2026 EOY Reports: Sioux Falls Mayoral candidates file campaign finance reports. Batcheller is a PAC man, Erickson report shows broad support.

Sioux Falls Mayoral Candidates have their campaign finance reports in, with the exception of Greg Jamison who announced after January 1.

And if we’re not counting a candidate who is largely self-finding to date, we have a clear winner in the contest for popular support in what she’s been able to raise. Yes, she. The one who isn’t a middle-aged guy.  Because Christine Erickson is managing to pull together the most financial support in the run-up to the June 2 election, and arguably the broadest base of voters.

Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on Hand	Notes
Jamie Smith	$53,713.39	$37,292.53	$51,855.82	X-ferred $44,667.50 from previous accounts
Marshall Selberg	$15,754.10	$11,402.52	$4351.58
Joe Batcheller	$70,660.00*	$4,943.09	$65,716.91	*Includes $33,230 from PAC w/20k from  Batcheller family
David Zokaites	$805	0	$805
Christine Erickson	$103,070.55	$22,864.01	$80,206.54
Greg Jamison				No Report Due Began campaign in 2026

 Democrat-default candidate Jamie Smith in search of his next job started with $35,434.96 in his campaign account from his prior report. But his previous report is where you’ll find that he pulled $44,667.50 from all the people who wanted him to be the Democrat nominee for Governor, etc, with a good chunk of that carried over. The newest report has him burning through 70% of what he raised during the latest period, and his cash on hand represents what’s left over from this report and the last one.

Marshall Selberg moves forward with $4300.. only slightly better than David Zokaites’ $805.  When that’s the space you’re occupying in the race, I’m not sure that this is a comparison a serious candidate wants.

Joe Batcheller has the second highest amount on hand, but we’re not seeing a lot of breadth in his support. If you get past the Batcheller’s and the Kirby’s.. it’s not a terribly long list for a city of 300,000 people. On the main report, Batcheller clan is in for $9050. Kirby’s are in for $2500.

1_30_2026_ Committee to Elect Joe Batcheller Campaign Finance Disclosure Report Joe Batcheller by Pat Powers

But if you get to the PAC they’re using to blast the big bucks in (or at least make them tougher to find), Dan Kirby is in for another $10k, and people with the last name of Batcheller add another $20k to the kitty.

SiouxperPAC sdcfdisclosure by Pat Powers

If you’ve raised $70k for your campaign, and your family has put in 40% of it, and a buddy and their family has put in close to another 20%.. That’s 2 families putting in 2/3 of the cash. That’s not a wide river.

Christine Erickson’s report has what you want to see that some of the other reports are lacking – lots of individual donors, and many are not putting in eye-popping amounts. Just what you would raise from a lot of average joe’s getting up and writing a check.  There’s as many $125 and $250 donors as there are $1000 donors. It’s a broad base of support, and that’s what it takes to win an election. (Especially an election that is at the level of many state races, due to Sioux Falls’ population):

1_30_2026_ Christine for Sioux Falls Campaign Finance Disclosure Report Christine Erickson by Pat Powers

A check for the campaign does not just mean a vote for you – it means they’re a committed vote. And they’ll go to work.

There’s lots of campaign to go in the Sioux Falls Mayoral race, and Mayoral hopeful Greg Jamison has yet to show his cards in the race (you can find his legislative filing for 2025 here, with $11k on hand).

Stay tuned for more in the contest!