General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026
What's on the South Dakota ballot
- Election Day
- Tuesday, November 3
- Registration deadline
- Monday, October 19
- Early voting opens
- Friday, September 18 · Absentee voting (incl. in-person at county auditor) begins
Official sources: sdsos.gov · sdsos.gov (2) · vip.sdsos.gov
Top of the ticket
U.S. Senate
- Brian L BengsIndependent
- Mike RoundsRepublicanIncumbent
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
- Dan Ahlers & Steven McCleereyDemocratic
- Larry Rhoden & Tony VenhuizenRepublicanIncumbent
US House
1 race
U.S. House · At-large
- Nicole "Nikki" GronliDemocratic
- Marty JackleyRepublican
Other statewide offices
6 races
Secretary of State
- Terrence DavisDemocratic
- Tamara J. LesnarLibertarian
- Heather BaxterRepublican
Attorney General
- Lance RussellRepublican
State Auditor
- Tom CoolDemocratic
- Catherine BarrancoRepublican
State Treasurer
- Margaret KuipersDemocratic
- Melissa HullRepublican
Commissioner of School and Public Lands
- Raeann MettlerDemocratic
- Brock GreenfieldRepublican
Public Utilities Commissioner
- Frank KloucekDemocratic
- Don HaggarRepublican
State legislature
72 races
- South Dakota Senate: all 35 seats on the ballot. Source: sdsos.gov
- South Dakota House of Representatives: all 70 seats on the ballot. Source: sdsos.gov
South Dakota Senate 35 races
- District 1Michael H. Rohl Republican
- District 2John Sjaarda Republican
- District 3Katherine "Katie" Washnok Republican
- District 4Stephanie Sauder Republican
- District 5Glen A. Vilhauer Republican
- District 6Ernie Otten Republican
- District 7Tim Reed Republican
- District 8Clint Hoyer IndependentCasey Crabtree Republican
- District 9Joy Hohn Republican
- District 10Liz Larson DemocraticMichael Dupic Republican
- District 11Aaron Matson DemocraticChris Karr Republican
- District 12Joe Zweifel DemocraticKari Shanard-Koenders Republican
- District 13Sue Peterson Republican
- District 14Larry P. Zikmund Republican
- District 15Erik Muckey DemocraticBrenda Lawrence Republican
- District 16Kevin D. Jensen Republican
- District 17Sydney Davis Republican
- District 18Kay Swihart DemocraticLauren Nelson Republican
- District 19Russell E. Graeff DemocraticKyle Schoenfish Republican
- District 20Paul Miskimins Republican
- District 21Dan Andersson DemocraticMykala Voita Republican
- District 22Brandon R. Wipf Republican
- District 23Mark Lapka Republican
- District 24Jim Mehlhaff Republican
- District 25Bryan J. Breitling IndependentBart Sample Republican
- District 26Shawn Bordeaux DemocraticRebecca Reimer Republican
- District 27Celestine Stadnick DemocraticPeri Pourier IndependentAnthony Kathol Republican
- District 28Sam Marty Republican
- District 29William J. Meirose Republican
- District 30Amber Hulse Republican
- District 31Randy Deibert Republican
- District 32Jeff Shelton DemocraticHelene Duhamel Republican
- District 33Christopher Baumgartner DemocraticDavid Johnson Republican
- District 34Michael Calabrese DemocraticTaffy Howard Republican
- District 35Greg Blanc Republican
South Dakota House of Representatives 37 races
- District 1 (vote for 2)Courtney Gale Enfield DemocraticDaniel Kjos RepublicanNick Fosness Republican
- District 2 (vote for 2)Blake Rife DemocraticAdam Long RepublicanManuel Luschas Republican
- District 3 (vote for 2)Erin Ronayne Rudner DemocraticSpencer Sommers RepublicanTimothy Hanigan Republican
- District 4 (vote for 2)Emelia Enquist DemocraticSamuel Froehlke IndependentRyan Kohl RepublicanFred Deutsch Republican
- District 5 (vote for 2)Neal Tapio IndependentByron I. Callies RepublicanMatt Roby Republican
- District 6 (vote for 2)Austin Wolf DemocraticGarret M Campbell DemocraticJerry Jongeling RepublicanElliott Neff Republican
