Tom Daschle
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Thomas Andrew Daschle is an American politician and lobbyist who represented South Dakota in the United States Senate from 1987 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he led the Senate Democratic
Daschle c. 1990s
Daschle during the Northern State University Homecoming Parade in Aberdeen, 1978.
Official Senate portrait by Aaron Shikler
Daschle and Representative Tim Johnson during a Constituent Service Meeting
John Thune
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John Randolph Thune is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Dakota, a seat he has held since 2005. A member of the Republican Party, Thune has served since 202
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…becoming Minority Leader in 1995 and Majority Leader in 2001, becoming the highest-ranking elected official in South Dakota history, a position tied by John Thune in 2025. In 2004, he was defeated for reelection in a close race by Thune, who would go on to become Majority Leader himself. Later, he took a position…
Official portrait, 2021
Thune surveys tornado damage in Spencer, South Dakota, in 1998, alongside Bill Janklow, Tom Daschle, Al Gore, Tim Johnson, James Lee Witt, and Rick Weiland.
Thune and his wife Kimberley with Vice President Dick Cheney in 2005
Thune in 2010 during the 111th Congress