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Candidates running as independents don’t always seem, well, independent

States Newsroom · October 25, 2026

As if South Dakota’s two-party system wasn’t weak enough, now there are a slew of independent candidates up and down the ballot. While the number of independents running for the Legislature is unusual, it’s hard to tell just how independent those candidates will be. South Dakota’s two-party system is weak because…

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Candidates running as independents don’t always seem, well, independent

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