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Mike Rounds

U.S. Senate · South Dakota
On the ballot · Nov 3
$3.2M

Raised, 2025–26

  • Individuals$1.3M42%
  • PACs$1.4M44%
  • Transfers & other$466k15%

3% of the individual money came from small donors ($200 or less).

Top PAC industries

$1.6M
Office
PartyRepublican
ChamberU.S. Senate
SeatSouth Dakota (statewide)
Up for electionNov 3, 2026
Represents
SD-AL · Dusty Johnson
All of South Dakota
FollowCompare
On the ballot · South Dakota Senate · Nov 395% party to win· vs. Bengs ↓
The campaign · in their words
roundsforsenate.com · read Oct 19, 2026 ↗Page titles and first lines from the campaign’s own site, unedited

Where They Stand

Position from 342 bills and votes and 8 statements, starting from a reputation prior of Rt-lean 22 — click any issue to see the reputation, the record and the shift.

Solo viewvs. Bengs · 2026vs. pick…
Rounds (you're viewing)
Overall
18
Rt-lean
LeftCenterRight
Track is neutral — only the dot's position and distance-from-center number carry meaning.
Odds over time · Kalshi daily closes · party to winApr 6 – Oct 27
100%90%80%70%60%50%40%30%20%10%0%MAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTTODAY
  • Rounds 95%
  • Bengs 5%▼ 3 since August
The race · SD Senate
Mike RoundsRepublican · incumbent · Rt-lean 18 on the record95%
Brian BengsIndependent · challenger · Left 27 from statements5%
2718
45 points apart · hollow = estimate, solid = record
Bengs's page →
Money · raised, FEC to Sep 30
Mike Rounds$3.7M
$1.6M from individuals · $1.5M itemized
Brian Bengs$1.7M
$1.6M from individuals · $819k itemized
The FEC doesn't name donors who give under $200, so their gifts count in Raised but not Itemized.
Odds are a market close, not a poll

What They Care About

How this is measured

Bubble size = how much of Mike Rounds's sponsored bills, cosponsorships, campaign statements and tweets go to each domain. Votes are left out because they follow committee seats; domains a member's committees handle are discounted a little. Anything from the last 6 months counts double, so a topic they are on about right now grows. Darker = they have broken with their own party more often on that topic: the share of party-line votes since 2009 where they voted against their party's majority (gray = fewer than 8 such votes). Based on 17 sponsored, 139 cosponsored, 19 statements, 221 topical tweets. Click a bubble to open what they support and the bills and tweets behind it; click it again to close.

Energy, environment, land and agriculture · 15% of Mike Rounds's priorities · 2 sponsored · 12 cosponsored · 3 statements · 52 tweets · broke with their party on 3 of 92 party-line votesEnergy 15%Business, finance and labor · 13% of Mike Rounds's priorities · 4 sponsored · 24 cosponsored · 2 statements · 55 tweets · broke with their party on 1 of 50 party-line votesBusiness 13%Health care · 12% of Mike Rounds's priorities · 5 sponsored · 29 cosponsored · 0 statements · 26 tweets · broke with their party on 1 of 27 party-line votesHealth care 12%Federal budget, taxes and spending · 9% of Mike Rounds's priorities · 0 sponsored · 16 cosponsored · 4 statements · 42 tweets · broke with their party on 17 of 182 party-line votesFederal budget 9%Foreign policy, trade and defense · 9% of Mike Rounds's priorities · 0 sponsored · 17 cosponsored · 0 statements · 46 tweets · broke with their party on 3 of 87 party-line votesForeign policy 9%Education · 9% of Mike Rounds's priorities · 0 sponsored · 5 cosponsored · 2 statements · 38 tweets · broke with their party on 0 of 10 party-line votesEducation 9%Crime and justice · 6% of Mike Rounds's priorities · 1 sponsored · 8 cosponsored · 0 statements · 37 tweets · broke with their party on 1 of 19 party-line votesCrime 6%Trade and industrial policy · 5% of Mike Rounds's priorities · 1 sponsored · 1 cosponsored · 5 statements · 2 tweets · broke with their party on 0 of 8 party-line votesTrade 5%Housing, transportation, technology and vice · 5% of Mike Rounds's priorities · 1 sponsored · 7 cosponsored · 0 statements · 24 tweets · broke with their party on 7 of 35 party-line votesHousing 5%Guns · 5% of Mike Rounds's priorities · 2 sponsored · 4 cosponsored · 2 statements · 3 tweets · broke with their party on 0 of 3 party-line votesGuns 5%Immigration · 4% of Mike Rounds's priorities · 0 sponsored · 10 cosponsored · 1 statements · 3 tweets · broke with their party on 0 of 21 party-line votesImmigration 4%Civil rights, gender and religion · 3% of Mike Rounds's priorities · 1 sponsored · 2 cosponsored · 0 statements · 12 tweets · broke with their party on 0 of 6 party-line votesCivil rights 3%Federal power and civil liberties · 3% of Mike Rounds's priorities · 0 sponsored · 2 cosponsored · 0 statements · 24 tweets · broke with their party on 1 of 15 party-line votesFederal power 3%Elections, representation and accountability · 1% of Mike Rounds's priorities · 0 sponsored · 2 cosponsored · 0 statements · 0 tweets · broke with their party on 2 of 2 party-line votes1%
Rarely breaksOften breaks

