Sioux Falls Mayor Christine Erickson addresses attendees of a public information gathering in downtown Sioux Falls Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026. (Joe Sneve / The Dakota Scout)
Some of Mayor Christine Erickson’s confidants advised against a series of listening sessions during the first months of her historic tenure leading South Dakota's largest city.
But Sioux Falls’ first female mayor isn’t shying away from a split electorate that nearly chose a different executive for the corner office at Ninth Street and Dakota Avenue downtown.
