Republican Sen. John Thune has the largest political war chest of any U.S. senator, topping the $20 million mark even though he’s not up for re-election until 2028. Rep. Dusty Johnson, the state’s lone congressman,
News Watch used Federal Elections Commission data to rank the top five political war chests in South Dakota as of the last reporting date, June 30.
A 66-year-old Jewish man from North Miami Beach, Florida, wants 17,509 South Dakota voters to sign his petition to get an initiated measure, requiring a prayer be read in schools at the start of each school day, onto the ballot for the 2026 general election.