South Dakota
What PSI Sci has for South Dakota
Collected now (details below):
- South Dakota state legislators (Open States people CSV)
- South Dakota Nov 3 2026 general election: federal seats on the ballot
- Federal money in South Dakota: totals + top 10 contracts and grants (USAspending.gov)
Planned, not collected yet:
- Recent South Dakota bills (Open States API)
- South Dakota legislative roll call votes
- South Dakota state contracts / procurement
- South Dakota: Campaign finance reports (state ethics / elections office)
- South Dakota: State budget / general appropriations act
- South Dakota: State treasury / comptroller cash and revenue reports
- South Dakota: Official election results (Secretary of State)
- South Dakota: State auditor reports
Follow the money and the votes for South Dakota · All sources
South Dakota in numbers (federal records)
| What | Numbers |
|---|---|
| People | Population 907,428; households 365,544; median household income $75,081 |
| Taxes (2023) | 439,870 federal tax returns; adjusted gross income $40.3 billion; wages $23.5 billion; total tax $5.3 billion |
| Federal money (FY 2026) | Total $9.5 billion: contracts $909.9 million, grants $1.4 billion, direct payments $7.0 billion, loans -$11.1 million, other $122.6 million |
| Donations (2025-26) | $15.6 million in 81,218 itemized individual contributions from South Dakota residents |
| Places | 66 counties, 1 U.S. House districts, 375 ZIP codes |
Source: Census ACS 5-year 2020-2024 summary file (population B01003, households B11001, median household income B19013) for states, counties, districts, ZCTAs; bulk files because the Census API now requires a key (fetched Nov 4, 2026 9:31 AM CST); IRS SOI individual income tax ZIP code data, tax year 2023: returns, AGI, wages, tax (fetched Nov 4, 2026 9:31 AM CST); USAspending spending_by_geography: contracts, grants, direct payments, loans, other by state, county and congressional district (latest fiscal year, no key) (fetched Nov 4, 2026 10:19 AM CST); FEC bulk individual contributions 2025-2026 (about 2.4 GB zip, cached); only state and ZIP totals are kept (fetched Nov 4, 2026 9:31 AM CST).
Largest federal award recipients (FY 2026)
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $5.8 billion |
| SOCIAL SERVICES SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT | $1.6 billion |
| REDACTED DUE TO PII | $704.9 million |
| STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA | $499.0 million |
| CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE | $262.2 million |
| SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH | $244.8 million |
| SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | $231.6 million |
| CONTI FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC | $124.8 million |
| GREAT PLAINS TRIBAL LEADERS HEALTH BOARD | $111.5 million |
| FEDERAL CONTRACTING INC | $95.6 million |
Source: USAspending top 10 award recipients per state (latest fiscal year, no key) (fetched Nov 4, 2026 10:16 AM CST).
Members of Congress: campaign money (2025-26)
| Member | Chamber | District | Party | Raised | Cash on hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Thune | Senate | Republican | $4.7 million | $17.9 million | |
| Mike Rounds | Senate | Republican | $3.8 million | $1.3 million | |
| Dusty Johnson | House | At large | Republican | $1.7 million | $1.4 million |
Source: Current members of Congress (unitedstates/congress-legislators JSON): district, chamber, party, term, bioguide id, FEC ids, links (fetched Nov 4, 2026 9:15 AM CST); FEC bulk all-candidates summary (receipts, disbursements, cash on hand), 2025-2026 cycle (fetched Nov 4, 2026 9:15 AM CST).
