According to the convention rules,
No person shall be nominated or elected for public office or party office unless that person gave written notice of his or her intention to run for the office to the Convention Secretary by 5:00 p.m., Thursday June 25, 2026 ….
As of 5 PM today, here’s what I’m told we have for candidates to vote for in the following races (and this is the ballot order):
Public Utilities Commissioner:
Don Haggar and Peri Pourier
(Jess Bahmuller unexpectedly had to decline participation at the last moment due to family issues.)
Treasurer:
Heath Shields and Melissa Hull
Auditor:
Catherine Barranco, Tamara Grove, and Renae Randall
School and Public Lands:
Brock Greenfield and James Bialota
Secretary of State:
Monae Johnson and Heather Baxter
Attorney General:
Austin Hoffman, Lance Russell, and John Fitzgerald
Unless there’s one I missed that nobody knew about, this is it.
Over the past couple of months, the field of candidates has somewhat whipsawed back and forth, with rumors all over the place.
But when it comes down to brass tacks, it’s mostly the same people we started with, with some last-minute additions that are likely to go just how you expect.
Keep watching this space for more over the next couple of days.
Twenty years of following South Dakota politics, and I keep hearing the same names running for different positions again and again and again.
It’s time to combine Auditor, Treasurer, and Public Lands into a comptroller.
SDGOP “incest” has been proud and loud for decades. In breeding has brought down their IQ’s
State government is an archaic system. Probably time for a Kneip type to restructure.
Bialota and Grove?
They apparently can’t take a hint from the voters so they think they can weasel their way into office through, what has been lately, a corrupted system.
I know there are common sense people out there fighting to save what’s left of the party. I applaud you for your efforts and wish you the best!
James should get Dr. Tamara Grove to help diagnose some of his ailments.
So Hansen isn’t running for AG…
Tamara Grove for auditor when she cannot even comprehend what she did wrong and blamed others? How does she expect to win? Divine or Satanic intervention?