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Brian Bengs

Brian Bengs

Independent · South Dakota · 2026

Running for U.S. Senate, South Dakota

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Fight corruption: get big money out of politics
  • Halt construction of new data centers
  • Get term limits in place
Biography

Brian Bengs is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in South Dakota, per the campaign site. He is a Navy veteran, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and attorney, an educator and a former national park ranger, per the campaign site. He says he is running on the cowboy code of the West, per the campaign site.

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U.S. SenateSouth Dakota · 2026

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