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Minnehaha County election workers prepare ballots to through a tabulator machine for the primary election on June 2, 2026. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)

The results from seven state legislative races were close enough to trigger possible recounts after Tuesday’s primary election in South Dakota.

Six of the candidates e...


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Students in the Sioux Falls School District play on a playground. (Courtesy of Sioux Falls School District)

South Dakota parents who want afterschool care for their kids have better access to it than they do in nearly any other state, according to a national nonprofit organization, and the kids in those afterschool programs spend an outsized numb...


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The South Dakota Senate meets on Feb. 11, 2026, at the Capitol in Pierre. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)

After 14 incumbent South Dakota lawmakers


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U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, announces his 2026 campaign for governor during an event on June 30, 2025, at the David Lust Accelerator Building in Rapid City. (Photo by Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight)

It wasn’t just the ads, of course, but they sure didn’t help.

Dusty Johnson had plenty of money to spend on campaign advert...


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Voters fill out their ballots at a Sioux Falls polling place during the South Dakota primary election on June 2, 2026. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)

The dust from Tuesday’s primary election has barely settled, but two of South Dakota’s governor hopefuls are back in a full sprint toward a July 28 special election — the first r...


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