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
WYDE coverage of John Thune
WYDE Newsroom has published 2 articles about John Thune, from Aug 1, 2026 to Aug 5, 2026. John Thune is a named leader in 2 stories. The most recent is The CLARITY Act Misses Its Senate Cloture Deadline Two Days Before the August Recess.
The CLARITY Act Misses Its Senate Cloture Deadline Two Days Before the August Recess
Senate Majority Leader John Thune filed cloture Wednesday on a college sports bill, a spending vehicle, and an attorney general nomination, and left the crypto market structure bill off the list, stalling the CLARITY Act as ethics and stablecoin disputes stay unresolved.
Aug 5, 2026 · 3 min read · Quoted or named as leader
Crypto & DeFiThe CLARITY Act Explained: Who Backs the Crypto Market Structure Bill, Who Blocks It, and Why the Odds Fell to 25%
A plain English guide to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. What the bill would do, why it matters even if you never buy crypto, the four police groups and five Wall Street firms that endorsed it in July 2026, the banks and senators blocking it, and when the Senate might vote.
Aug 1, 2026 · 11 min read · Quoted or named as leader
Reported alongside John Thune
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission · in 2 stories with John Thune
- Elizabeth Warren · in 2 stories with John Thune
- Andreessen Horowitz · in 1 story with John Thune
- Blockchain Association · in 1 story with John Thune
- Securities and Exchange Commission · in 1 story with John Thune
- Summer Mersinger · in 1 story with John Thune
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