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U.S. Senate, South Dakota

3 candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot, in the order the 2026 General Election Candidate List, South Dakota Secretary of State Voter Information Portal prints them (no date stated on the page (live database list; election date column reads 11/3/2026)). Each has the same space. What each has said about data centers is as said, dated and sourced; nothing is ranked.

  • Brian L Bengs

    IND · 3 statements on data centers

    Brian Bengs, independent candidate for U.S. Senate, says over half a million dollars from Meta's Forge the Future Project political action committee was pumped into seventeen South Dakota legislative races (as reported, September 5, 2026)

  • Julian Beaudion (Withdrawn 08 / 04 / 2026)

    DEM · 0 statements on data centers

    No public statement on data centers is on the record for Julian Beaudion (Withdrawn 08 / 04 / 2026); the record has not yet searched for one.

  • Mike Rounds

    REP · the incumbent · 1 statement on data centers · 1 recorded vote

    U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds says data centers should go only where actively welcomed by local populations and long term solution likely lies in space based data centers (as reported, September 5, 2026)

Who is on the ballot comes from the state's own candidate list; the FEC's candidate file supplies the federal candidates' ids. How the record reads candidates.