DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING FOR LESS THAN HALF OF SEATS IN THE SOUTH DAKOTA STATE LEGISLATURE.
ONLY 46 OF SOUTH DAKOTA’S 105 LEGISLATIVE SEATS HAVE A DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE RUNNING IN NOVEMBER.
THE DILEMMA FOR DEMOCRATS IS WORSE IN THE STATE SENATE WHERE THE PARTY WILL NOT FIELD A CANDIDATE FOR NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF THE CHAMBER.
DEMOCRATS HAVEN’T HELD A STATEWIDE OFFICE IN SOUTH DAKOTA SINCE 2015 AND THEY HAVEN’T HELD A MAJORITY IN EITHER CHAMBER SINCE 1994.
SOUTH DAKOTA HAS THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF DEMOCRATS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE NATIONWIDE AT JUST SEVEN-POINT-SIX PERCENT.
