Mike Rounds planning post-holiday reelection announcement
Senator Mike Rounds of South Dakota plans to announce his reelection campaign after the holidays,with a formal decision expected in the first quarter of the year. He indicated that the government shutdown delayed his initial plan to make the declaration by December. Rounds,who has comfortably won his previous two Senate races and currently faces no significant primary challengers,is actively preparing for a third term and has the endorsement of former President Donald Trump. He chose not to comment on the crowded GOP gubernatorial primary in South Dakota, where Governor Larry Rhoden and Representative Dusty Johnson are competing. Rounds, a former two-term governor of South Dakota, expressed that both gubernatorial candidates are good friends of his and stated he is staying out of that race.
Mike Rounds planning post-holiday reelection announcement
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) will announce his reelection plans after the holidays, telling the Washington Examiner that he is laying the groundwork to run and will share his decision in the first quarter.
“After the first of the year,” Rounds said in a brief interview, adding that the government shutdown complicated an announcement he previously suggested would come by December.
“We were planning on doing it here in the third quarter, and then in the fourth quarter,” Rounds added. “We just had other things going on, so we decided to wait until after the holidays.”
Rounds comfortably won his prior two Senate races and so far has no major primary challengers. He also has the support of President Donald Trump, who issued a preemptive endorsement in July.
“I mean, we’re working, we’re raising resources,” Rounds said, signaling he will pursue a third term. “We’re putting everything together.”
In the interview, Rounds declined to take sides in a crowded GOP primary for South Dakota governor that will unfold alongside the Senate race.
Gov. Larry Rhoden (R-SD) announced last month that he will seek a full term after replacing Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem in January, entering a field that includes Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD), who once worked for Rounds.
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“I’m staying out of it,” Rounds said, calling both candidates “good friends of mine.”
Rounds previously served two terms as South Dakota governor.
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