FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE

RepublicanFEC reportedSenate campaign committee · Principal campaign committee · Quarterly filerC00409581

Overview

Raised: $4.7Mvs $4.2M 2023–2024
Spent: $2.1Mvs $5.7M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $17.9Mvs $15.4M 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2023–2024

OpenFEC processed totals through Sep 30, 2026; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as the committee reported them; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.

Compliance review · No open linked indicators

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Oct 18, 2026 · Index refreshed: Oct 18, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Oct 18, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).

No open indicators are linked in the published index. This is not a compliance clearance.

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

Candidate connections

Principal candidate campaign
THUNE, JOHN R.RepublicanFEC reported
U.S. Senate · South Dakota · Statewide
Election 2028 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S2SD00068 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$1.3M
Unitemized individual contributions$264.3K
Other committees$849K
Other receipts$1.4M

Top contributors

THUNE VICTORY COMMITTEERepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$510.5K6 contributions
THUNE VICTORY COMMITTEERepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$218.6K4 contributions
ONE TEAM SENATE MAJORITY

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$2.1M
Contribution refunds$54.2K
Other disbursements$17.8K

Largest disbursements

UNITED STATES TREASURY$152.8KTAXES · Apr 15, 2025
UNITED STATES TREASURY$118.7KTAXES · Apr 15, 2026
RIZZO DUKES GROUP LLC$48.8KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Jul 17, 2025
RIZZO DUKES GROUP LLC$43.4KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Oct 29, 2025
AMERICAN EXPRESS$33.5KCREDIT CARD PAYMENT · Dec 1, 2025
AMERICAN EXPRESS$33.1KCREDIT CARD PAYMENT · Aug 1, 2025
AMERICAN EXPRESS$29.8KCREDIT CARD PAYMENT · Feb 2, 2026
AMERICAN EXPRESS$27.8KCREDIT CARD PAYMENT · Jun 1, 2026
AMERICAN EXPRESS

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$11,073	$0
Feb 25	$75,074	$0
Mar 25	$114,843	$0
Apr 25	$62,796	$0
May 25	$97,818	$0
Jun 25	$308,234	$0
Jul 25	$32,443	$0
Aug 25	$42,108	$0
Sep 25	$146,652	$0
Oct 25	$21,835	$0
Nov 25	$38,877	$4,000
Dec 25	$244,991	$0
Jan 26	$31,704	$2,500
Feb 26	$94,070	$0
Mar 26	$295,873	$0
Apr 26	$54,197	$0
May 26	$108,365	$0
Jun 26	$192,827	$0

Months follow the reported transaction date; itemized records only, so unitemized small-dollar giving is not in the bars.

Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Committee type: Senate campaign committee
Designation: Principal campaign committee
Party affiliation: Republican
Treasurer: WEYERS, NICOLE TREASURER
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: THUNE VICTORY COMMITTEE
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: PO BOX 841 · SIOUX FALLS, SD, 57101

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

THUNE VICTORY COMMITTEEC00673715 Joint fundraising participantFRIENDS OF JOHN THUNEC00409581
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1913553Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
TILLIS AND COLLEAGUES VICTORY COMMITTEEC00784413 Joint fundraising participantFRIENDS OF JOHN THUNEC00409581
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1883182Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
2024 THUNE REPUBLICAN SENATE VICTORYC00837435 Joint fundraising participantFRIENDS OF JOHN THUNEC00409581
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1802753Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
ONE TEAM SENATE MAJORITYC00897918 Joint fundraising participantFRIENDS OF JOHN THUNEC00409581
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 2010870Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNEC00409581 Authorized candidateTHUNE, JOHN R.S2SD00068
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNEC00409581 Connected organizationTHUNE VICTORY COMMITTEEReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC committee master: reported connected organization / affiliated committee name. This name-only field does not establish an entity identity match. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.

FEC-reported relationships

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Political alignment

Registration, linked-candidate, and disclosed money-flow evidence

Evidence-based classificationRepublican affiliation reportedRepublicanFEC reported

FEC registration: Senate campaign committee; Republican affiliation reported. Classification basis: FEC reported. This describes disclosed financial activity, not an official party registration or ideological score. The figures below separately preserve the filer’s Schedule E support and opposition designations.

No candidate support/oppose spending foundThis cycle has no locally ingested Schedule E rows for this committee. Registration, linked-candidate, committee-transfer, and recipient-reported conduit evidence can still establish the alignment shown above.

$0 supporting · $0 opposing · 0 rowsOfficial FEC outside spending ↗

FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE

Overview

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