Minnehaha County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

Joy Hohn is the Republican incumbent state senator for South Dakota Senate District 9, which includes western Sioux Falls and the Hartford area, running unopposed for reelection in 2026, per South Dakota Public Broadcasting. She is a farmer, business owner, and professional pilot who has held the seat since she was elected in 2024, per South Dakota Public Broadcasting and the South Dakota Legislature.

Liz Larson is the incumbent state senator for South Dakota Senate District 10, per the South Dakota Legislature's official roster. She works in economic development and was first elected to the Senate in 2022, per her campaign site.

Michael Dupic is a small business owner running for South Dakota Senate District 10, per his campaign site. He has lived and worked in South Dakota for more than 20 years, previously spent more than six years as a credit and insurance underwriter, and currently also works for a local school district and a restaurant in the Sioux Falls area, per his campaign site.

Aaron Matson is a Sioux Falls pastor running for South Dakota Senate District 11, per his campaign site. He is a fourth-generation South Dakotan whose parents were public school teachers, has served as an ordained pastor for 20 years, and holds a doctorate in political science, per his campaign site.

Chris Karr is the incumbent state senator for South Dakota Senate District 11 and serves as Senate President Pro Tempore, per the South Dakota Legislature's official roster and his campaign site. He is a business owner and financial consultant who previously served four terms in the state House before his election to the Senate in 2024, per South Dakota Public Broadcasting.

Joe Zweifel is a fourth-generation farmer from Alcester running for South Dakota Senate District 12, per his campaign site. He owns a photography business and currently serves as deputy executive director of the South Dakota Democratic Party, per his campaign site.

Kari Shanard-Koenders is a retired pharmacist from Sioux Falls running for South Dakota Senate District 12, per South Dakota Public Broadcasting. Her father served in the South Dakota Legislature for nearly two decades, per South Dakota Public Broadcasting.

Sue Peterson is the incumbent state senator for South Dakota Senate District 13, per the South Dakota Legislature's official roster. She is a retired banker and track coach who previously served as a state representative and as South Dakota's first lady, per her campaign site.

Larry Zikmund is the incumbent state senator for South Dakota Senate District 14, per the South Dakota Legislature's official roster. He has represented the district in the Senate since 2021 after six years in the state House, and his campaign site credits his career with a focus on education and economic development.

Erik Muckey currently serves as the state representative for South Dakota House District 15 and is running for the Senate District 15 seat in 2026, per the South Dakota Legislature's official roster. He works as a nonprofit leader and consultant, serves on the Joint Committee on Appropriations and the Rules Review Committee, and his family has roots in South Dakota spanning seven generations, per South Dakota Public Broadcasting and his campaign site.

Amanda Potter moved to South Dakota in 2005 for graduate study and is running for South Dakota House District 9, per her campaign site. She is a former high school English teacher who has since worked in healthcare and the nonprofit sector, and she is raising a school-aged son, per her campaign site.

Tesa Schwans is the incumbent state representative for South Dakota House District 9, per the South Dakota Legislature's official roster. She owns a small business in the cosmetology industry and was first elected in 2024, and she describes herself as a mother and grandmother of nine, per her campaign site.

Megan Tschetter is a small business owner and hairstylist running for South Dakota House District 9, per her campaign site. Tschetter has lived in South Dakota since 1996, per her campaign site.

Bair works as a customer service representative at the Sioux Falls Regional Airport and has held supervisory positions in retail management, per the campaign site. He grew up helping with irrigation and farm work and later served a religious mission to Chile, per the campaign site.

Kathleen Brudvig was born and raised in Sioux Falls and graduated from Lincoln High School, per the campaign site. Brudvig is a registered nurse with fourteen years of experience in Sioux Falls and earned a nursing degree from the University of South Dakota, per the campaign site.

John Pohlman is a native of Pierre who has lived in Sioux Falls since 1984, per the campaign site. Pohlman is a business owner who built a marketing company and is a graduate of the University of South Dakota and of Leadership Sioux Falls and Leadership South Dakota, per the campaign site.

