Seth Tupper

South Dakota Searchlight: Rhoden will face Democratic nominee Dan Ahlers, a former state legislator, in the Nov. 3 general election. The last time South Dakota elected a Democratic governor was 52 years ago in 1974.

Rarely has there been a campaign in this state offering more novelty, surprises and intrigue than this year’s race for the Republican nomination for governor, which ended Tuesday with South Dakota’s f...

Rarely has there been a campaign in this state offering more novelty, surprises and intrigue than this year’s race for the Republican nomination for governor.

The South Dakota Democratic Party will not select a replacement candidate for the U.S. Senate nominee who ended his campaign Tuesday, a party official said. That statement came Wednesday from state De...

The South Dakota Democratic Party will not select a replacement candidate for the U.S. Senate nominee who ended his campaign Tuesday, a party official said.

South Dakota Democrats will not replace their Senate nominee after Julian Beaudion withdrew from the race Aug. 4.

The statement came Wednesday from state Democratic Party Deputy Director Joe Zweifel in response to South Dakota Searchlight questions.

After endorsing nobody in the South Dakota Republican Party’s four-candidate primary race or top-two runoff, Republican President Donald Trump has endorsed the winner of the state party’s nomination for governor.

Seth Tupper / South Dakota Searchlight As featured on The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday, Aug. 27, sued Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon and Wa…

After endorsing nobody in the South Dakota Republican Party’s four-candidate primary race or top-two runoff, Republican President Donald Trump has endorsed the winner of the state party’s nomination for governor.