Public accountability
South Dakota
The record is public.
Compare public commitments with documented outcomes. Choose an office and open the sources behind each entry.
Check the promisesEvidence before opinion. The same standard for everyone. OPEN REGISTERReview cutoff · Transition and time in office · tracking with sources
01 / THE CITIZEN REGISTER
Choose whom to hold accountable.
The original promise always stays on record.
Results must back it up.
GOVERNOR-ELECTVIEW REGISTER
Larry Rhoden
RepublicanSouth Dakota · State government3measures recorded
Larry Rhoden U.S. Embassy Jerusalem
Sitting senators
119th Congress · sitting members · Source checked · View official roster
U.S. Senate · 2026
Mike Rounds
RepublicanThis entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.
- Tracked
- 4
- Fulfilled
- 0
- With progress
- 0
- Not achieved
- 0
- Awaiting assessment
- 4
4 of 4 commitments
Federal education department
What they pledged
Work to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and shift control toward state and local authorities.
Campaign platformPublication date unverified
What has been verified
This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.
Social Security and Medicare
What they pledged
Support solvency reforms for Social Security and Medicare without cutting benefits.
Campaign platformPublication date unverified
What has been verified
This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.
Border security funding
What they pledged
Support funding for physical barriers, surveillance technology and additional personnel at the southern border.
Campaign platformPublication date unverified
What has been verified
This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.
Cattle production
What has been verified
This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.
02 / THE START OF THE TERM
The first
100 days.
An evaluation window. Each commitment keeps the timing published in its source.
Day one is the day the official begins the term for this office.Mike Rounds · 2026
Awaiting verificationThe opening agenda is being verified.
A sourced first-100-days plan or specific early commitments for this term are still pending in the register.
03 / THE WORDS STAY ON RECORD
Election
night.
Mike Rounds · 2026 · Election-night remarks
Election-night remarks are being verified.
A verified recording, transcript or contemporaneous report of the remarks is still pending for this election.
How we assess
Each status reflects the scope of the commitment and the available evidence. An announcement, an approved law, and a result in practice are different milestones. The rating measures the share of fulfilled commitments in this register and changes as more commitments and outcomes are documented.
Official state sources
Capitol photo · WeaponizingArchitecture · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Framing and shading adjusted