Former South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds won the Republican party nomination for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Democrat Tim Johnson.
Rounds, widely considered the GOP front-runner from the start, easily won over four other candidates.
The 59-year-old insurance agency executive topped state Sen. Larry Rhoden, state Rep. Stace Nelson, attorney and Army Reserves Maj. Jason Ravnsborg and physician Annette Bosworth. He needed 35 percent of the vote to avoid a runoff with the second-place finisher. He got just over fifty five percent of the vote. He said he was pleased with the finish…
Rounds will face Democrat Rick Weiland, unopposed for his party’s nomination, and two independent candidates in the Nov. 4 general election.
