Republicans win races for South Dakota statewide offices, including secretary of state

By: Seth Tupper

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: November 4, 2026

Words: 470

Last Updated: 5 days, 14 hours ago

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Republicans won all the races Tuesday for South Dakota’s lesser-known statewide offices: secretary of state, attorney general, public utilities commissioner, auditor, treasurer, and commissioner of school and public lands.

The Associated Press called the secretary of state race at 1:33 a.m. Wednesday for Republican Heather Baxter, who had 59% of the votes to defeat Democrat Terrence Davis, 36%, and Libertarian Tamara Lesnar, 5%. About 90% of the votes had been counted statewide.

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