Tim G. Rounds (born November 17, 1959) is an American politician and a

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member of the

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representing District 24 since January 11, 2013. Rounds previously served non-consecutively from January 2003 until January 2011 in the District 24 seat, but took a break from the House due to the state's

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Education

Rounds earned his BS from

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Elections

In 2012, incumbent Republican state Representative

Tad Perry Robert Thomas Perry (born March 11, 1943) is an American former politician. He served as a Republican member for the 24th district in the South Dakota House of Representatives The South Dakota House of Representatives is the lower house of the ...

ran for

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and left a District 24 seat open, Rounds ran in the three-way June 5, 2012 Republican Primary and placed second with 2,288 votes (34.1%) ahead of incumbent Representative Mark Venner, who placed third; Rounds and fellow Republican nominee

Mary Duvall Mary Kay Duvall (born September 6, 1962) is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 24 since January 11, 2013. Education Duvall earned her BS in agricultural business fr ...

were unopposed for the November 6, 2012 General election, where Rounds took the first seat with 7,248 votes (54.08%) and Duvall took the second seat. In 2002, incumbent Republican Representative

Jeff Monroe Jeffrey 'Jeff' Rodrick Monroe (born September 5, 1956) is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate representing District 24 since January 8, 2013. Monroe served non-consecutively in the South Dakota Legislature fr ...

ran for

and Republican Representative

Cooper Garnos Cooper Owen Garnos (born October 19, 1965) is an American former politician. He served in the South Dakota Senate The Senate is the upper house of the South Dakota Legislature. It consists of 35 members, one representing each legislative distri ...

was redistricted to District 26 leaving both District 24 seats open, Rounds ran in the four-way June 4, 2002 Republican Primary and placed first with 3,738 votes (42.6%); in the four-way November 5, 2002 General election Rounds took the first seat with 5,714 votes (30.1%) and fellow Republican nominee Ryan Olson took the second seat ahead of Democratic nominees Ann Thompson and Peggy Cruse. In 2004, Rounds and Republican Representative Olson were unopposed for both the June 1, 2004 Republican Primary and the November 2, 2004 General election where Rounds took the first seat with 7,956 votes (57.3%) and Representative Olson took the second seat. In 2006, Rounds and Republican Representative Olson were unopposed for both the June 6, 2006 Republican Primary and the November 7, 2006 General election where Representative Olson took the first seat and Rounds took the second seat with 6,026 votes (47.9%). In 2008, Rounds and Republican Representative Olson were challenged for both the three-way June 3, 2008 Republican Primary where Rounds placed second with 2,613 votes (35.8%) and the four-way November 4, 2008 General election where Representative Olson took the first seat and Rounds took the second seat with 5,963 votes (31.0%) ahead of Democratic nominees Jodi Owen and Ann Eichinger. Rounds and Representative Olson were both

ed and left the Legislature after the end of the term, having served eight years side by side.

Personal life

Tim Rounds is the younger brother of the 31st Governor of South Dakota and U.S. Senator

Mike Rounds Marion Michael Rounds (born October 24, 1954) is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator from South Dakota since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 31st governor of South Dakota ...

References

External links

Official page
at the

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* 1959 births Living people Black Hills State University alumni Republican Party members of the South Dakota House of Representatives People from Pierre, South Dakota 21st-century American politicians {{SouthDakota-politician-stub