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Elections · U.S. Senate · South Dakota

Brian Bengs

Independent On the November ballot

bengsforsouthdakota.com

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Raised for this seat

$782K

Through June 30, 2026

Cash on hand

$51K

Through June 30, 2026

On the November ballot

Bengs faces Mike Rounds for this seat on November 3, 2026.

Mike RoundsRepublican · $4.5MBrian Bengsthis pageIndependent · $782K

The general-election ballot as recorded October 12, 2026, not a prediction. Official candidate list: South Dakota Secretary of State. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

61%from small donors
Small donors
61%$474K
Large donors
38%$301K
PACs
<1%$5K
Party
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Self-funding
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Other
<1%$1.7K

Separately, $550K in independent expenditures was reported opposing this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.

Receipts reported through June 30, 2026. Source: FEC.

How to vote in South Dakota

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

Register 15 days before the election.

All dates and rules

Against the field for this seat

Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.

The whole race

Spending to support them

No committee has filed independent spending in this direction.

Spending to oppose them

$550K
  • South Dakota Conservative PAC$550K
How these directions are decided

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC, through September 28, 2026. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.

Record in office

Bengs does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.

That absence is not a position for or against anything.

What the campaign says, on bengsforsouthdakota.com

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.

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