Updated vote numbers on the statewide candidate races and ballot measures from The Associated Press, updated as votes are ...

Ballot measures to tie Medicaid expansion to federal funding and raise the threshold to amend the constitution fail.

With more than a third of the vote counted, Gov. Larry Rhoden and Marty Jackley claimed victory for governor and U.S. House. Other GOP candidates had strong leads in the race for secretary of state ...

Latest South Dakota Poll also found a majority are opposed to data centers being built in the state and believe artificial ...

In the final story from the fall 2026 South Dakota Poll, sponsored by News Watch and the Chiesman Center for Democracy at the ...

Secretary of state race is contentious with three candidates vying for office. Other executive offices, including attorney ...

South Dakota Poll shows support for non-citizen voting and unclaimed property ballot issues but higher opposition for changes to Medicaid and the threshold to amend the constitution. Voter support is ...

"We’ll reach a point where all the currently available water supply will all be in use, and in that case, the next family or business that comes to South Dakota will have to bring their own water." ...

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