Two candidates filed to run for South Dakota’s one U.S. Home seat in 2022. The submitting deadline for this election was March 29. That is the fewest variety of candidates to file for the seat since 2016 (when there have been additionally two candidates). Three candidates ran for the seat in 2020, and 6 candidates ran in 2018.
Listed here are another highlights from this 12 months’s filings:
- That is the second election cycle in a row with no Democratic candidate on the poll.
- As a result of it has just one U.S. Home seat, South Dakota didn’t have to redistrict after the 2020 census.
- Rep. Dusty Johnson (R) is operating for re-election. He was elected in 2018 when Kristi Noem (R) retired to run for governor.
The first election will happen on June 7, making it the twentieth state to carry a major election in 2022. The winner of the Republican major will face no Democratic Occasion opposition within the normal election, so the seat is not going to change occasion arms.