Mike Rounds | |
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United States Senator from South Dakota | |
Assumed office January 3, 2015 Serving with John Thune | |
Preceded by | Tim Johnson |
31st Governor of South Dakota | |
In office January 7, 2003 – January 8, 2011 | |
Lieutenant | Dennis Daugaard |
Preceded by | Bill Janklow |
Succeeded by | Dennis Daugaard |
Member of the South Dakota Senate from the 24th district | |
In office January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2001 | |
Preceded by | Jacquie Kelley |
Succeeded by | Patricia de Hueck |
Personal details | |
Born | Huron, South Dakota | October 24, 1954
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) |
Jean Vedvei
(m. 1978; died 2021) |
Children | Brian John Christopher Carrie |
Alma mater | South Dakota State University |
Website | Senate website |
Mike Rounds (born October 24, 1954)[1] is the junior United States Senator from South Dakota. He is a member of the U.S. Republican Party and has been in Senate since January 3, 2015.[1]
Rounds was born on October 24, 1954 in Huron, South Dakota. He graduated from the South Dakota State University. He was married to Jean Vedvei from 1978 until her death in 2021. They have four children.
In February 15, 2018 Mike Round interview with Martha MacCallum on Fox News channel, he said about a bipartisan Immigration fail to move forward in the Senate.[2]