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South Dakota House race, at-large district

Dusty Johnson holds this seat but is not on the November ballot. Nikki Gronli and Marty Jackley are competing for it.

The November ballot

Jackley
$1.4M
Gronli
$262K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Dusty Johnson

Republican · Holds the seat now

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How to vote in South Dakota

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 15 days before the election.

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How they won the primary

Republican primary

The primary · 130,174 votes

  • Marty JackleyWon79.2%103,074
  • James Bialota Jr.20.8%27,100

Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$3.7M
Outside money
$150K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Jackley$150K
Opposing Jackley-
Supporting Gronli-
Opposing Gronli-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

34%$89KSmall donors$18K1%
60%$157KLarge donors$1.2M85%
3%$6.8KPACs$181K13%
2%$6.1KParty--
<1%$1.5KSelf-funding$1K<1%
<1%$1.4KOther$10K<1%

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The 2 groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

7 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
907K
Median household income
$75K
Unemployment
2.9%
Living below the poverty line
11.9%
Without health insurance
9.0%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

How this seat voted last time

R+44 in 2024

  • Dusty JohnsonWon72%
  • Sheryl Johnson28%

421,448 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.