated from itemized donors. Retired, self-employed, homemaker, and unreported values excluded.
  1. 01HOMEMAKER$194,057123 donors
  2. 02SANFORD HEALTH$67,55057 donors
  3. 03CAPITAL GROUP$37,90015 donors
  4. 04KKR$34,35013 donors
  5. 05DELTA AIR LINES$28,80024 donors
  6. 06GOLDMAN SACHS$27,10010 donors
  7. 07FOX CORPORATION$23,90011 donors
  8. 08FIDELITY INVESTMENTS$23,40018 donors
Outside money — independent expenditures
Money spent about John Thune — TV ads, mailers, digital — by outside groups (super PACs and similar). Individuals can give super PACs unlimited amounts, so this is where the mega-donor money lives, far above the $7,000 cap that applies to direct contributions. Cycle 2022.
Spent supporting John Thune
$104K
Spent opposing John Thune
$2K
Top groups supporting
  1. American Energy Action Fund$102,000
  2. National Rifle Association Of America Political Victory Fund$2,336
  3. South Dakotan For Political Integrity$56
Top groups opposing
  1. Really American PAC$1,476
  2. Everytown For Gun Safety Action Fund$862
FEC Schedule E. Each committee links to its FEC.gov profile, where you can see who funded it. Conduit platforms (ActBlue, WinRed) are notshown here — they process donations to candidates, not independent expenditures, so structurally they don't belong in this section.
Top individual donors
Largest individual contributors to John Thune's committee this cycle. Each name links to that donor's receipts on FEC.gov for verification. Conduit platforms (WinRed, ActBlue) are excluded — they're pass-through services, not the donor.
  1. 01
    Richard R Bell
    Omaha, NE — HDR ENGINEERING · PRESIDENT/CEO
    $10,800
  2. 02
    George C JR Ball
    Doylestown, PA — BURPEE · CHAIRMAN
    $10,000
  3. 03
    James H Bodenstedt
    San Antonio, TX — MUY BRANDS LLC · PRESIDENT
    $5,800
  4. 04
    Jerry W JR Freeman
    Irving, TX — FREEMAN INVESTMENT CO · VICE PRESIDENT
    $5,800
  5. 05
    Linda G Erickson
    Sioux Falls, SD — HOMEMAKER · HOMEMAKER
    $5,800
  6. 06
    Jeff A Erickson
    Sioux Falls, SD — SELF · INVESTOR
    $5,800
  7. 07
    John D Gottwald
    Richmond, VA
    $5,800
  8. 08
    Jeff Broin
    Sioux Falls, SD — POET · CEO
    $5,800
  9. 09
    Woodley L Hunt
    El Paso, TX — HUNT BUILDING COMPANY LTD · CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD & CEO
    $5,800
  10. 10
    Tammie Broin
    Sioux Falls, SD — HOMEMAKER · HOMEMAKER
    $5,800
These are individual people, not corporate PACs. Itemized only ($200+); under-$200 donors are unitemized at the FEC and aren't named.
Side-by-side
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Two campaigns on the same four headline numbers (REP).

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Where John Thune's money comes from

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