Campaign News

Mike Rounds was the guest on the Greg Belfrage Show on Friday, July 18. Listen to the full interview.

The Environmental Protection Agency under the Obama administration hasn’t exactly seen eye-to-eye with farmers and ranchers lately as new rules and new interpretations have led to increased production costs. When the Washington, D.C. bureaucrats arbitrarily drive up the cost of doing business, we all pay more. In fact, if the Washington D.C. regulatory system were a country, it would be the tenth largest economy in the world! It’s time to get the bureaucracy under control before they completely destroy our economy.

Thank you for the support throughout this primary election. Because of your help, we secured an amazing 56% of the vote in a five-way primary race. Our volunteers and campaign staff made calls until the polls closed, went door-to-door and held signs in the rain across South Dakota. I’m very, very grateful for your help and support.

Gov. Mike Rounds today announced a leadership team for an advisory panel on military issues called Vets for Mike.

From The Washington Times: SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Former Gov. Mike Rounds says he wants to bring South Dakota common sense to Washington, D.C., and keep Washington out of South Dakota. Rounds, one of five Republicans seeking the party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson, said Congress is broken and it needs to regain the discipline to get budgets and farm bills done on time so business owners have some predictability. Lawmakers also need to scale back the burdensome regulatory environment to get the economy moving again, he said.