About this race
This seat is open: no current officeholder is on the ballot, so it will have a new winner. Nobody in this race has donations linked to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group, according to available records.
Key issues in South Dakota
Major issues facing South Dakota, based on 2025–2026 reporting. Compare them with what each candidate says they focus on below.
- Cost of living pressures — Residents name the economy their top concern as housing, childcare and healthcare costs strain family budgets.
- Voting rules changes — A new law requires proof of citizenship for state and local races, and a lawsuit challenges federal-only voter designations.
- Data center opposition — A majority of voters oppose data centers near their communities, and new rules make developers cover their power costs.
- Education funding — Candidates clash over school funding levels, free lunches, preschool access and property-tax relief tied to education.
- Rural healthcare access — Rural services are shrinking and nursing homes close as low Medicaid reimbursement rates squeeze providers.
- Housing affordability — Housing costs rank among voters' top worries, with rising rents and prices squeezing workers and young families.
Candidates & funding
Nikki Gronli Democrat Nominee
Where the money comes from
FEC campaign finance data through Jun 30, 2026. Campaign dollars, by source.
| Marty Jackley R | Nikki Gronli D | |
|---|---|---|
| Raised | $1.4M | $262K |
| Individuals | $1.2M87% | $246K94% |
| PACs & parties | $181K13% | $13K5% |
| Self-funded | $1K0% | $2K1% |
| Other | $10K1% | $1K1% |
| AIPAC-linked* | — | — |
| Outside spending† | — | — |
* AIPAC-linked money is already counted in the rows above — it flags the pro-Israel share, not extra money.
† Independent spending on ads for or against a candidate. It never goes to their campaign.
“Individuals” covers both small-dollar (under $200) and large donors.
Who are the biggest donors?
Every donor ranked by how much they gave, from the candidate’s own FEC filings — individuals, PACs, and party committees all in one list. Expand a candidate to see theirs, then tap any name to learn more about the donor.
Why are so many gifts exactly $10,000? That’s the legal maximum a PAC can give one candidate for the whole cycle — $5,000 for the primary plus $5,000 for the general — so many PACs give the max. Individuals can give up to $3,500 per election.
Marty Jackley 782 donors
- Individual$15K
- Individual$14K
- Corporate PAC$10K
- Leadership PAC$10K
- Trade association PAC$10K
- Leadership PAC$10K
- PAC$10K
- Individual$8K
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- Individual$7K
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Showing the 50 biggest of 782 donors. The other 732 gave $1M combined.
Plus $35K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.
Nikki Gronli 349 donors
- Individual$4K
- Individual$4K
- Individual$2K
- Individual$2K
- Individual$2K
- Individual$2K
- Labor PAC$2K
- Individual$2K
- Individual$2K
- Individual$2K
- Individual$2K
- Individual$2K
- Individual$2K
- Individual$2K
- Self-funded$2K
- Individual$1K
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- Candidate committee$1K
- PAC$1K
- Individual$950
- Individual$950
- Individual$850
- Individual$800
Showing the 50 biggest of 349 donors. The other 299 gave $97K combined.
Plus $88K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.
These figures come from the candidate’s own itemized FEC reports (2026 cycle, through the coverage date above), with amendments applied and refunds netted. Joint fundraising transfers are left out of the ranking: they’re pass-throughs, and the individual donations behind them are listed above. Bank interest, vendor refunds, and other non-donation receipts are excluded. Donor names are as reported — the same person can appear twice if their name was recorded differently. Independent spending on ads is never included here — see the Outside spending column.