Three years out from his successful 2020 election, US Senator Mike Rounds is raising sufficient money to give him a healthy head start in the next contest three years from now.
Mike Rounds Oct 2023 FEC by Pat Powers on Scribd
Rounds for Senate is reporting $74,180.48 raised against $56,949.69 spent. A natural slower time of the election cycle for Rounds, who has to stand for election every six years.
But with $1,459,590.63 in the bank, he has a healthy start to fend off any challengers. (Not that there’s any challengers.)
Rounds might be the only Senator who actively tries not to raise money.
His fundraising does not give anyone a shot in the arm. It’s always been a weakness.
“2013: Former South Dakota governor Mike Rounds (R) remains alone and heavily favored in that state’s open Senate race, but his first-quarter fundraising haul isn’t going to scare off any potential challengers. Rounds pulled in just $184,000 in the first quarter. For comparison’s sake, Rep. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.), who is still considering the race, has raised less than $200,000 in a quarter just once in 13 fundraising quarters (according to data kept by the Sioux Falls Argus Leader’s David Montgomery) and that was when she first launched her first House campaign in 2010.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2013/04/17/first-quarter-fundraising-5-numbers-that-matter/
For comparison: He raised $72k this quarter. July was $68k and he spent more than he raised.