Nearly 6,000 Voters Change Parties Ahead of July 28

Nearly 6,000 voters change parties ahead of July 28

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- A few thousand voters in South Dakota are switching parties ahead of the Republican runoff for the governor election on July 28. The changes are showing up in the South Dakota Secretary of State's voter registrations. The state has 327,512 registered Republicans as of Friday morning on the SOS website. [...]

Temporary party switchers receive encouragement and criticism ahead of SD Republican runoff election

The pre-primary effect continued through the month of June and early July as voters anticipated casting ballots in the July 28 Republican governor runoff.

Runoff Excitement: Republican Rolls Add Over 6,000 New Voters Since June 1

KELO-TV finds three voters who changed their party affiliation to vote in the Rhoden/Doeden gubernatorial runoff: But there’s another deadline that’s even sooner- voters have until July 13th to change their registration to Republican if they want to vote in the runoff. “It’s pretty simple,” said Elaina Jones, who came to change her voter registration and absentee vote. “I mean, you walk up to the counter and go, ‘I’m here to change my registrati…

Temporary party switchers receive encouragement and criticism ahead of Republican runoff election

Voters fill out their ballots at a Sioux Falls polling place during the South Dakota primary election on June 2, 2026. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)The stakes are high enough in the race for the South Dakota Republican Party’s nomination for governor that Nancy Turbak Berry became a Republican, at least temporarily. The former Democratic state lawmaker intends to rejoin her preferred party after the July 28 runoff election. …