South Dakota’s Thune got to the Senate the hard way | Dick Wadhams
The journey of U.S. Sen. John Thune to be the new Senate majority leader began 20 years ago in one of the hardest fought, ...
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What Noem and Thune’s new positions mean for Rapid City, the Rushmore State
South Dakota's relatively unassuming national presence was shattered this week after a meteoric rise to power for Gov. Kristi Noem and Sen. John Thune. Donald Trump won a second, non-consecutive ...
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Why Thune won: Small-state senators rally around their own, not Trump
In choosing their Senate majority leader, Republicans turned to a consummate insider from the fourth-smallest state by population, a 20-year veteran without close ties to the incoming president.
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Thune says cabinet confirmation process ‘thorough’
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — It’s been a whirlwind two days, but John Thune is out of Washington, D.C. and back home “Always good to be in South Dakota, where I would always rather be ...
South Dakota elected officials taking national stage as Noem, Thune secure top positions
Clinton Anderson, who served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture under President Harry S. Truman, was born in ...