Welcome to your 2024 South Dakota Election Guide!
On this page, you’ll find a map of all the legislative districts, links to register to vote and apply for an absentee ballot and a list of the candidates that will appear on the ballot in each district as well as links to their websites and social media pages. If you have any questions about a candidate or ballot measure for the November election, you can call the South Dakota Democratic Party office at 605-271-5405 or email us at info@sddp.org.
Statewide Candidates
US Congress
Sheryl Johnson
South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner
Forrest Wilson
District 1 Candidates (Brown, Day, Marshall & Roberts Counties)
State Representative
Steve McCleerey
State Representative
Mark Sumption
Day County
Commission
Janet Marx
Colin Johnson
Roberts County
States Attorney
Dylan Kirchmeier
Commission
Tim Zempel
Marshall County
Commission
Leron Knebel Sr.
Gerry Person
District 2 Candidates (Minnehaha County)
Minnehaha County Commission
Anny Libengood
District 3 Candidates (Brown County)
State Representative
Erin Rudner
District 4 Candidates (Clark, Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin & Roberts Counties)
Codington County
Commission
Rita Wishard
Grant County
Commission
Bill Street
Roberts County
States Attorney
Dylan Kirchmeier
Commission
Tim Zempel
District 5 Candidates (Codington County)
State Representative
Diane Drake
State Representative
Amy Rambow
District 6 Candidates (Lincoln County)
State Representative
Garret Campbell
Lincoln County Commission
James Jibben
District 7 Candidates (Brookings County)
State Representative
Blake Stevens
State Representative
Fedora Sutton-Butler
District 8 Candidates (Brookings, Kingsbury, Lake & Miner Counties)
Lake County
Commission
Charles Johnson
District 9 Candidates (Minnehaha County)
State Representative
Beverly Froslie-Johnson
Minnehaha County Commission
Anny Libengood
District 10 Candidates (Minnehaha County)
State Senate
Liz Larson
State Representative
Kameron Nelson
State Representative
Erin Healy
Minnehaha County Commission
Anny Libengood
District 11 Candidates (Minnehaha County)
State Senate
Steve Natz
State Representative
Sonja Mentzer
State Representative
Aaron Matson
Minnehaha County Commission
Anny Libengood
District 12 Candidates (Minnehaha & Lincoln Counties)
State Senate
Clay Hoffman
State Representative
Erin Royer
Minnehaha County Commission
Anny Libengood
District 13 Candidates (Minnehaha & Lincoln Counties)
State Senate
Ali Rae Horsted
Minnehaha County Commission
Anny Libengood
District 14 Candidates (Minnehaha County)
State Senate
Sandra Henry
State Representative
BJ Motley
State Representative
Keith Block
Minnehaha County Commission
Anny Libengood
District 15 Candidates (Minnehaha County)
State Senate
Jamie Smith
State Representative
Kadyn Wittman
State Representative
Erik Muckey
Minnehaha County Commission
Anny Libengood
District 16 Candidates (Lincoln, Turner & Union Counties)
State Representative
Matthew Ness
Lincoln County Commission
James Jibben
District 17 Candidates (Clay & Union Counties)
State Representative
Ray Ring
Clay County
Commission
Kevin Brady
Kevin O’Kelley
Pat Flanigan
District 18 Candidates (Clay & Yankton Counties)
State Senate
Sarah Carda
State Representative
Paul Harens
State Representative
Sarah Mechtenberg
Clay County
Commission
Kevin Brady
Kevin O’Kelley
Pat Flanigan
District 19 Candidates (Bon Homme, Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook & Turner Counties)
Bon Homme County
Commission
Leland Tjeerdsma
McCook County
Commission
Barney Roling
District 20 Candidates (Davison, Jerauld, Miner & Sanborn Counties)
Sanborn County
Commission
Paul Larson
District 21 Candidates (Aurora, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory & Tripp Counties)
State Senate
Dan Andersson
Aurora County
Commission
John Paul Studeny, Jr.
Gregory County
Commission
Doug Janousek
District 22 Candidates (Beadle, Clark & Spink Counties)
State Senate
Jim Schmidt
Spink County
States Attorney
Victor Fischbach
District 24 Candidates (Haakon, Hughes, Hyde, Stanley & Sully Counties)
Sully County
Commission
Jerry Richards
District 25 Candidates (Minnehaha & Moody Counties)
State Senate
Brian Wirth
Minnehaha County Commission
Anny Libengood
District 26 Candidates (Brule, Buffalo, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman, Mellette & Todd Counties)
State Senate
Shawn Bordeaux
Brule County
Commission
Donovan Deboer
Todd County
Commission
Stephanie Murray Night Pipe
Buffalo County
States Attorney
David Larson
Commission
Dawn Cable
District 26A Candidates (Jones, Mellette & Todd Counties)
State Representative
Eric Emery
Todd County
Commission
Stephanie Murray Night Pipe
District 26B Candidates (Brule, Buffalo, Hughes, Hyde, Jones & Lyman Counties)
Brule County
Commission
Donovan Deboer
Buffalo County
States Attorney
David Larson
Commission
Dawn Cable
District 27 Candidates (Bennett, Jackson, Pennington, & Oglala Lakota Counties)
State Senate
Red Dawn Foster
State Representative
Peri Pourier
State Representative
Elsie Meeks
Oglala Lakota County
Commission
Wendell Yellow Bull
District 28 Candidates (Butte, Corson, Dewey, Harding, Perkins & Ziebach Counties)
State Senate
Dean Schrempp
Dewey County
Auditor
Jamalia Franzen
Commission
Robert Berndt
Robert Keckler
Ziebach County
Commission
Bill Henderson
District 28A Candidates (Corson, Dewey, Perkins & Ziebach Counties)
State Representative
Carl Petersen
Dewey County
Auditor
Jamalia Franzen
Commission
Robert Berndt
Robert Keckler
Ziebach County
Commission
Bill Henderson
District 30 Candidates (Custer, Fall River & Pennington Counties)
State Senate
Bret Swanson
State Representative
Susan Scheirbeck
Custer County
Commission
Colton Jones
District 31 Candidates (Lawrence County)
State Representative
Victoria Greenlee
District 32 Candidates (Pennington County)
State Representative
Nicole Uhre-Balk
District 34 Candidates (Pennington County)
State Representative
Kehala Two Bulls
District 35 Candidates (Pennington County)
State Representative
Jason Lind
State Representative
Pat Cromwell
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