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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
Confirmation: Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense Yea Jan 24, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Peter Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense Yea Jan 23, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Ratcliffe, of Texas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Yea Jan 23, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Ratcliffe to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Yea Jan 23, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 6 — Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act Yea Jan 22, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Peter Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense Yea Jan 21, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session Yea Jan 21, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Marco Rubio, of Florida, to be Secretary of State Yea Jan 20, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act Yea Jan 20, 2025 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Ernst Amdt No. 8, As Amended Yea Jan 20, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act Yea Jan 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Coons Amdt. No. 23 Nay Jan 15, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Cornyn Amdt. No. 14 Yea Jan 15, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act Yea Jan 13, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act Yea Jan 9, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed 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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