Mike Rounds

UPDATED: South Dakota's Stephanie Herseth Sandlin will not run for U.S. Senate seat

2013-05-13 21:37:00

Former South Dakota U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin said Monday she will not seek the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Tim Johnson, removing herself from a contest expected to play a key role in determining which party controls the...

Herseth Sandlin declines Senate run

2013-05-13 08:44:01

Former U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin says she will not seek a U.S. Senate seat next year. She made the announcement on her Facebook page. She had said she was considering running for the seat to be vacated by the retiring Sen. Tim Johnson, a...

Herseth Sandlin rules out run for Senate

2013-05-13 06:48:00

PIERRE, S.D. - Former South Dakota U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin says she will not seek the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Tim Johnson. � Herseth Sandlin announced her decision on her Facebook page Monday morning and confirmed it to...

Former Daschle staffer Rick Weiland to run for Senate

2013-05-09 07:24:00

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A former staffer for former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle has announced that he'll seek the Democratic nomination for the seat being vacated by Sen. Tim Johnson. � Rick Weiland tells the Argus Leader that he's running for things in which he...

OPINION: TUPPER: Don't run, Stephanie

2013-05-09 08:24:03

It's a phrase so overused by public figures that nobody believes it anymore. "I'm [quitting/resigning/retiring] to spend more time with my family." Why people continue to use that tired old line to cover up their real reasons for doing something, I...

Notebook: No challengers yet for Rounds

2013-05-03 10:37:00

We are now a year from the June 3, 2014, primary elections in South Dakota. That is significant because South Dakota voters will choose a new U.S. senator next year. � So far voters don’t have a choice. The only declared candidate is Republican...

Rounds prepares for U.S. Senate run

2013-04-27 21:28:00

Last year Mike Rounds, former governor of South Dakota, said that he had no plans to run for U.S. Senate — but a year watching the dysfunction in the federal government, plus a little prodding from his friends, made him change his mind, Rounds said....

CAPITOL NOTEBOOK: Path on schools, taxes firmly set by GOP

2013-04-26 21:59:00

�PIERRE — South Dakota voters made four key decisions in the 18 months after the death of Gov. George S. Mickelson in the 1993 plane crash. Those decisions set the course for the next 20 years and brought us to where the state government is today....

Daugaard will keep promise against increasing fuel taxes

2013-04-25 22:02:00

�PIERRE — It’s been 14 years since the last ones passed, but don’t expect increases in South Dakota’s motor-fuels taxes during the 20 months remaining of Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s first term. �That’s what a member of the...

Daugaard will keep promise against increasing fuel taxes

2013-04-26 01:05:33

PIERRE - It's been 14 years since the last ones passed, but don't expect increases in South Dakota's motor-fuels taxes during the 20 months remaining of Gov. Dennis Daugaard's first term. That's what a member of the governor's Cabinet told the state...

Herseth Sandlin mulling run for U.S. Senate seat

2013-04-23 12:32:00

Former U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin said she expects to decide soon whether to run for the South Dakota U.S. Senate seat now held by retiring Democrat Tim Johnson. �The former Democratic congresswoman told the Argus Leader that she’s...

Rounds, Hoeven to speak at Lincoln Day Dinner

2013-04-19 21:31:00

�Former South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds, who is running for U.S. Senate, and Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., will be the featured speakers at the annual Brown County Republicans Lincoln Day Dinner. �The event is April 27 at the Ramada Inn in Aberdeen. Social...

Former South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds visits with a group at Saturday night's Lincoln Day Dinner at the Ramada Inn. American News Photo by John Davis

2013-04-27 21:30:00

Former S.D. Gov. Mike Rounds

2012-11-29 00:00:00

From left, son Russell with Mary Dean Janklow and daughters Pam and Shonna, along with other members of the extended family. In the third row can be seen former Gov. Mike Rounds (far left) and former Gov. Walt Miller (third from left).

2012-01-17 13:57:06