Elections · South Dakota
2026 South Dakota federal ballot
South Dakota votes on a U.S. Senate seat and its single U.S. House seat on November 3, 2026.
What else is on your ballot
Federal races only, not governor, state or local contests or ballot measures. See your full sample ballot at the Voter Information Portal, run by the South Dakota Secretary of State.
The delegation, district by district
2 seats on the ballotTap or point at a district for the seat and who holds it.
House seat, filled by the party that holds each one today.
Party of the member holding each seat now, never a margin and never a prediction. A hatched district means that member is not on the ballot for it. Boundaries as drawn for the 119th Congress.
Party of the member holding each seat now, never a margin and never a prediction. A hatched district means that member is not on the ballot for it. Boundaries as drawn for the 119th Congress.
How to vote in South Dakota
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 15 days before the election.
South Dakota by the numbers
907Kpeople across one district
South Dakota's single district, on the national range for each measure. Census American Community Survey 2024 five year estimates.
What this ballot costs
$8.6M in playOf every dollar in South Dakota's federal races, 18 cents is outside groups spending on their own, not the campaigns. The Senate seat and the whole House map are on one scale.
Gifts of $200 or less
$662K9%
Larger individual gifts
$3.4M48%
From PACs
$2.3M33%
Shares of what the campaigns raised themselves. The rest is party money, self funding and transfers.
Incumbents defending a seat
The sitting member defending a seat on this ballot, what they have raised, and the stock trades they have disclosed.
How far the money traveled
Most of the outside money on South Dakota's races comes from groups whose only filings this cycle are here.
- Groups spending in other states too
- $732K47%
- Groups spending only in South Dakota
- $824K53%
Groups filing here
6
The widest one reaches
24states
Independent spending filed on South Dakota's races, by whether the committee is also spending in other states this cycle. A filing records where a group spends, not where its donors live, so this is a measure of reach, never of who paid for it.
Who is spending on South Dakota
$1.6M outside moneyThe groups spending independently on South Dakota's races, by what they have filed. Open a row to see how the money was spent, supporting or opposing each party, and the interest behind the committee.
Every race on the ballot
Each row names the November ballot on record; the filed count is every candidate on file with the FEC, not counting those who withdrew, retired or died. Each row opens the full field, the money, and the outside spending for that seat.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Census context from the American Community Survey, public domain. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.