Here are four things to know about Mr. Rounds.
1. Mr. Rounds was elected to the Senate in 2015. Before that, he served as the governor of South Dakotafrom 2003-2011 and as a South Dakota State Senator from 1991-2000.
2. Mr. Rounds was as an insurance agent for his family’s real estate and insurance firm, Fischer, Rounds & Associates, before becoming the firm’s CEO.
3.Born in Huron, S.D., Mr. Rounds spent his entire life in South Dakota, earning his bachelor’s degree at Brookings-based South Dakota State University and eventually settling in Pierre.
4. Mr. Rounds sits on five Senate committees: Armed Services; Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Veterans’ Affairs; Senate Committee on Small Business; and Entrepreneurship and Environment and Public Works.
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