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Mike Rounds

U.S. Senator (Class 2), SD

Republican South Dakota since Jan 3, 2021

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

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
Hickenlooper Amdt. No. 2719 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Rosen Amdt. No. 2717 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Blackburn Amdt. No. 2814 Yea Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Sanders Amdt. No. 2435 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Kim Amdt. No. 2817 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Lee Amdt. No. 2745 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Nay Jul 1, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Hirono Amdt. No. 2382 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Nay Jul 1, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Kennedy Amdt. No. 2775 Yea Jul 1, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive Section 302(f) of the CBA Re: Collins Amdt. No. 2812 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Nay Jul 1, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Nay Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive Section 313(b)(1)(A) of the Congressional Budget Act Re: Kennedy Amdt. No. 2772 Nay Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Nay Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Nay Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Nay Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Nay Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Nay Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Nay Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive Section 313 (b)(1)(D) of the CBA Re: Amdt. No. 2401 Yea Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive Section 302(F) of the CBA Re: Murray Amdt. No. 2771 Nay Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive Section 313(b)(1)(D) of the Congressional Budget Act Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 2446 Nay Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive Section 313(b)(1)(D) of the CBA Re: Cornyn Amdt. No. 2705 Yea Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive Section 302(F) of the CBA Re: Amdt. No. 2414 Nay Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected 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)

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