Free public service for South Dakota votersNo candidate endorsementsGuide sources checked October 1, 2026General election November 3, 2026
Scope and limitations
What this South Dakota guide covers
Selected report summaries are now available
One Ahlers for Governor Pre-Primary filing: 15 summary categories plus 120 contributor-total rows from its supporting attachment. These are not dated individual donations, all payments, a complete committee history or statewide coverage.
Exact period boundaries, period-versus-year-to-date scope and current amendment status remain unverified. Do not compare or add this snapshot to other reports.
This guide covers all 9 statewide candidate contests and 18 active printed choices. It does not include district, county, local, or transaction-level coverage.
Included
Published now
18 active printed choices in all 9 statewide candidate contests
The withdrawn U.S. Senate record identified and excluded from the active-choice count
South Dakota's statutory rule that write-in votes may not be counted
2 exact office-matching state campaign finance summaries
3 matched FEC candidate summaries
Registration, absentee, identification, polling-place, and ballot return rules
Official titles for 4 statewide constitutional amendments
The official finding of zero statewide judicial questions
Not included
Outside this release
One withdrawn U.S. Senate candidate from the active printed-choice count
U.S. House district notation beyond the statewide at-large contest
South Dakota Senate and House district contests
Circuit court, county, municipal, school, and other local contests
Independent expenditures and outside spending
State finance values from scanned reports that were not machine-readable
State reports for a different office and statement-of-organization forms without financial summaries
Transaction-level donor and expenditure analysis
Business, lobbying, contract, land, and conflict-record research
Known finance limits
13 finance summaries unavailable
Nicole "Nikki" GronliAn official FEC filing record exists, but no complete processed 2025 through 2026 candidate summary and candidate ID were independently verified for this release. Missing is not $0.
Larry Rhoden & Tony VenhuizenAn office-matching Larry Rhoden Pre-Primary report exists as an official scanned image. Exact summary fields were not transcribed because the official record was not machine-readable. Missing is not $0.
Heather BaxterNo exact office-matching Secretary of State financial summary was verified. An available Heather Baxter report was for a legislative office and was not reused.
Tamara J. LesnarThe official portal showed a statement of organization, but no comparable financial disclosure summary was verified. Missing is not $0.
Lance RussellNo exact office-matching, machine-readable Attorney General financial summary was verified by October 1, 2026. Missing is not $0.
Catherine BarrancoNo exact office-matching, machine-readable State Auditor financial summary was verified by October 1, 2026. Missing is not $0.
Tom CoolNo exact office-matching, machine-readable State Auditor financial summary was verified by October 1, 2026. Missing is not $0.
Melissa HullNo exact office-matching, machine-readable State Treasurer financial summary was verified by October 1, 2026. Missing is not $0.
Margaret KuipersAn official statewide statement of organization was identified, but no comparable income and expense report summary was verified. Missing is not $0.
Brock GreenfieldNo exact office-matching, machine-readable Commissioner of School and Public Lands financial summary was verified by October 1, 2026. Missing is not $0.
Raeann MettlerNo exact office-matching, machine-readable Commissioner of School and Public Lands financial summary was verified by October 1, 2026. Missing is not $0.
Don HaggarNo exact office-matching, machine-readable Public Utilities Commissioner financial summary was verified by October 1, 2026. Missing is not $0.
Frank KloucekNo exact office-matching, machine-readable Public Utilities Commissioner financial summary was verified by October 1, 2026. Missing is not $0.
District contests, local ballots, and itemized finance
Legislative, circuit court, county, municipal, school, and other local contests, plus itemized receipts and spending, are not included in this release.
Dataset comparison: Do not compare state datasets as if they use one method. South Dakota uses exact office-matching state report summaries when a machine-readable official record is verifiable and FEC summaries for federal candidates. Scanned, organization-only, different-office, and otherwise unverified records stay unavailable rather than becoming zeroes.
Version record
South Dakota guide 1.0
PublishedOctober 1, 2026
Contests shown9
Ballot choices18
Ballot measures4
9 statewide candidate contests, 18 active printed choices, 2 exact state finance summaries, 3 FEC summaries, voter rules, 4 statewide amendments, zero statewide judicial questions, and primary sources.
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1.0
October 1, 2026
9 statewide candidate contests, 18 active printed choices, 2 exact state finance summaries, 3 FEC summaries, voter rules, 4 statewide amendments, zero statewide judicial questions, and primary sources.
