In eastern South Dakota and the surrounding area, nearly 70% of voters picked Donald Trump during the 2024 election. Although few regret their decision, this agriculture-based community is starting to feel financial pressure from Trump’s tariff decisions.

MADISON, S.D. (South Dakota Searchlight) – A Republican state legislator from Madison filed his statement of candidacy Wednesday to run for South Dakota’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Property taxes will be a big deal for the coming 2026 election of South Dakota Governor. Already the candidates are coming out swinging with promises for property tax reform. Most

Republican Lance Russell has announced his candidacy for the seat current Attorney General Marty Jackley will leave behind to run for the U.S. House.

Republican Rep. Dusty Johnson, South Dakota’s sole member of the House, announced he’s running for governor in 2026.

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms.

Republican Christopher Prosch has been outspoken about his belief that rape victims should have to carry their pregnancies to term, that 2020 presidential

South Dakota’s lone member of the U.S. House, Dusty Johnson, has announced that he is entering the race to become South Dakota governor in the 2026 election.

In 2023, while Kristi Noem was governor of South Dakota, she supplemented her income by secretly ... that’s new and disturbing,” said Daniel Weiner, a former Federal Election Commission attorney who now leads the Brennan Center’s work on campaign ...

Casting mailed ballots remained popular among voters in last year's presidential election, even as President Donald Trump has tried to undercut the process through a wide-ranging executive order.