ROUNDS CONSIDERS BID FOR SD GOVERNOR

FORMER SOUTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR MIKE ROUNDS IS CONSIDERING A RUN FOR THE U.S. SENATE IN 2014.

ROUNDS, A REPUBLICAN, HAS FILED PAPERWORK WITH THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION TO ENABLE HIM TO RAISE AND SPEND A LIMITED AMOUNT OF MONEY TO TEST THE WATERS FOR A SENATE CANDIDACY.

ONCE HE RAISES OR SPENDS $5000 OR DECLARES HE IS RUNNING, HE WOULD THEN BECOME AN OFFICIAL CANDIDATE FOR THE SENATE SEAT CURRENTLY HELD BY DEMOCRAT TIM JOHNSON.

ROUNDS SAYS HE WON'T MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT HIS FUTURE UNTIL AFTER THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. JOHNSON HAS NOT YET SAID IF HE WILL SEEK A 4TH TERM IN THE SENATE.

From Associated Press