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Doeden, Rhoden headed to July runoff to settle GOP governor nomination
Aberdeen businessman takes top spot with governor edging congressman in South Dakota Republican primary
 • The Dakota Scout
Minnehaha County slow count delays South Dakota primary results
Vote tabulation stretched into early Wednesday, leaving governor’s race, legislative contests, Sioux Falls races unresolved
 • The Dakota Scout
Sioux Falls voters stick with school board status quo
Johnson, Murren, Swenson secure four-year terms in endorsement of education direction in South Dakota's largest school district
 • Barry Allan Amundson
Two fresh faces win spots on Lincoln County Commission; Minnehaha County elects new sheriff
Minnehaha County voters re-elect Auditor Leah Anderson, select new register of deeds
 • Hunter Dunteman, Barry Allan Amundson, and Patrick Lalley
Sioux Falls mayor's race headed for runoff between Erickson, Smith
Five-candidate field winnowed to two after no one received more than 50 percent
 • The Dakota Scout
Too close to call: South Dakota GOP governor's race likely settled in July
Doeden claims victory; Rhoden, Hansen, Johnson say too many votes left to count
 • The Dakota Scout
Rounds, Jackley cruising to victories in Senate, House races
Republican voters sending established candidates to face Democrats in November
 • Jonathan Ellis and Dominik Dausch
Judge wastes no time in tossing $22.2 million suit against Sioux Falls
Mayoral candidate David Zokaites barred from filing more suites against city, county
 • Jonathan Ellis
Edward Swyers, 66
December 25, 1959 - May 15, 2026
Dena Marie Merry, 47
May 8, 1978 - April 18, 2026
Former tribal official, wife, indicted for distributing fentanyl
Oglala Sioux members indicted two years after Kristi Noem accused Mexican cartels of being active in Indian Country
 • Jonathan Ellis
VOTER GUIDE: GOP primary, municipal races crescendo in South Dakota
Voters head to the polls in a uniquely packed election day combining statewide primaries with; here's a look at who's on the ballot
 • The Dakota Scout
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