Thune Award from National Journal

From the National Journal:

COMEBACK of the YEAR John Thune

A high-profile loss in a 2002 squeaker didn't seem like a promising prelude to victory over the most powerful Democrat in the Senate -- not to mention a three-term incumbent who trampled his last challenger. But Thune's native-son angle dovetailed brilliantly with his attacks on Tom Daschle's outsider status, and those independent-minded South Dakotans sent him to D.C. after all.