SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota–Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) won the Republican primary on his way to an all-but-assured fourth term in the U.S. Senate on June 7, beating out two ultra-conservative candidates.
Thune, U.S. Senate Minority Whip, edged out two conservative Republican candidates, Bruce Whalen and Mark Mowry.
“I want to thank Republicans in South Dakota for supporting my Senate candidacy, and I look forward to continue putting South Dakota’s interests on the national agenda and stopping Biden’s radical, left-wing crusade,” Thune said in a prepared victory statement.
Going into the June 7 primary, Thune has been a political fixture in South Dakota where he has held office since 1996.  He won his first U.S. Senate term in 2004 where he ran unopposed….