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The Associated Press
Sioux Falls, S.D.

South Dakota Senate: Republican Rounds wins

Mike Rounds
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rounds campaigns with supporters during the morning commute in Sioux Falls, S.D., Nov. 4, 2014.
Michael Conroy / AP

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Republican favorite Mike Rounds has won the U.S. Senate race to replace retiring South Dakota Democrat Tim Johnson.

The former governor beat out Democrat Rick Weiland and independent candidates Larry Pressler and Gordon Howie.

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Rounds led his opponents in fundraising and polling for most of the campaign.

Criticism over his involvement with a visa program aimed at spurring foreign investment in South Dakota led to an influx of money from both parties' national Senate campaign committees and made the race briefly competitive. But Weiland's bump in the polls faded before Election Day.

Rounds will join Republican John Thune as South Dakota's senators.