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Dezmond
Ward
CHIEF OF STAFF — Office of Senator Mike Rounds
Works forRMike Rounds · Republican · South Dakota
Chief of Staff for U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD), serving in this capacity since October 2023. Previously served as Communications Director for Senator Rounds. Ward has been a member of Rounds' office since 2018, initially as an intern and then as a Legislative Correspondent/Staff Assistant, and later as a Field Representative. A Political Science graduate from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, class of 2018.
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