Sioux Falls safe streets champions want spots on City Council; DeBoer run comes after narrow 2018 runoff
Central District, southeast, at-large races take shape as Sara Pankonin, Rich Merkouris will also make bids in crowded 2026 city council bids
Sioux Falls municipal voters have choices.
A Sioux Falls educator who helped the city adopt and embrace its community flag will make another run at Carnegie Town Hall after narrowly falling short in a runoff election for the same Sioux Falls City Council seat nearly a decade ago.
Zach DeBoer announced his ambitions for the council’s Central District seat in the 2026 Sioux Falls municipal election, joining a crowded field of candidates already declared for that contest, and nearly a dozen more with their eye on public office in three other city council races underway.
