Mike Rounds, 2026 federal candidate
2026 federal candidate · official FEC data

Mike Rounds

Campaign donations, fundraising, spending, and cash on hand from the latest included Federal Election Commission filings.

U.S. Senate — South DakotaREPIncumbentFEC S4SD00049
Direct answer · 2025–2026 cycle

How much has Mike Rounds raised?

$3,176,450.98 in total campaign receipts.

$1,328,191.00 is reported as individual contributions. Total receipts can also include transfers, offsets, loans, and other FEC receipt categories, so it is broader than donations alone.

Total receipts$3,176,451
Total spending$2,309,816
Cash on hand$2,736,664

Official sourceFederal Election Commission · data through .

PERMANENT PERSON IDENTITY

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Office soughtU.S. Senate · SDFederal Election Commission
Filing classificationIncumbentFEC candidate master
Current public officeU.S. Senator — South Dakota (Class 2)Permanent office record →
Campaign websiteNot listed in a connected official sourceCoverage gap
Experience and education

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Statements and official actions over time

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HousingNo sourced public position located.

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Economy & taxesNo sourced public position located.

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EducationNo sourced public position located.

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Public safetyNo sourced public position located.

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ImmigrationNo sourced public position located.

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Health careNo sourced public position located.

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TransportationNo sourced public position located.

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Energy & climateNo sourced public position located.

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AbortionNo sourced public position located.

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Endorsements

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No sourced public endorsements located.

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Filing-driven activity & election calendar

Mike Rounds 2026 timeline

REAL DATES

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Latest included independent expenditure

Most recent reported dissemination or expenditure date involving this candidate in the current FEC independent-expenditure release.

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Scheduled primary election

Congressional primary date listed in the FEC's 2026 calendar.

FEC election-date calendar · schedule subject to change
Latest included campaign summary

End date of the candidate financial summary in Election.org's current FEC bulk-data release.

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Scheduled runoff, if required

Runoff date listed in the FEC's 2026 congressional calendar; whether it applies depends on the election outcome and state rules.

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Latest included PAC or party transaction

Most recent itemized direct contribution or coordinated-party-expenditure row involving this candidate in the current FEC transaction release.

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Federal general election

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Campaign money

Mike Rounds campaign finance details

FEC BULK DATA
2025–2026 federal-cycle totals through June 30, 2026.
MetricReported amountWhat it means
Total receipts$3,176,450.98All campaign receipts reported in the FEC summary, not only individual donations.
Individual contributions$1,328,191.00Contributions reported in the FEC individual-contribution category.
Candidate contributions$0.00Contributions from the candidate in the summary record.
Total disbursements$2,309,816.14Campaign spending and other disbursements reported for the cycle.
Cash on hand$2,736,663.91Reported campaign cash remaining at the end of the covered period.
Debts owed by campaign$0.00Outstanding debts the campaign reported owing.
Net cash after reported debt$2,736,663.91Election.org calculation: cash on hand minus debts owed by the campaign.

Dollar amounts preserve the cents in the FEC record. These figures are campaign-finance totals, not personal wealth, polling, odds, endorsements, or Election.org scores. “Not reported” means the current bulk file contains no summary; it does not mean zero.

Who gave · who spent · what the filing says

PAC contributions and outside spending involving Mike Rounds

FEC ITEMIZED DATA

Direct campaign support and independent spending are not combined. Support and opposition below are the positions reported by the spender to the Federal Election Commission.

Direct committee contributions$1,638,055.00649 transactions
Coordinated party spending$0.000 transactions
Independent spending to support$565,848.4710 transactions
Independent spending to oppose$0.000 transactions
Direct contribution

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Coordinated party expenditure

Party spending reported in the FEC’s coordinated-expenditure category. It is separate from a direct contribution.

Independent expenditure

Outside spending expressly supporting or opposing a candidate. By definition, it is not made in coordination with the candidate or party.

Federal committees reporting direct contributions

NRSC1 itemized transaction · latest Aug 27, 2025
$62,000.00FEC filing ↗
MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MORPAC)12 itemized transactions · latest Jun 26, 2026
$48,250.00FEC filing ↗
AFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC)4 itemized transactions · latest Apr 23, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC2 itemized transactions · latest Jun 16, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
ALABAMA FIRST PAC2 itemized transactions · latest Jul 21, 2025
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AXPPAC)4 itemized transactions · latest Mar 2, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
ARKANSAS FOR LEADERSHIP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARKPAC)2 itemized transactions · latest Mar 11, 2025
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
AUTOMOTIVE FREE INTERNATIONAL TRADE PAC2 itemized transactions · latest May 11, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC4 itemized transactions · latest Jun 23, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
BIG SKY OPPORTUNITY PAC2 itemized transactions · latest Sep 24, 2025
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗

Outside spenders reporting support or opposition

supportDEFEND AMERICAN JOBS2 itemized transactions · latest May 27, 2026
$411,748.47FEC filing ↗
supportSOUTH DAKOTA CONSERVATIVE PAC8 itemized transactions · latest May 22, 2026
$154,100.00FEC filing ↗
SPONSOR-LEVEL SOURCE ROWS10 reported communication-spending records

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Source: FEC contributions-from-committees-to-candidates and independent-expenditure bulk files, checked Aug 24, 2026. Committee transactions retain only the latest filing version for stable transaction IDs. Independent-expenditure rows from superseded filings are removed through the FEC previous-filing chain. Memo entries remain included because the FEC bulk-file documentation instructs analysts to include them.

