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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
Rosen Amdt. No. 2152 Nay Apr 5, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Wyden Amdt. No. 1989 Nay Apr 5, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Warnock Amdt. No. 2177 Nay Apr 5, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Markey Amdt. No. 1529 Nay Apr 5, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Baldwin Amdt. No. 1693 Nay Apr 5, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive Section 305(b)(2) of the CBA re: Cortez Masto Amdt. No. 1690 Nay Apr 5, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Sanders Amdt. No. 2126 Nay Apr 5, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Kim Amdt. No. 1644 Nay Apr 5, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Hirono Amdt. No. 2180 Nay Apr 5, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Hickenlooper Amdt. No. 2107 Nay Apr 5, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Ossoff Amdt. No. 2186 Nay Apr 4, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Paul Amdt. No. 1760 Nay Apr 4, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Bennet Amdt. No. 1646 Nay Apr 4, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Padilla Amdt. No. 1774 Nay Apr 4, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Schumer Amdt. No. 1884 Nay Apr 4, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Alsobrooks Amdt. No. 1466 Nay Apr 4, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Warner Amdt. No. 1310 Nay Apr 4, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Lujan Amdt. No. 1726 Nay Apr 4, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Reed Amdt. No. 1645 Nay Apr 4, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Merkley Amdt. No. 1758 Nay Apr 4, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Sullivan Amdt. No. 2035 Yea Apr 4, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HCONRES 14 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary… Yea Apr 3, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Harmeet Dhillon, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General Yea Apr 3, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Mehmet Oz, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Yea Apr 3, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 26 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to Israel of certain defense articles and… Nay Apr 3, 2025 Motion to Discharge 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)

Social media

Recent posts

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