Incumbents are expected to prevail in the Republican primary elections in South Dakota, recent polling data indicates.
And, given that the state hasnât elected a Democrat in decades, the incumbents are likely to sail to re-election in the general election in November.
âThey have slapped Democrats around in just about every campaign, even running unopposed for a U.S. Senate seat in 2010 and U.S. House seat in 2020,â University of South Dakota political science professor Michael Card told The Epoch Times. âSouth Dakota hasnât elected a Democrat for governor since 1974. Itâs a solidly Republican state.â…