Attention is already turning to 2026, when South Dakota will elect a new governor as well as hold races for U.S. Senate.

Twenty years after he won his Senate seat by assailing Tom Daschle’s performance as minority leader, John Thune is the ...

President-elect Donald Trump chooses South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary, despite her controversial ...

A South Dakota judge has dismissed a lawsuit that an anti-abortion group filed in June targeting an abortion rights measure ...

Larry Rhoden has been serving as Kristi Noem's lieutenant governor. He'll inherit a tougher budget environment than she had.

Jim Mehlhaff will be the majority leader of the South Dakota Senate, with Carl Perry taking the position of assistant ...

The man set to replace Kristi Noem as South Dakota governor is a friendly, plain-spoken rancher and specialty welder whom ...

The Watertown Public Opinion will be putting out statewide and national election results on our South Dakota and federal election results pages. These results will include election results for the ...

South Dakota’s Ballot Measure G would change all that by restoring and enshrining Roe v Wade-era abortion protections in the state’s constitution. To many outsiders looking at the political ...

There are several reasons for election angst in South Dakota, starting with the political climate. The state has seen a rise in electoral activism sparked by unfounded claims of voting ...

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