By U.S. House district (1)
| District | Representative | Population | Median income | Federal money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD-AL | Dusty Johnson | 907,428 | $75,081 | $9.5 billion |
By county (66)
| County | Population | Median income | Wages (IRS) | Tax (IRS) | Federal money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora County | 2,642 | $72,885 | $51.2 million | $8.9 million | $38.8 million |
| Beadle County | 19,309 | $67,681 | $381.5 million | $72.1 million | $138.5 million |
| Bennett County | 3,345 | $53,750 | $41.4 million | $4.8 million | $31.9 million |
| Bon Homme County | 7,044 | $64,435 | $110.6 million | $20.8 million | $55.6 million |
| Brookings County | 35,353 | $70,064 | $829.0 million | $166.2 million | $223.4 million |
| Brown County | 37,877 | $70,898 | $934.6 million | $245.0 million | $280.1 million |
| Brule County | 5,283 | $73,720 | $101.2 million | $20.6 million | $36.5 million |
| Buffalo County | 1,808 | $47,045 | $17.7 million | $1.5 million | $47.7 million |
| Butte County | 10,676 | $75,652 | $214.2 million | $36.4 million | $79.9 million |
| Campbell County | 1,593 | $68,929 | $26.5 million | $9.2 million | $15.9 million |
| Charles Mix County | 9,281 | $64,038 | $133.3 million | $26.3 million | $103.5 million |
| Clark County | 3,917 | $70,726 | $65.7 million | $16.9 million | $50.2 million |
| Clay County | 15,219 | $56,850 | $262.2 million | $45.9 million | $101.6 million |
| Codington County | 28,767 | $72,727 | $729.2 million | $155.5 million | $203.1 million |
| Corson County | 3,806 | $46,406 | $36.6 million | $4.7 million | $75.9 million |
| Custer County | 8,892 | $84,112 | $203.8 million | $51.7 million | $117.5 million |
| Davison County | 19,952 | $66,208 | $480.6 million | $96.4 million | $148.0 million |
| Day County | 5,437 | $66,033 | $102.1 million | $27.1 million | $61.4 million |
| Deuel County | 4,328 | $83,112 | $100.6 million | $20.6 million | $42.1 million |
| Dewey County | 5,205 | $54,104 | $90.5 million | $12.8 million | $119.9 million |
| Douglas County | 2,828 | $86,442 | $53.9 million | $12.4 million | $30.8 million |
| Edmunds County | 4,048 | $81,630 | $79.8 million | $28.8 million | $35.5 million |
| Fall River County | 7,258 | $67,917 | $139.1 million | $29.1 million | $173.1 million |
| Faulk County | 2,126 | $57,750 | $31.3 million | $12.7 million | $39.4 million |
| Grant County | 7,563 | $75,028 | $171.2 million | $37.5 million | $62.9 million |
| Gregory County | 4,016 | $62,917 | $72.5 million | $14.5 million | $32.5 million |
| Haakon County | 1,722 | $65,625 | $32.8 million | $9.0 million | $229.2 million |
| Hamlin County | 6,373 | $87,101 | $150.3 million | $32.0 million | $39.7 million |
| Hand County | 3,140 | $74,635 | $62.8 million | $21.2 million | $30.8 million |
| Hanson County | 3,472 | $81,071 | $84.8 million | $19.0 million | $46.1 million |
| Harding County | 1,148 | $80,441 | $19.4 million | $5.1 million | $24.3 million |
| Hughes County | 17,664 | $81,395 | $466.8 million | $84.5 million | $361.3 million |
| Hutchinson County | 7,404 | $73,977 | $144.9 million | $30.8 million | $62.6 million |
| Hyde County | 1,191 | $73,472 | $24.5 million | $6.0 million | $27.9 million |
| Jackson County | 2,802 | $35,417 | $34.0 million | $4.5 million | $40.3 million |
| Jerauld County | 1,772 | $73,750 | $31.4 million | $7.2 million | $17.7 million |
| Jones County | 1,004 | $65,119 | $15.1 million | $2.8 million | $10.0 million |
| Kingsbury County | 5,244 | $74,000 | $125.5 million | $30.9 million | $58.3 million |
| Lake County | 10,972 | $76,808 | $279.9 million | $68.6 million | $104.1 million |
| Lawrence County | 27,233 | $73,384 | $728.0 million | $186.9 million | $299.2 million |
| Lincoln County | 70,638 | $99,166 | $2.9 billion | $778.9 million | $400.4 million |
| Lyman County | 3,724 | $67,143 | $54.1 million | $9.7 million | $65.9 million |
| McCook County | 5,751 | $83,852 | $138.1 million | $29.8 million | $44.1 million |
| McPherson County | 2,145 | $66,906 | $31.1 million | $7.0 million | $18.9 million |
| Marshall County | 4,344 | $78,156 | $83.7 million | $17.5 million | $56.0 million |
| Meade County | 30,546 | $74,790 | $770.1 million | $125.1 million | $569.0 million |
| Mellette County | 1,943 | $54,076 | $22.0 million | $2.7 million | $19.1 million |
| Miner County | 2,300 | $76,140 | $42.2 million | $12.5 million | $23.8 million |
| Minnehaha County | 203,289 | $76,880 | $6.3 billion | $1.3 billion | $1.6 billion |
| Moody County | 6,397 | $78,427 | $141.5 million | $41.7 million | $60.7 million |
| Oglala Lakota County | 13,491 | $41,417 | $151.2 million | $11.2 million | $260.1 million |
| Pennington County | 113,512 | $74,517 | $3.0 billion | $722.8 million | $999.4 million |
| Perkins County | 3,001 | $66,908 | $44.4 million | $9.6 million | $21.9 million |
| Potter County | 2,388 | $72,045 | $46.0 million | $17.0 million | $31.8 million |
| Roberts County | 10,221 | $65,130 | $174.0 million | $33.7 million | $122.8 million |
| Sanborn County | 2,384 | $78,750 | $41.3 million | $7.1 million | $23.9 million |
| Spink County | 6,219 | $70,139 | $113.9 million | $31.8 million | $65.2 million |
| Stanley County | 3,015 | $87,712 | $88.8 million | $20.6 million | $25.7 million |
| Sully County | 1,526 | $72,578 | $34.9 million | $11.2 million | $31.9 million |
| Todd County | 9,244 | $42,075 | $99.5 million | $8.1 million | $140.0 million |
| Tripp County | 5,611 | $58,987 | $96.1 million | $18.5 million | $39.6 million |
| Turner County | 8,882 | $75,771 | $205.9 million | $45.9 million | $70.6 million |
| Union County | 17,081 | $89,636 | $684.6 million | $280.0 million | $220.8 million |
| Walworth County | 5,271 | $65,026 | $103.0 million | $23.0 million | $39.0 million |
| Yankton County | 23,414 | $72,821 | $568.6 million | $111.8 million | $166.1 million |
| Ziebach County | 2,377 | $53,958 | $17.7 million | $1.9 million | $19.1 million |
Source: IRS SOI individual income tax county data, tax year 2023: returns, AGI, wages, tax (fetched Nov 4, 2026 9:31 AM CST); Census 119th Congress district to county relationship file (fetched Nov 4, 2026 9:32 AM CST).
