South Dakotans will set the state’s political direction today — from the governor’s office and a closely watched U.S. Senate race to statewide offices overseeing elections and utility regulation.
Throughout the 2026 election cycle, The Dakota Scout has brought readers and listeners closer to those contests through candidate interviews, on-the-ground reporting, coverage of campaign events and extended conversations on The Scouting Lounge podcast.
For voters looking beyond campaign commercials and partisan talking points, The Scout gave candidates seeking every South Dakotan’s vote a chance to make their case directly to its audience, supplementing coverage on poliitcal spending and advertising, debates over energy infrastructure and data centers, election administration, and the policy choices facing the next leaders of state government.