Petterson is a mother, small business owner and community leader connected to a family farm in South Dakota, per the campaign site.

Sonja Mentzer works as a business manager for a transportation company, per South Dakota Public Broadcasting. Mentzer is running for South Dakota House District 11, per the campaign site, which describes the campaign's approach as compassion, integrity and hard work.

Brian Mulder currently serves in the South Dakota House of Representatives for District 11 and works as a nonprofit director, per the South Dakota Legislature member directory. Mulder has chaired the House Health and Human Services Committee and served on the Executive Board, per South Dakota Public Broadcasting. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.

Keri K. Weems currently serves in the South Dakota House of Representatives for District 11, per the South Dakota Legislature member directory. Weems works as an independent contractor and has held leadership roles in the private and nonprofit sectors, per the campaign site.

Stephanie Arne runs a consulting and public speaking business, per South Dakota Public Broadcasting. Arne is running for South Dakota House District 12 on a message of finding common ground among South Dakotans, per the campaign site.

Kerry Loudenslager is a candidate for South Dakota House District 12, representing Sioux Falls, per his campaign site. He is a retired Army Colonel and lifelong South Dakotan, per his campaign site.

Ali Rae Horsted works as a recruiter, per South Dakota Public Broadcasting. Horsted also ran for South Dakota House District 13 in 2024 and is running again in 2026, per the campaign site.

Jack R Kolbeck currently serves in the South Dakota House of Representatives for District 13 after being appointed by the governor, and works as a Key Accounts Manager for Beal Distributing, per the South Dakota Legislature member directory. Kolbeck has served ten years in the South Dakota Legislature, per the campaign site.

John Hughes currently serves in the South Dakota House of Representatives for District 13 and is an attorney who has practiced law in Sioux Falls for the past forty years, per the South Dakota Legislature member directory and the campaign site. Hughes and spouse Beth received the Angels in Adoption Award from the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute for helping build more than 500 families through adoption in 45 states, per the campaign site.

Williams grew up in Moorhead, Minnesota, and moved to Sioux Falls in 2004 after meeting her husband, Caleb, per the campaign site. She attended beauty school in Minneapolis and has owned and operated her own hair salon in Sioux Falls since 2006, per the campaign site.

Tyler Tordsen was born in Sioux Falls and grew up in Rapid City, and is an enrolled member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, per the campaign site. Tordsen works as an economic development chief executive and previously served two years in the South Dakota Legislature, per South Dakota Public Broadcasting.

Taylor Rae Rehfeldt currently serves in the South Dakota House of Representatives for District 14 as House Assistant Majority Leader, per the South Dakota Legislature member directory. Rehfeldt is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist with a Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice who studied at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, South Dakota State University and Mount Marty University, per the campaign site.

Kadyn Wittman currently serves in the South Dakota House of Representatives for District 15 and works as development director for the Sioux Falls Family YMCA, per the South Dakota Legislature member directory. Wittman chairs the state's Corrections Commission and helped pass House Bill 1082, which expanded school meal access to more than 10,000 children and families, per the campaign site.

June CopperStad has lived in Sioux Falls for more than ten years, per the campaign site. CopperStad works as a community health worker serving vulnerable populations and previously waited tables downtown, per the campaign site.

Andre Zachariahs has lived in District 15 in central Sioux Falls for eight years, per the campaign site. Zachariahs works with employers, school districts and health care providers on workforce development, per the campaign site.

Joni Tschetter is a former teacher and small business owner, per South Dakota Public Broadcasting. Tschetter is running for South Dakota House District 15, per the campaign site.

Nick Buchholz is a professional pilot who served as a federal agent with the Department of Homeland Security, flying national security missions across the United States, per his campaign site. He is originally from Yankton, South Dakota, and moved with his family to Dell Rapids in early 2022, per the same site.