Mike Rounds

● Republican · U.S. Senate · South Dakota
Raised
$3.2M
2025–26 cycle
Top sector
$497k
finance & insurance
Overall
Rt-lean
18pt right
Actions
582
votes, bills, tweets
On the ballot · Nov 395% · vs. Bengs ↓
The campaign · in their words
Put America FIRST ↗“Mike stands with the America First agenda.”National Security ↗“As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Mike is working to make sure our military remains the best in the world.”Education ↗“Mike believes in local control of education, and while standards are important, a "one size fits all" directive from the federal government does not serve our children well.”
From roundsforsenate.com, unedited

Where They Stand

Overall
Rt-lean, 18 points from center
Dot = distance from center · band = 90% range

The 2026 Race

Race page →
Odds · Kalshi daily closes
100%75%50%25%0%MAYJUNJULAUGSEPTODAY
Rounds 95%Bengs 5%
The race · SD Senate
Mike RoundsRepublican · incumbent · Rt-lean 18 on the record95%
Brian BengsIndependent · challenger · Left 27 from statements5%
2718
45 points apart · hollow = estimate, solid = record
Bengs's page →
Money · raised, FEC to Sep 30
Mike Rounds$3.7M
$1.6M from individuals · $1.5M itemized
Brian Bengs$1.7M
$1.6M from individuals · $819k itemized
The FEC doesn't name donors who give under $200, so their gifts count in Raised but not Itemized.
Odds are a market close, not a poll

What They Care About

Energy, environment, land and agriculture · 15% of Mike Rounds's priorities · 2 sponsored · 12 cosponsored · 3 statements · 52 tweets · broke with their party on 3 of 92 party-line votesEnergy and land 15%Business, finance and labor · 13% of Mike Rounds's priorities · 4 sponsored · 24 cosponsored · 2 statements · 55 tweets · broke with their party on 1 of 50 party-line votesBusiness and labor 13%Health care · 12% of Mike Rounds's priorities · 5 sponsored · 29 cosponsored · 0 statements · 26 tweets · broke with their party on 1 of 27 party-line votesHealth care 12%Federal budget, taxes and spending · 9% of Mike Rounds's priorities · 0 sponsored · 16 cosponsored · 4 statements · 42 tweets · broke with their party on 17 of 182 party-line votesBudget and taxes 9%Foreign policy, trade and defense · 9% of Mike Rounds's priorities · 0 sponsored · 17 cosponsored · 0 statements · 46 tweets · broke with their party on 3 of 87 party-line votesForeign policy 9%Education · 9% of Mike Rounds's priorities · 0 sponsored · 5 cosponsored · 2 statements · 38 tweets · broke with their party on 0 of 10 party-line votesEducation 9%Crime and justice · 6% of Mike Rounds's priorities · 1 sponsored · 8 cosponsored · 0 statements · 37 tweets · broke with their party on 1 of 19 party-line votes6%Trade and industrial policy · 5% of Mike Rounds's priorities · 1 sponsored · 1 cosponsored · 5 statements · 2 tweets · broke with their party on 0 of 8 party-line votes5%
6% Crime and justice5% Trade
RarelyOften breaks

Who Pays

PAC money · 2025–26
SectorPACsAmountShare
Finance & insurance91$497k
Retail & business69$265k
Other politicians26$191k
Agriculture & food24$95k
Defense17$92k
Health care26$87k
Real estate16$79k
Tech, media & telecom23$78k
Everything else56$249k
Raised $3.2M · 42% individuals · 44% pacs