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Marion Michael Rounds (born October 24, 1954) is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator from South Dakota since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 31st governor of South Dakota from 2003 to 2011.
Rounds' victory was one of South Dakota's greatest political upsets. [ citation needed ] Until late in 2001, then-Congressman John Thune was the front-runner for the nomination. When Thune passed on the race in order to challenge Senator Tim Johnson , state Attorney General Mark Barnett and former Lieutenant Governor Steve T. Kirby quickly ...
South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds, who introduced legislation last month to eliminate the Department of Education, told ABC News closing the agency could take "a couple of years." "We want to do it ...
Should the office of governor become vacant, the lieutenant governor becomes governor. [3] The Republican Party has been in control of the governorship continuously since 1979, Democrats last won the governorship of South Dakota in 1974. This is the longest drought of any state where the opposite party last held the office.
The South Dakota Education Association and the state Democratic Party criticized Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds’ proposal to eliminate the federal Department of Education, calling it a bad ...
Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., speaks during during a hearing to examine United States Special Operations Command and United States Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for ...
U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson has been named as a potential Republican candidate while U.S. Senator Mike Rounds, who served as governor from 2003 to 2011, is also reportedly considering a candidacy, [127] with one poll showing a tie with Johnson in a potential Republican primary. [128]
Republican Sen. Mike Rounds emphasized his support for current FBI Director Christopher Wray after President-elect Donald Trump announced he intended to nominate loyalist Kash Patel for the ...