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SD Senator Mike Rounds Announces Re-Election Bid

SD Senator Mike Rounds Announces Re-Election Bid

Senator Mike Rounds Photo: WNAX


South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds has announced he plans to seek re-election.

He says he went to Washington to make a difference….

Rounds wife Jean has been undergoing treatments for cancer. He says because of that health care will be a big issue for him…

Rounds says he is a strong conservative, but is willing to work across the partisan divide….

Rounds could have a primary challenge as Representative Scyller Borglum of Rapid City has said she plans to run too. Democrat Dan Ahlers of Dell Rapids has announced his plans to run for the Senate seat.

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