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===U.S. Senate===
===U.S. Senate===
After losing a race for the [[U.S. Senate]] by only a few hundred votes against an incumbent, Thune won the South Dakota senatorial race in 2004 by beating Senate Minority Leader [[Tom Daschle]] in a very close race.<ref>[https://townhall.com/election/2004/senate/sd/county South Dakota Election 2004 Results]</ref>
After losing a race for the [[U.S. Senate]] by only a few hundred votes against an incumbent, Thune won the South Dakota senatorial race in 2004 by beating then-Senate Minority Leader [[Tom Daschle]] in a very close race.<ref>[https://townhall.com/election/2004/senate/sd/county South Dakota Election 2004 Results]</ref>
An [[establishment]]arian, Thune in mid-September 2020 delayed a nomination vote on Nathan Simington, an anti-[[Big Tech]] adviser picked by [[President Trump]] for the [[FCC]];<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/09/18/sen-john-thune-delaying-trump-fcc-nominee-critical-to-tackling-big-tech-bias/ Sen. John Thune Delaying Trump FCC Nominee Critical to Tackling Big Tech Bias]</ref> the senator had pushed instead for a nomination of Michael O'Reilly, who has voiced opposition to Trump's executive order targeting tech companies.
===Other===
===Other===
==Political positions==
==Political positions==
Thune is an outspoken [[conservative]] and has voted with a majority of his [[Republican]] colleagues over ninety percent of the time during the current [[110th Congress|Congress]].<ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/t000250/</ref>
Thune was an outspoken [[conservative]] and has voted with a majority of his [[Republican]] colleagues over ninety percent of the time during the [[110th Congress|Congress]].<ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/t000250/</ref>
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