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Mike Rounds

U.S. Senator (Class 2), SD

Republican South Dakota since Jan 3, 2021

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Issue areas

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Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 2), SD current
South Dakota
Republican Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), SD
South Dakota
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District South Dakota
United States
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2021 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.354, social dim. 0.083. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Schumer Amdt. No. 3109 Nay Oct 9, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Curtis Amdt. No. 3697 Nay Oct 9, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Scott (FL) Amdt. No. 3535 Nay Oct 9, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Paul Amdt. No. 3761 Nay Oct 9, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jennifer Lee Mascott, of Delaware, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Yea Oct 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 106 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… Yea Oct 9, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 106 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… Yea Oct 9, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Oct 9, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 Nay Oct 9, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 105 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… Yea Oct 8, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 83 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities that have not been authorized by Congress. Nay Oct 8, 2025 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 71 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared with respect to energy. Nay Oct 8, 2025 Joint Resolution Defeated U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 105 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… Yea Oct 8, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jennifer Lee Mascott to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Yea Oct 8, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Oct 8, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 Nay Oct 8, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 104 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… Yea Oct 8, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 104 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… Yea Oct 7, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: En Bloc Nominations Provided for Under the Provisions of S. Res. 412 Yea Oct 7, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: En Bloc Nominations Provided for Under the Provisions of S.Res. 412 Yea Oct 6, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Oct 6, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 Nay Oct 6, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Oct 3, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 Nay Oct 3, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 412 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Yea Oct 3, 2025 Resolution Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,000 recorded contributions totalling $1,579,976. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 365 of 1000 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Corporate PAC 86 $651,240 41%
Big donor 94 $358,050 23%
Small-dollar 185 $6,442 0%
Unclassified 635 $564,244 36%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$79,981 EDWARD JONES ROUNDS FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$64,827 EDWARD JONES ROUNDS FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$47,031 EDWARD JONES ROUNDS FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Mar 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$10,000 INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE, INC. PAC ROUNDS FOR SENATE Corporate PAC May 22, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$10,000 TRUE NORTH PAC ROUNDS FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$10,000 FUND FOR A CONSERVATIVE FUTURE ROUNDS FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Jan 27, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$10,000 DIRIGO PAC ROUNDS FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Aug 26, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$10,000 FUND FOR A CONSERVATIVE FUTURE ROUNDS FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Jan 27, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$10,000 TOGETHER HOLDING OUR MAJORITY PAC ROUNDS FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Sep 24, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,600 WINRED ROUNDS FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Aug 22, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,600 WINRED ROUNDS FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Aug 22, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,600 WINRED ROUNDS FOR SENATE Corporate PAC May 16, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,600 WINRED ROUNDS FOR SENATE Corporate PAC May 24, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,600 WINRED ROUNDS FOR SENATE Corporate PAC May 24, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,600 WINRED ROUNDS FOR SENATE Corporate PAC May 14, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (2 as lead sponsor)

Social media

Recent posts

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