Money graph · dates, geography, and operating expenditures

How money moved through Mike Rounds

FEC ITEMIZED FILES

These panels show privacy-thresholded itemized individual-receipt activity and amendment-normalized operating expenditures. They are descriptive slices of filings—not a complete substitute for the official financial summary.

Itemized individual receipt activity over time

Monthly transaction activity from the FEC individual-contributions file. Current-cycle files can contain earlier-dated transactions; signed amendments, refunds, reattributions, and memo entries remain in the source-defined analysis.

18 months

Where itemized contributor addresses were reported

State is taken from the contributor address on the FEC row. It does not prove residence, citizenship, employer location, or the ultimate economic source of funds.

89.1% outside South Dakota
California131 distinct reported contributors · 230 rows$342,256.0028.9%
South Dakota80 distinct reported contributors · 132 rows$129,461.0010.9%
Texas33 distinct reported contributors · 85 rows$118,572.0010.0%
Virginia90 distinct reported contributors · 107 rows$105,112.008.9%
New York23 distinct reported contributors · 47 rows$90,700.007.7%
District of Columbia38 distinct reported contributors · 58 rows$64,444.005.4%
Florida27 distinct reported contributors · 162 rows$63,694.005.4%
Maryland36 distinct reported contributors · 42 rows$53,832.004.6%
Nevada9 distinct reported contributors · 18 rows$46,792.004.0%
Illinois12 distinct reported contributors · 25 rows$40,760.003.4%
Pennsylvania15 distinct reported contributors · 20 rows$25,551.002.2%
Washington5 distinct reported contributors · 8 rows$24,750.002.1%

Only committee/state groups with at least 5 distinct reported contributors are published. The percentages use only the displayed dataset’s publishable, state-coded itemized rows; they are not a percentage of all campaign receipts.

Reported operating-expenditure categories

FEC filer-selected categories from Schedule B operating expenditures. Memo-code X rows are excluded because the FEC says they are not included in the itemization total.

6 published categories
Advertising Expenses42 current organization-payment rows$870,581.30
Administrative/Salary/Overhead Expenses237 current organization-payment rows$683,718.67
Solicitation and Fundraising Expenses51 current organization-payment rows$350,692.53
Polling Expenses2 current organization-payment rows$44,000.00
Travel Expenses15 current organization-payment rows$41,704.36
Category not reported8 current organization-payment rows$2,628.02

Top organization payees in operating expenditures

Organization payees only. Election.org excludes individual payees and conservatively normalizes names; similar names are not asserted to be one legal entity.

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Scott Howell And Company21 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-04
$601,516.49
605 Strategies14 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-03
$245,322.00
Lawrence And Schiller Incorporated1 current itemized payment · latest 2026-04-09
$223,878.10
Rizzo Dukes Group6 current itemized payments · latest 2026-04-16
$202,276.13
Ullr Group18 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-01
$107,656.65
Push Digital LLC4 current itemized payments · latest 2026-05-29
$100,600.00
American Bank Credit Card18 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-25
$78,265.73
Campaign Solutions25 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-30
$53,367.37
Public Opinion Strategies LLC2 current itemized payments · latest 2026-05-22
$44,000.00
U S Department Of The Treasury3 current itemized payments · latest 2025-08-01
$38,472.54
Huckaby Davis Lisker Incorporated5 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-30
$35,430.11
Sd Treasurer10 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-25
$33,060.87
Jacob West Creative9 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-15
$29,539.92
O Donnell And Associates Ltd7 current itemized payments · latest 2026-04-30
$28,500.00
Capital City Air Carrier Incorporated10 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-04
$18,270.10

Source: FEC operating expenditures bulk file, checked 2026-08-24. These totals cover published current organization-payment rows after amendment normalization and are not equivalent to the committee’s total disbursements.

Aggregated individual giving · privacy threshold applied

Reported employers among contributors to Mike Rounds

FEC SCHEDULE A
This is not company money.

These totals combine itemized contributions from individuals who reported the same employer. They do not show that the employer directed, funded, or endorsed any contribution.

Anthropic11 distinct reported contributors · 19 current itemized transactions
$61,600.00
Google11 distinct reported contributors · 23 current itemized transactions
$49,400.00
Marquis Management Incorporated6 distinct reported contributors · 12 current itemized transactions
$30,000.00
Leidos35 distinct reported contributors · 35 current itemized transactions
$20,712.00
Sanford Health6 distinct reported contributors · 8 current itemized transactions
$19,000.00

Only employer/recipient groups with at least 5 distinct reported contributors are published, with at most 50 groups per recipient committee. Individual names and addresses are not included. Totals are net current-file amounts after amendment normalization and may include refunds, reattributions, or memo entries.

Transparent calculations

What the reported totals show

41.8%Individual-contribution shareIndividual contributions ÷ total receipts
72.7%Spending-to-receipts ratioTotal disbursements ÷ total receipts
$2,736,663.91Net cash after debtCash on hand − debts owed by campaign

These are Election.org calculations from the displayed FEC totals, included to make the filing easier to understand. They are descriptive, not a score or comparison.

Official record

Candidate filing details

2026 CYCLE
Candidate
Mike Rounds
Office sought
U.S. Senate — South Dakota
Party affiliation
REP
Incumbency
Incumbent
Candidate status
Current candidate
Principal committee
ROUNDS FOR SENATE
FEC candidate ID
S4SD00049
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