Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Mike Rounds

Official portrait of Mike Rounds
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from South Dakota (class 2)
Party
Republican
Born
1954
In Congress
Senate since 2015 · 11 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2021 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
ROUNDS, MIKE
Next election
General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of South Dakota with the whole state highlighted

South Dakota

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. Senate · South DakotaIncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID S4SD00049 · Principal campaign committee: ROUNDS FOR SENATE

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · South Dakota$3,810,748.34General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. Senate · South Dakota$3,663,084.50Won the general election (65.74%)
Total raised$3,810,748.34
Total spent$4,385,234.49
Cash on hand$1,295,542.92
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $1,585,547.59PACs and other committees: $1,634,600.01Party committees: $62,000.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $435,471.17Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $93,129.57
  • Individual contributions$1,585,547.5942%
  • PACs and other committees$1,634,600.0143%
  • Party committees$62,000.002%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$435,471.1711%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$93,129.572%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$59,434.354%
  • Contributions over $200$1,492,705.5696%
  • Itemized from inside South Dakota$152,766.5610%
  • Itemized from other states$1,351,262.1390%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $363,075.33 · Texas $147,572.92 · New York $118,700.00 · Virginia $115,464.59 · Florida $82,549.02. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$2.9M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $356,754.21APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $44,703.99JULY QUARTERLY: raised $517,658.40JULY QUARTERLY: spent $196,560.13OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $580,335.92OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $265,096.82YEAR-END: raised $396,121.20YEAR-END: spent $319,077.91APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $581,484.26APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $540,069.48PRE-PRIMARY: raised $213,839.93PRE-PRIMARY: spent $493,438.68JULY QUARTERLY: raised $530,257.06JULY QUARTERLY: spent $450,869.13OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $476,187.59OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $1,464,898.312025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving915
Voted yea668
Voted nay239
Did not vote8 of 915
Bills and resolutions sponsored65
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored276

Recorded Senate roll-call votes from January 9, 2025 through September 30, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official Senate record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 30, 2026On the Nomination · PN 1129
Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor
Nomination ConfirmedYea
Sep 30, 2026On the Cloture Motion · PN 1129
Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor
Cloture Motion Agreed toYea
Sep 30, 2026On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR 9340
A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedYea
Sep 30, 2026On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR 7008
A bill to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedYea
Sep 29, 2026On the Motion to Discharge · SRES 852
A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Motion to Discharge RejectedNay
Sep 29, 2026On the Motion to Proceed · SJRES 197
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to
Motion to Proceed RejectedNay
Sep 28, 2026On Passage of the Bill · S 4668
A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.
Bill PassedYea
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To establish certain standards with respect to coaches of varsity sports teams.
Amendment RejectedNay
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To increase the limitation on funding for post-eligibility insurance and catastrophic injury for student athletes.
Amendment RejectedNay
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To limit price increases for college athletics tickets.
Amendment RejectedNay

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • S. 5629 Gene Murphy Veterans’ Bill of Rights Act of 2026
    Introduced Sep 30, 2026 · Latest action Sep 30, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  • S. 5639 Portal for Appraisal Licensing Act of 2026
    Introduced Sep 30, 2026 · Latest action Sep 30, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  • S. 5373 USPS Executive Benefit and Bonus Removal Act
    Introduced Aug 7, 2026 · Latest action Aug 7, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4567-4568)
  • S. 5375 ARCH Act
    Introduced Aug 7, 2026 · Latest action Aug 7, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
  • S. 5310 Robotics Supply Chain Improvement Act
    Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Latest action Aug 6, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • S. 5277 RANCH Act
    Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Latest action Aug 6, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  • S. 5240 REACH Our Tribes Act
    Introduced Aug 4, 2026 · Latest action Aug 4, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  • S. 5211 A 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.
    Introduced Aug 3, 2026 · Latest action Aug 3, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • S. 5139 National Quantum Readiness Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 27, 2026 · Latest action Jul 27, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
  • S. 4991 Homestake AI Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 15, 2026 · Latest action Jul 15, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

348 committees reported giving $1,726,555.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Mike Rounds$565,848.47
  • Independent expenditures opposing Mike Rounds$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

South Dakota U.S. Senate, 2026 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Mike Rounds (R)$3,810,748.34$1,295,542.922026-10-14
Brian Bengs (I)$1,678,331.53$145,703.122026-09-30
Julian C Beaudion (D)$247,595.86$695.752026-09-30
Justin S McNeal (R)$10,993.13$1.342026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Quantus Insights (R)October 17–19, 2026633 (LV)± 4.1%Mike Rounds 57% · Brian Bengs 37%
Public Opinon Strategies (R)October 12–16, 2026500 (LV)±4.4%Mike Rounds 54% · Brian Bengs 37%
Concord Public Opinion Partners (D)October 6–8, 2026400 (LV)±4.9%Mike Rounds 42% · Brian Bengs 43%
Zenith ResearchSeptember 24–27, 2026500 (LV)±4.4%Mike Rounds 53% · Brian Bengs 47%
Public Policy Polling (D)September 8–9, 2026629 (RV)±3.6%Mike Rounds 45% · Brian Bengs 42%
Lake Research Partners (D)August 26–30, 2026500 (LV)±4.4%Mike Rounds 44% · Brian Bengs 51%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States Senate election in South Dakota (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: ROUNDS FOR SENATE.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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