South Dakota
State · SD
Geography intelligence — demographics, elections and money at a glance. Metrics shown are
those available at this level; more light up as coverage and the money reconciliation land.
Geography
| Land area (sq mi) |
75,808 |
| U.S. House seats |
1 |
| U.S. Senate seats |
2 |
| Counties |
66 |
| Candidates (all-time) |
135 |
| Committees (all-time) |
215 |
Elections (2020)
| Partisan lean (2020 pres) |
R+26.2 |
| Vote margin (Dem−Rep) |
-110,572 |
| Total votes |
422,609 |
| Precincts with returns |
737 |
| Counties with returns |
66 |
Demographics (CVAP)
| Total population |
886,939 |
| Citizen voting-age pop (CVAP) |
669,727 |
| CVAP ÷ population |
75.5% |
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| White CVAP |
86.0% |
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| Black CVAP |
2.0% |
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| Hispanic CVAP |
2.7% |
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| Asian CVAP |
1.3% |
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| Non-white CVAP |
14.0% |
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Money in — to this geography's candidates
| Candidates receiving funds |
17 |
| Committee→candidate links |
2,435 |
| Contributions (count) |
43,020 |
| Total received by candidates |
$9,971,480 |
These dollar figures are computing and reflect best estimates on an interim (2026-03-11) data vintage while financial reconciliation completes. Relationships, counts, and dates are final.
Top committee funders
to this geography's candidates · conduits excluded
The biggest committee funders of this geography's candidates, by contribution volume. Pass-through conduits (ActBlue, WinRed) are excluded — the real giver there is the upstream individual, not the platform. Dollar figures are computing / best estimates on the interim vintage.
Candidates
mapped to this geography
| Candidate | Party | Office | Cycles |
|---|
| Johnson, Sheryl |
DEM |
House |
2024,2026 |
| Kovach, Zach |
DEM |
House |
2024,2026 |
| Mcneal, Justin Shad Mr |
REP |
House |
2024,2026 |
| Mcneal, Justin Shad Mr |
REP |
House |
2024,2026 |
| Sanders, Christopher |
REP |
House |
2024 |
| Olson, Bert Keith |
DEM |
House |
2024 |
| Schubert, Patrick William Mr. Sr |
REP |
Senate |
2022,2024,2026 |
| Bengs, Brian L |
DEM |
Senate |
2022,2024 |
| Duprel, Collin |
LIB |
House |
2022 |
| Howard, Taffy |
REP |
House |
2022 |
| Ryder, Ryan |
DEM |
House |
2022 |
| Mowry, Mark S. |
REP |
Senate |
2022 |
| Whalen, Bruce Sr. |
REP |
Senate |
2022 |
| Lesnar, Tamara J. |
LIB |
Senate |
2022 |
| Beauford, William Tremeyne Mr Iii |
REP |
Senate |
2020,2022,2024,2026 |
| Raver, Whitney |
DEM |
House |
2020,2022,2024 |
| Wirth, Brian |
DEM |
House |
2020,2022,2024 |
| Ahlers, Dan |
DEM |
Senate |
2020,2022 |
| Luallin, Randy "Uriah" |
LIB |
House |
2020 |
| Marty May, Elizabeth |
REP |
House |
2020 |
| Catalano, Thomas |
OTH |
House |
2020 |
| Borglum, Scyller |
REP |
Senate |
2020 |
| Hart, Clara M Ms |
DEM |
Senate |
2020 |
| Spawn, Ellee |
DEM |
House |
2018,2020,2022,2024 |
| Krebs, Shantel |
REP |
House |
2018,2020,2022 |
Every candidate whose office maps to this geography (money-dark here — open a candidate for their detail). List capped at 25.