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Districts (U.S. House and state legislature) Counties Federal
In Congress State legislature State bills Federal money At a glance Votes Elections
In Congress
| Member | Chamber | District | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Rounds | Senate | Republican | |
| John Thune | Senate | Republican | |
| Dusty Johnson | House | at large | Republican |
State legislature
State House (70 members)
State Senate (35 members)
| Member | District | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Rohl | 1 | Republican |
| Steve Kolbeck | 2 | Republican |
| Carl Perry | 3 | Republican |
| Stephanie Sauder | 4 | Republican |
| Glen Vilhauer | 5 | Republican |
| Ernie Otten | 6 | Republican |
| Tim Reed | 7 | Republican |
| Casey Crabtree | 8 | Republican |
| Joy Hohn | 9 | Republican |
| Liz Larson | 10 | Democratic |
| Chris Karr | 11 | Republican |
| Arch Beal | 12 | Republican |
| Sue Peterson | 13 | Republican |
| Larry Zikmund | 14 | Republican |
| Jamie Smith | 15 | Democratic |
| Kevin Jensen | 16 | Republican |
| Sydney Davis | 17 | Republican |
| Lauren Nelson | 18 | Republican |
| Kyle Schoenfish | 19 | Republican |
| Paul Miskimins | 20 | Republican |
| MyKala Voita | 21 | Republican |
| Brandon Wipf | 22 | Republican |
| Mark Lapka | 23 | Republican |
| Jim Mehlhaff | 24 | Republican |
| Tom Pischke | 25 | Republican |
| Tamara Grove | 26 | Republican |
| Red Dawn Foster | 27 | Democratic |
| Sam Marty | 28 | Republican |
| John Carley | 29 | Republican |
| Amber Hulse | 30 | Republican |
| Randy Deibert | 31 | Republican |
| Helene Duhamel | 32 | Republican |
| Curt Voight | 33 | Republican |
| Taffy Howard | 34 | Republican |
| Greg Blanc | 35 | Republican |
Source: Open States (public domain people data).
State bills
South Dakota bills are not on this site yet; they appear automatically once that state's bill source is switched on (see data status). Meanwhile, the official legislature website has every bill: find South Dakota's legislature website.
Federal money
Fiscal year 2026 (2025-10-01 to 2026-09-30), federal obligations for work done in South Dakota: $12.0 billion in total (about $13,581 per resident); contracts $909.1 million; grants $1.4 billion.
