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Mike Rounds

Mike Rounds

Republican · SD U.S. SenatorCandidate 2026

12 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2015

  • background Born October 24, 1954; businessman
  • background South Dakota State University graduate (B.S.)
  • role South Dakota Senate (24th district, 1990–2001)
  • role Governor of South Dakota (2003–2011)
  • achievement Elected to U.S. Senate 2014; succeeded Democrat Tim Johnson
  • role U.S. senator from South Dakota since 2015; reelected 2020

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 100.0%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 46 recorded roll calls

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 64
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 272 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 64 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 100%
    Party-unity voting

    votes with the party majority · on 26 party-line votes

    Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

  • 0%
    Cross-party voting

    votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

    The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 18
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Mike Rounds. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from senate.gov roll-call records

100.0%
of Senate roll calls voted

Full voting record (46 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 46 of 915 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. Senate SD · 2026 General Election

  • $3,176,451 raised
  • $2,309,816 spent
  • $2,736,664 cash on hand
$3.18M
$2.77M
$1.33M
Itemized (≥ $200)$1.29M
Unitemized (< $200)$36.97K
Party committees$62.00K
Other committees (PACs)$1.38M
Transfers from other committees$312.43K
Other receipts$92.03K
$2.31M
Operating expenditures$2.27M
Contribution refunds$17.10K
Other disbursements$19.50K
Cash on hand$2.74M
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Mike Rounds campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2012$269,240$8,027$261,212
2014$5,028,693$5,170,502$119,401
2016$292,545$332,798$79,146
2018$853,682$421,289$511,538
2020$3,659,984$2,489,000$1,682,522
2022$253,085$538,068$1,397,539
2024$1,084,384$611,894$1,870,029
2026$3,176,451$2,309,816$2,736,664

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $95,343 ·

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $30,350
  • Employer not reported $26,450
  • APOLLO $19,250
  • ROCKET MORTGAGE $15,700
  • APOLLO MGMT. $13,200
  • JANE STREET $13,200
  • CAROLYN ROWAN COLLECTION $13,200
  • 1ST FINANCIAL BANK $13,200
  • COBURN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. $9,900
  • APOLLO MANAGEMENT $7,200

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $565,848 supporting · $0 opposing · 2 outside groups

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • SRES 945A resolution designating November 7, 2026, as "National Bison Day".cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • SRES 934A resolution designating October 10, 2026, as "American Girls in Sports Day".cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • S 5629A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit veterans to seek a second opinion after the receipt of health care under the laws administered by the Secretary, and for other purposes.sponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • S 5639A bill to amend the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to establish a Portal for Appraiser Credentialing and AMC Registration Information, and for other purposes.sponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • SRES 912A resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment and its enduring legacy of saving the lives of more than 2,600,000 unborn children and respecting the conscience rights of the American people.cosponsoredSep 27, 2026
  • SRES 913A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas.cosponsoredSep 27, 2026
  • S 5555A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to initiate interim remedial actions with respect to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances at certain installations of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • SRES 897A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewellyn Kyl, former Senator for the State of Arizona.cosponsoredSep 22, 2026
  • S 5465Bringing the Discount Window into the 21st Century ActcosponsoredSep 22, 2026
  • S 5359Pennington County Land Conveyance ActcosponsoredAug 6, 2026
  • S 5375ARCH ActsponsoredAug 6, 2026
  • S 5373USPS Executive Benefit and Bonus Removal ActsponsoredAug 6, 2026
  • S 5366Affordable Housing Credit Carryback ActcosponsoredAug 6, 2026
  • S 5337Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2026cosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • SRES 837A resolution designating the week of August 22 through August 30, 2026, as "National Park Week".cosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • S 5277RANCH ActsponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • S 5307Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Talent ActcosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • S 5310Robotics Supply Chain Improvement ActsponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • S 5313Quantum-GUARD Act of 2026cosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • S 5255Military Chaplains Modernization Act of 2026cosponsoredAug 4, 2026
  • S 5240REACH Our Tribes ActsponsoredAug 3, 2026
  • S 5211A bill to require the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to submit a strategy for cyber cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region, and for other purposes.sponsoredAug 2, 2026
  • SRES 823A resolution designating the week of August 2 through August 8, 2026, as "National Farmers Market Week".cosponsoredJul 29, 2026
  • SRES 824A resolution designating August 1, 2026, as "Gold Star Children's Day".cosponsoredJul 29, 2026
  • S 5139National Quantum Readiness Act of 2026sponsoredJul 26, 2026
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills

Documented relationships

Documented facts about Rounds, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

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Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Rounds connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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