Senator Mike Rounds serves on five committees: Senate Appropriations; Senate Armed Services; Banking,
Housing and Urban Affairs; Indian Affairs; and the Select Committee on Intelligence.
Rounds previously served as the 31st governor of South Dakota from 2003 – 2011. From 1991 to 2000, he
was elected five times to the South Dakota State Senate. In 1995, his colleagues selected him to serve as
Senate Majority Leader, a position that he held for six years. During his time in state government, Rounds
was committed to growing the economy, keeping taxes low and strengthening South Dakota families.
