Democrats fail to field candidates for a majority of South Dakota legislative seats

By: Makenzie Huber

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: April 17, 2026

Words: 671

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Democrats are running for 46 of South Dakota’s 105 legislative seats — leaving 56% of seats without a Democratic candidate.

That doesn’t bode well for the party ahead of November, said Michael Card, professor emeritus of political science at the University of South Dakota.

“It doesn’t put them in a position to actually put forward their ideological policy preferences and have much of a success at getting those enacted,” Card said.

In the state Senate …

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