Attorney General of South Dakota
Statewide — all of South Dakota
General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026
- Attorney General Marty Jackley is not seeking re-election; he won the Republican nomination for the U.S. House in the June 2, 2026 primary. South Dakota parties choose their attorney general nominees at conventions: Lance Russell won the Republican nomination on June 27, 2026, receiving 57% in the second round of voting over Austin Hoffman (31%) and John Fitzgerald (12%).[2]
- Democrats did not field a candidate and there are no third-party or independent candidates, so Russell is unopposed on the November ballot.[2][1]
On the ballot · 1 candidate
Research notes & limits
Slate: confirmed on the South Dakota Secretary of State's official 2026 General Election Candidate List (Lance Russell, REP, the only Attorney General entry) and by South Dakota Searchlight. No campaign website, questionnaire or public policy statements for Russell were found (several likely domains were tried; Ballotpedia has no profile), so no priorities or positions are listed and his state's attorney casework was not researched.
Sources · 5
Researched 2026-10-19. Green citations are official government records.
- 1.2026 General Election Candidate List · South Dakota Secretary of State · 2026-10-19 Official record
- 2.State's top election official loses nomination to challenger who supports hand-counting · South Dakota Searchlight · 2026-06-27 News report
- 3.State's top election official loses nomination to challenger who supports hand-counting · South Dakota Searchlight · 2026-06-27 News report
- 4.2026 General Election Candidate List · South Dakota Secretary of State · 2026-10-19 Official record
- 5.Lance Russell, Fall River and Oglala Lakota County State's Attorney, to run for Attorney General · Rapid City Post · 2026-10-19 Candidate's own words