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South Dakota

Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026

Governor

  • Larry Rhoden Republican
  • Dan Ahlers Democrat

U.S. Senate

  • Mike Rounds Republican
  • Brian Bengs Independent

U.S. House, your district

Candidates depend on your district. Your county’s sample ballot lists them.

Statewide ballot measures

Amendment I: Medicaid Expansion Funding Condition

YES: supports letting the state end expanded Medicaid coverage if the federal share of its cost ever drops below 90%

NO: opposes the amendment, keeping Medicaid expansion in the state constitution with no funding condition

Amendment J: Citizenship Voting Requirement

YES: supports adding non-citizenship to the constitution’s list of things that disqualify a person from voting

NO: opposes the amendment, keeping the current constitutional language. Non-citizens still could not vote in South Dakota elections

Amendment K: Unclaimed Property Trust Fund

YES: supports moving unclaimed property money into a protected trust fund, where owners can still claim it and the state could spend only the interest it earns

NO: opposes the amendment, keeping the current system, where much of that money goes into general state spending

Amendment L: 60% Threshold for Constitutional Amendments

YES: supports requiring 60% of the vote to pass any future constitutional amendment, whether proposed by the legislature or by citizen petition

NO: opposes it, keeping the simple-majority standard for constitutional amendments

Also on your ballot

  • Lieutenant Governor

  • Attorney General

  • Secretary of State

  • Auditor

  • Commissioner of School and Public Lands

  • Treasurer

  • Public Utilities Commission

  • State Senate

  • State House

  • Municipal government