For South Dakota democrats, it’s certainly an uphill battle. In the Mount Rushmore state, Democratic voter registration has dropped by more than 30 percent since the 2008 general election.

Territory’s Blake Troli sits down with South Dakota News Watch Statehouse Investigative Reporter to discuss recent polling on both the upcoming Gubernatorial and Congressional elections next year.

The poll shows that there are clearly two front-runners in the four-way race with Johnson and Rhoden, but Doeden and Hansen have gained support

While South Dakota's political leaders have high approval ratings, there are signs that their popularity could be waning.

If the 2026 primary election for U.S. House were held today, most SD Republicans would support Attorney Gen. Marty Jackley, according to a poll.

Uncertainty remains over how much financial backing Rhoden can generate in a race that could set spending records in South Dakota politics. Both Doeden and Johnson are expected to have the ability to spend in excess of $10 million to get their names on the November ballot.

PIERRE, S.D. – If the 2026 primary election for U.S. House were held today, most South Dakota Republicans would support Attorney General Marty Jackley, according to a scientific poll of registered GOP voters co-sponsored by South Dakota News Watch.

A recent legislative hearing left people involved in the state’s medical marijuana businesses paranoid, and it wasn’t because they had been sampling their own products. A meeting of the Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee turned into an assault on the program that the state’s voters approved in 2020 and the state implemented in 2022.