Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Mike Rounds (born 1954) is the Governor of South Dakota. He is a member of the United States Republican Party. He was elected in November 2002, defeating Democrat Jim Abbott. He took office in January 2003. Rounds was born in Huron, South Dakota. He attended South Dakota State University in Brookings, where he earned his B.S in political science. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.