Marion Michael (Mike) Rounds
Republican
· SD Senate · 117th Congress
Senate Committee on Banking (Chair) · and Community Development (Chair) · and Investment (Chair) · Waste Management (Chair) · and Regulatory Oversight (Chair) · Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe · Senate Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · and Related Agencies · Health and Human Services · and Education · Veterans Affairs · Senate Committee on Armed Services · and Urban Affairs · Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · the Pacific · and International Cybersecurity Policy · Multilateral Institutions · and International Economic · and Environmental Policy · Senate Committee on Indian Affairs · Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
73.9
Highly exposed
↑ +26.0
vs 118th (50.8)
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,699
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$15,395
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
9.6
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
12.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
< 0.1
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
8.6
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.2
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
9.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
5.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
NORPAC
$7,680 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$5,000 direct
CITYPAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $207.16M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $414K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | 49.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 73.9 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 50.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 76.8 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Total money from this network
$46,000
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Network
SOUTH DAKOTA CONSERVATIVE PAC
Share from this one network
11.5%
Amount from this network
$227,200
Total from all networks
$1,980,015
Networks contributing
322
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Who funds Rounds
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$3,446,511
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
97.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
7
Money that arrived near votes
$41K
Distinct donors
19
Distinct employers
6
Share of their total fundraising
9.65%
Biggest clusters of timed money
JANE STREET
$13K
BLACKSTONE
$7K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
FOUNDERS FUND
$7K
HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP
$4K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$2K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
BOEING
$4.38M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
CHARTER
$2.64M
BOEING
$2.05M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$2.02M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.92M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$1.86M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.85M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$1.68M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$1.49M
DELTA AIR LINES
$1.48M
HOMEMAKER
$1.42M
CHARTER
$1.41M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.38M
ERNST YOUNG U S LLP
$1.36M
CENTENE
$1.34M
MICROSOFT
$1.20M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.15M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Marion Michael (Mike) Rounds comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
SOUTH DAKOTA CONSERVATIVE PAC
$94K
THE LINCOLN PROJECT
$8K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$1K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$861
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$506
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
108 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $144K to Marion Michael (Mike) Rounds across 127 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$144K
Shared contributors
108
Contributions
127
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 9 | $212 |
| 2024 | 4 | 8 | $21K |
| 2026 | 104 | 110 | $123K |
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Revolving Door
5 former staff members
who worked for Marion Michael (Mike) Rounds or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR REAVES | Counsel & Legislative Assistant for Congressman Nehls; Legislative assistant for… | PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR LLP | 4 | 11 | 2024–2025 |
| JOSH JORGENSEN | Former Health Legislative Aide to Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD). | NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCATION | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
| AISLING REDMOND | Legislative Correspondent, Senator Mike Rounds | FIDELITY NATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES | 1 | 3 | 2023–2023 |
| LIAM MACDONALD | Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD)Legislative Assistant; April 11, 2022-April 11, 2024 Rep.… | GSK (FKA GLAXOSMITHKLINE INC.) | 1 | 1 | 2024–2024 |
| HILARY HALPERN | Operations manager/Policy staff for Senator Rounds | ROCKET LP FKA RKT HOLDINGS | 1 | 3 | 2024–2024 |
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Marion Michael (Mike) Rounds's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required