Largest contracts
| Recipient | Agency | Award value | What for |
|---|---|---|---|
| BL HARBERT INTERNATIONAL LLC | Department of Defense | $211.1 million | CONSTRUCTION OF THE B21 WEAPONS GENERATION FACILITY - SITE F (WGF-F) ELLSWORTH AFB, SD |
| VOITH HYDRO INC | Department of Defense | $164.9 million | E.O.14042 FORT RANDALL MAJOR UNIT REHABILITATION |
| CONTI FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC | Department of Defense | $141.3 million | CONSTRUCT B-21 PHASE MAINTENANCE HANGAR AT ELLSWORTH AFB |
| WALSH FEDERAL LLC | Department of Defense | $139.1 million | CONSTRUCT LO HANGAR |
| R. C. CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. | Department of Defense | $122.7 million | REPAIR CRITICAL RUNWAY INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITY SYSTEMS, ELLSWORTH AFB, SD |
| FEDERAL CONTRACTING INC | Department of Defense | $111.9 million | CONSTRUCT B-21 MPF/FTD FACILITIES |
| FEDERAL CONTRACTING INC | Department of Defense | $78.4 million | CONSTRUCT FORMAL TRAINING UNIT |
| FEDERAL CONTRACTING INC | Department of Defense | $76.4 million | ENTIRE WORK COMPLETE FOR CONSTRUCTION - B 21 WASHRACK |
| CONTI FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC | Department of Defense | $73.8 million | CONSTRUCTION OF B-21 RF HANGAR |
| CONTI FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC | Department of Defense | $67.5 million | CONSTRUCT B-21 FUEL SYSTEM MAINT. DOCK, CONSTRUCTION DESIGN-BUILD ELLSWORTH AFB, SD |
Largest grants
| Recipient | Agency | Award value | What for |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH DAKOTA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY | Department of Energy | $237.1 million | SANFORD UNDERGROUND RESEARCH FACILITY (SURF) - OPERATIONS |
| OGLALA LAKOTA HOUSING AUTHORITY | Department of Housing and Urban Development | $205.1 million | INDIAN HSG BLOCK GR |
| SICANGU WICOTI AWAYANKAPE CORPORATION | Department of Housing and Urban Development | $133.6 million | INDIAN HSG BLOCK GR |
| CHEYENNE RIVER HOUSING AUTHORITY | Department of Housing and Urban Development | $109.9 million | INDIAN HSG BLOCK GR |
| SISSETON-WAHPETON HOUSING AUTHORITY | Department of Housing and Urban Development | $65.6 million | INDIAN HSG BLOCK GR |
| STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA | Department of Transportation | $62.6 million | PROJECT TITLE: COUNTY OF PENNINGTON; US385 RECONSTRUCTION :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: GRADING, INTERIM SURFACING REPLACE STRUCTURE (RCBC), AC |
| SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY | Department of Homeland Security | $59.2 million | GRANT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF DISASTER DAMAGED FACILITIES |
| SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | Department of Education | $57.7 million | TITLE I PART A BASIC GRANTS TO LEAS |
| SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | Department of Agriculture | $51.0 million | CNP CN BLOCK PROG |
| ROSEBUD SIOUX TRIBE | Department of Commerce | $48.4 million | THE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENT PROJECT PROPOSES TO INSTALL FIBER AND AN LTE NETWORK DIRECTLY CONNECTING 1,526 UNSERVED NATIVE AMERI |
Totals are federal obligations in the fiscal year by place of performance. "Award amount" for a listed award is its total value over all years, not just this year. Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
South Dakota at a glance
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| FY18 | $7.2B |
| FY19 | $8.0B |
| FY20 | $13.1B |
| FY21 | $14.0B |
| FY22 | $10.9B |
| FY23 | $9.9B |
| FY24 | $11.0B |
| FY25 | $11.5B |
| FY26 | $12.0B |
Obligations are amounts agencies committed to pay. The current fiscal year is partial. Figures can be revised by agencies.
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| Member | Raised |
|---|---|
| John Thune (R) | $4.7M |
| Mike Rounds (R) | $3.8M |
| Dusty Johnson (R) | $1.7M |
2026 candidates in South Dakota How government works
Votes in Congress
The latest recorded votes. Each link shows how South Dakota's members voted.
- Senate vote 253 (2026): On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed, HR7008 2026-09-30 · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
- Senate vote 254 (2026): On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed, HR9340 2026-09-30 · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
- Senate vote 255 (2026): On the Cloture Motion, PN1129 2026-09-30 · Cloture Motion Agreed to
- Senate vote 256 (2026): On the Nomination, PN1129 2026-09-30 · Nomination Confirmed
- Senate vote 251 (2026): On the Motion to Proceed, SJRES197 2026-09-29 · Motion to Proceed Rejected
- Senate vote 252 (2026): On the Motion to Discharge, SRES852 2026-09-29 · Motion to Discharge Rejected
- Senate vote 245 (2026): On the Amendment, S4668 2026-09-28 · Amendment Agreed to
- Senate vote 246 (2026): On the Amendment, S4668 2026-09-28 · Amendment Rejected
- Senate vote 247 (2026): On the Amendment, S4668 2026-09-28 · Amendment Rejected
- Senate vote 248 (2026): On the Amendment, S4668 2026-09-28 · Amendment Rejected
- Senate vote 249 (2026): On the Amendment, S4668 2026-09-28 · Amendment Rejected
- Senate vote 250 (2026): On Passage of the Bill, S4668 2026-09-28 · Bill Passed
All House votes All Senate votes
Elections
- South Dakota General Election, November 3, 2026
On the ballot: U.S. Senate (Mike Rounds holds the seat whose term ends in January 2027); U.S. House: the at-large seat; State and local offices and any ballot measures vary by state and county: check your official sample ballot
Page built from records updated automatically (2026-11-04T20:49:23Z UTC). Data status.