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Brian Bengs
I · South Dakota · 2026Brian Bengs is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in South Dakota who qualified for the November ballot by petition in April 2026. A Navy veteran, retired Air Force JAG lieutenant colonel, former Northern State University professor, and former national park ranger, he was the Democratic nominee for this seat in 2022 and now runs on the cowboy code: tell the truth and take care of your neighbor.
Priorities
- Put truth-telling and neighborliness over hyper-partisanship
- Make health care and the economy work for regular South Dakotans
- Bring military-style problem solving to a broken Washington
On the ballot
U.S. Senate · South Dakota · 2026
Us Senate · South Dakota · 2026
United States Senate · South Dakota · 2026
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