根据决策台总部（DDHQ）的预测，共和党参议员迈克·朗兹在南达科他州的参议院竞选中预计将赢得连任。
GOP Sen. Mike Rounds is projected to win reelection in South Dakota’s Senate race, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ).
在这一可靠的共和党州，朗兹预计将击败对手、从民主党转为独立人士的布莱恩·本格斯。本格斯资金不足，且此前一名民主党挑战者已于8月退选。
Rounds was expected to defeat his opponent, Democrat-turned-Independent Brian Bengs, in the reliably Republican state. Bengs was not well-funded, and a previous Democratic challenger withdrew in August.
现年72岁的现任议员自2015年起在参议院任职，此前曾于2003年至2011年担任“拉什莫尔山之州”州长。
The incumbent, 72, has served in the Senate since 2015 after a stint as the Mount Rushmore State’s governor from 2003 to 2011.
这位参议员是一名温和派共和党人，并不总是支持特朗普总统，但今年获得了他的背书。
The senator is a moderate Republican who has not always backed President Trump, but he carried his endorsement this year.
在参议院，他担任拨款、武装力量、银行、印第安事务和情报委员会成员，常使他处于外交政策和政府拨款谈判的核心位置。
In the Senate, he sits on the Appropriations, Armed Services, Banking, Indian Affairs and Intelligence committees, often putting him in the center of negotiations over foreign policy and government funding.
他还担任参议院人工智能核心小组主席，以及一个专注于人工智能政策的相关两党工作组主席。
He also chairs the Senate Artificial Intelligence Caucus and a related bipartisan working group focused on AI policy.
朗兹是今年早些时候两院通过的两党住房法案的关键推动者，并曾在年度国防授权法案中致力于支持南达科他州埃尔斯沃思空军基地的条款。在选举日前，DDHQ给这位现任议员95%的连任获胜几率。
Rounds was a key driver of the bipartisan housing package that passed both chambers earlier this year and has worked on provisions in the annual defense policy bill to support Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota. DDHQ gave the incumbent a 95 percent chance of winning reelection heading into Election Day.