John Thune
John Thune (R-SD), the Senate Majority Leader, presents a low-activity personal financial profile in the public record. Trackers of STOCK Act filings show only two disclosed individual-stock transactions in his household — a buy and a sell of Independence Realty Trust (IRT) in 2021-2022 — placing him among the least active congressional traders, with most remaining assets in mutual funds and real estate; estimated net worth figures are modest (roughly $230K-$1M ranges; OpenSecrets historically estimated low six figures). On money-and-influence, the clearest pattern (correlation, not proof) is that POET LLC, the world's largest biofuel producer, was the top donor to his 2024 joint fundraising committee at $538,100, and Thune is a long-standing, vocal champion of the Renewable Fuel Standard and ethanol policy; this reflects alignment between a home-state industry's giving and his legislative priorities, not evidence of any quid pro quo. Thune entered the Senate after a stint as a paid lobbyist for the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad (2003-2004), and OpenSecrets/LegiStorm track a substantial staff-to-lobbyist pipeline from his office, though no family-member lobbying tied to his office was found in available sources. His voting attendance is excellent (about 0.8% missed votes over his career, well below the Senate median), undercutting any job-versus-fundraising concern. No FEC enforcement actions or watchdog findings of campaign-fund personal use were located in public reporting.
Public record
- In Congress since
- 1997
- Committees
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (Ex Officio)
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Finance - Missed votes, 119th Congress
- 0.1% (1 of 915; median member 1.9%)
- Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
- $4.1M raised · 18% from PACs & committees · $18M cash on hand FEC ↗
The stock-trading ban
H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →
Disclosed stock trades
No periodic transaction reports on file since 2024. That's the norm: most members don't trade individual stocks, or hold them in blind trusts and diversified funds.
Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.
How the score breaks down
Sources behind this score: 4 data aggregator · 5 reference database · 3 news reporting · 1 official record. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 1 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →
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