South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem spoke to Fox News Digital in an interview about Vice President Kamala Harris' loss of support from women compared to President Biden in 2020.
Trump ended up with 65% of the statewide vote in South Dakota, a slight improvement of his 62% showings in 2016 and 2020.
PIERRE, S.D. (KCAU) — The South Dakota Secretary of State’s office says almost 70 percent of registered voters in the state cast ballots in the general election.
The abortion vote in South Dakota followed the rejection in Florida of a proposed change in its state constitution to protect abortion rights — the first time abortion opponents have won a statewide vote since the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision overturning Roe vs. Wade in June 2022.
CBS News projects former President Donald Trump will win North Dakota and South Dakota in the 2024 presidential election. Each state has three electoral college votes. North Dakota and South Dakota both voted for Trump in 2020 and 2016.
Amendment F passed during the 2024 election in South Dakota, allowing the state to impose work requirements on those who benefit from the state's Medicaid expansion.
With voters declining to enshrine a right to abortion in the State Constitution, South Dakota will continue to have one of the strictest abortion bans in the country.
South Dakotans voted to support the amendment while 61% voted in opposition, according to the Secretary of State's website.
Another ballot measure could give grocery shoppers relief by removing the state sales tax on food. South Dakota lowered its general sales tax last year from 4.5 percent to 4.2 percent, and the new initiative would eliminate taxes on most food items, excluding alcohol and prepared meals.
In unofficial results in House District 17, Rep. Chris Kassin, of Vermillion, led with 6,680 votes, while Rep. Bill Shorma, of Dakota Dunes, finished second with 5,479 votes. Democrat Ray
Republican Rep. Dusty Johnson won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing South Dakota on Tuesday. Johnson captured his fourth term as the state's single congressman by defeating Democrat Sheryl Johnson.
The winner of the presidential race in South Dakota will take the state's three electoral votes. On the ballot, voters will also make decisions about various propositions -- including one that would enshrine in the state constitution a right to get an abortion (with restrictions), and one that would legalize marijuana.