- District 7 (vote for 2)Blake Stevens DemocraticMellissa Heermann RepublicanRoger DeGroot Republican
- District 8 (vote for 2)Jon Nelson RepublicanTodd Wilkinson Republican
- District 9 (vote for 2)Amanda Potter DemocraticTesa Schwans RepublicanMegan Tschetter Republican
- District 10 (vote for 2)Adam Bair DemocraticKathleen Brudvig DemocraticJohn Pohlman RepublicanKimberly Petterson Republican
- District 11 (vote for 2)Sonja Mentzer DemocraticTracey Quint LibertarianBrian Mulder RepublicanKeri K. Weems Republican
- District 12 (vote for 2)Stephanie Arne DemocraticKerry Loudenslager RepublicanAmber Arlint Republican
- District 13 (vote for 2)Ali Rae Horsted DemocraticJack R Kolbeck RepublicanJohn Hughes Republican
- District 14 (vote for 2)Erinn Williams DemocraticTyler Tordsen RepublicanTaylor Rae Rehfeldt Republican
- District 15 (vote for 2)Kadyn Wittman DemocraticJune CopperStad DemocraticAndre Zachariahs RepublicanJoni Tschetter Republican
- District 16 (vote for 2)Tim Rhead DemocraticLisa Bogue RepublicanJohn Shubeck Republican
- District 17 (vote for 2)Austin Brunick DemocraticLeslie Gerrish DemocraticChris Kassin RepublicanTroy Redler Republican
- District 18 (vote for 2)Karen Springer DemocraticJarod Holcomb DemocraticJohn R. Marquardt RepublicanMike Stevens Republican
- District 19 (vote for 2)Heidi Hora DemocraticDrew Peterson RepublicanJessica Bahmuller Republican
- District 20 (vote for 2)Jeff Bathke RepublicanTerry Sabers Republican
- District 21 (vote for 2)Jim Halverson RepublicanMarty Overweg Republican
- District 22 (vote for 2)Cully Williams DemocraticLana Greenfield RepublicanKevin Van Diepen Republican
- District 23 (vote for 2)Garett Heinz IndependentDick Werner RepublicanSpencer Gosch Republican
- District 24 (vote for 2)Laurie Gill RepublicanMike Weisgram Republican
- District 25 (vote for 2)Carrie Sanderson RepublicanNick Buchholz Republican
- District 26AEric E. Emery DemocraticRon Frederick Republican
- District 26BLewis J. GrassRope DemocraticAngi Hanzlik Republican
- District 27 (vote for 2)Evangeline Poor Bear IndependentElizabeth Lone Eagle IndependentJoe Flood IndependentJay Yohner IndependentLiz May Republican
- District 28AChastity "Chas" Jewett DemocraticJana Hunt Republican
- District 28BTravis Ismay Republican
- District 29 (vote for 2)Gary L Cammack RepublicanGary Deering Republican
- District 30 (vote for 2)Bret Swanson DemocraticTrish Ladner RepublicanTim R Goodwin Republican
- District 31 (vote for 2)Morgan Plucker DemocraticScott Odenbach RepublicanMary J. Fitzgerald Republican
- District 32 (vote for 2)Nicole Uhre-Balk DemocraticSamuel Hare Sr IndependentZachary Martin RepublicanSteve Duffy Republican
- District 33 (vote for 2)Kari Hall DemocraticPhil Jensen RepublicanCurt Massie Republican
- District 34 (vote for 2)Victor Diego Dominquez DemocraticBecky J Drury RepublicanMike Derby Republican
- District 35 (vote for 2)Ken Jeakins DemocraticJason Fleming RepublicanDale Bartscher Republican
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Statewide ballot measures
4 measures
Constitutional Amendment I
Conditioning expanded Medicaid on federal funding level
Constitutional Amendment J
Requiring U.S. citizenship to vote
Constitutional Amendment K
Establishing a trust for the unclaimed property fund
Constitutional Amendment L
Requiring 60% approval to pass a constitutional amendment
As of 2026-10-14. Every race and measure here was checked against the South Dakota official sources listed above and below. Anything that could not be confirmed is left out rather than guessed. Candidates are listed in the order their source lists them, which is not always the order on your ballot. Lists can change — your official sample ballot is authoritative. Local races are not shown.
Official sources: sdsos.gov · sdsos.gov (2) · vip.sdsos.gov