Former Sen. Ryan Maher was the last Democratic lawmaker who switched to the Republican Party. He switched in 2011 after serving as a Democrat from 2007 to 2010, while representing a portion of northwestern South Dakota and the Cheyenne River Reservation.

A leader of South Dakota Canvassing Group, a pro-Trump organization that’s been pushing for an overhaul of the state’s election system, on Thursday called for the resignations of all seven members on the South Dakota Board of Elections,

Baxter will be running against current Secretary of State Monae Johnson, who is seeking re-election, and Terrence Davis, a former SD State Trooper.

With the primary election eight months away, two Republican candidates for major South Dakota offices brought their campaigns to Yankton on Thursday.

Nearly six weeks after its introduction, a letter presenting proposed changes to South Dakota election laws was granted the stamp of approval from the Pennington County Board of Commissioners Tuesday morning. The letter, drafted by Pennington County ...