Rounds 2q fundraising – Focusing on Norbeck PAC, but Debt free by 3q

Since it’s time for the second quarter reports to come in, I’ve been talking with some of the various political camps on how they’re doing. As you might have heard, Noem is posting 1.2 million cash on hand, and Thune is at 11 million.

But, there’s been little talk on how much South Dakota’s freshman Senator has raised to date. So, I got on the horn, and this is what I found out.

The campaign wing of the Rounds effort launched their leadership PAC, the Peter Norbeck PAC in June, and that’s been their primary area of focus. FOr the Norbeck PAC, they reportedly raised approx $101k, leaving $62k Cash on hand. At the same time, Rounds for Senate raised in the neighborhood of $40k, with $4k Cash on Hand.

But More importantly, I’m told the Rounds for Senate campaign will be DEBT FREE on next report, 1 year forward from a tough general election which saw plenty of out of state interests come in with negative campaigning against Rounds.