The Democrat offering for US Senate against incumbent Senator Mike Rounds filed his FEC Report this week. And while it wasn’t embarassing, it’s not keeping up the pace that he’s going to need to be a serious challenger to Senator Rounds.
Julian Oct2025FEC by Pat Powers
Julian for US Senate posted $60,897.94 raised against a tremendous burn of cash, totaling $73,041.82, completely wiping away his take for the quarter and eating into the previous cash on hand, leaving him with $31,081.06. Not the trend he needs to be showing going into the doldrums of year-end fundraising. He needs to be accruing as much as he can, and that doesn’t seem to be happening.
We’ll keep monitoring, but unless something changes quickly, 2025 could be the campaign’s high point as they slide into a cash-starved 2026.
Odd that this skips who is actually backing each campaign. The filings show Bengs only has 8 South Dakota donors, while Julian has 500+. If we’re talking about in-state support, it seems Bengs isn’t gaining traction with South Dakotans.