Sioux Falls: who represents it, and who is running

U.S. general election (federal, state and county offices) votes on 2026-11-03. It elects u.S. Senator (Rounds seat, class 2); U.S. Representative SD-AL (open seat); Governor and Lt. Governor (joint ticket) and other statewide constitutional offices (Secretary of State, Attorney General, Auditor, Treasurer, School & Public Lands, PUC — not captured); all 35 Senate and House districts of the Legislature (in city hall's District 15: 1 senate and 2 house seats); plus county, judicial and ballot questions (not captured). No City of Sioux Falls offices — the city held its 2026 municipal election in spring (runoff 2026-06-23)..

Holding office17

the sitting council

On the ballot14

5 sitting members running again

The official candidate list ↗ · What Sioux Falls is like — the /local page

Congressional district (city hall): South Dakota's at-large congressional district (SD-AL) — the single district covers the whole state, so all of Sioux Falls — Dusty Johnson (Republican)

Mayor

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Christine Erickson Elected	Mayor	Independent		City of Sioux Falls

Council Member

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
James Oppenheimer ✉️ Elected	Council Member	Independent	At-Large	City of Sioux Falls
Jennifer Sigette ✉️ Elected	Council Member	Independent	Northwest District	City of Sioux Falls
Miranda Basye ✉️ Elected	Council Member	Independent	Northeast District	City of Sioux Falls
Rich Merkouris ✉️ Elected	Council Member	Independent	At-Large	City of Sioux Falls
Richard Thomason ✉️ Elected	Council Member	Independent	At-Large	City of Sioux Falls
Ryan Spellerberg ✉️ Elected	Council Member	Independent	Southwest District	City of Sioux Falls
Sara Pankonin ✉️ Elected	Council Member	Independent	Southeast District	City of Sioux Falls
Zak Okuwe ✉️ Elected	Council Member	Independent	Central District	City of Sioux Falls

Governor

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Larry Rhoden Elected	Governor → Running	Republican		Office of Governor Larry Rhoden
Dan Ahlers	Governor Running	Democratic		South Dakota Secretary of State

Lieutenant Governor

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Tony Venhuizen Elected	Lieutenant Governor → Running	Republican		Office of Governor Larry Rhoden
Steven McCleerey	Lieutenant Governor Running	Democratic		South Dakota Secretary of State

State Representative — District 15

Name	Office	Party / slate	Source
Kadyn Wittman ✉️ Elected	State Representative → Running	Democratic	South Dakota Legislature
Andre Zachariahs	State Representative Running	Republican	South Dakota Secretary of State
Joni Tschetter	State Representative Running	Republican	South Dakota Secretary of State
June CopperStad	State Representative Running	Democratic	South Dakota Secretary of State

State Senator — District 15

Name	Office	Party / slate	Source
Jamie Smith ✉️ Elected	State Senator	Democratic	South Dakota Legislature
Erik Muckey ✉️ Elected	State Representative → Running for State Senator	Democratic	South Dakota Legislature
Brenda Lawrence	State Senator Running	Republican	South Dakota Secretary of State

U.S. Senator

Name	Office	Party / slate	Source
John Thune Elected	U.S. Senator	Republican	@unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json)
Mike Rounds Elected	U.S. Senator → Running	Republican	@unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json)
Brian L Bengs	U.S. Senator Running	Independent	South Dakota Secretary of State

U.S. Representative — SD-AL

Name	Office	Party / slate	Source
Dusty Johnson Elected	U.S. Representative	Republican	U.S. House of Representatives
Marty Jackley	U.S. Representative Running	Republican	South Dakota Secretary of State
Nicole "Nikki" Gronli	U.S. Representative Running	Democratic	South Dakota Secretary of State

Notes on this record

How the lists were read, and what could not be.

Municipal: Mayor from siouxfalls.gov/government/mayor/biography-ce and the 8 council members (5 districts + 3 at-large) from siouxfalls.gov/government/council/council-members, retrieved 2026-10-22. robots.txt read first: the individual council-member pages (/government/council/about-the-council/council-districts/<name>) are Disallowed, so they were NOT fetched; the list page and /files photo paths are allowed. The council page labels seats by district (Northeast, Central, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest) and 'At-Large'; the 2026 runoff results use 'Ward 2', 'Ward 5' and 'At Large A' for the same seats. The charter creates no other city-wide elected office.
City election 2026: nonpartisan; nominating petitions closed 2026-03-24 (City Clerk 'Candidates and Political Committees' page); runoff 2026-06-23 (mayor; council Ward 2, Ward 5, At Large A) — Erickson beat Jamie Smith by 2 votes, 18,280 to 18,278, and a recount board was named 2026-07-06. Council terms are four years and staggered, so the seats not filled in 2026 (Northeast, Northwest, Southwest, two at-large) come up next, presumably spring 2028; that date was not stated on the pages read.
Federal: Senators and Rep. Dusty Johnson from the CC0 @unitedstates legislators-current.json; Johnson confirmed on house.gov/representatives (South Dakota, At Large). senate.gov returned Akamai 403 'Access Denied' even on robots.txt — not retried. Federal photos left null.
State: Census geocoder (coordinates lookup, not address; approx. city-hall point 43.5469, -96.7298, inside 'Sioux Falls city', Minnehaha County) puts city hall in 2026 State Senate District 15 and State House District 15. A 49-point grid (30 points inside the Sioux Falls place) found 11 legislative districts: 9, 15, 12, 13, 2, 25, 10, 11, 14 in Minnehaha County and 12, 13 in Lincoln County — a sample, so more may exist (e.g. 6, 16). Only District 15's members are recorded. Sioux Falls spans Minnehaha and Lincoln counties.
Legislators read from the SD Legislature site's own data feed /api/SessionMembers/Session/71 (2026 session; robots.txt disallows only /pdfviewer and a few logo files). That feed also carries home addresses and phones: they were stripped on receipt and the raw file deleted; only name, district, chamber, party, position, official sdlegislature.gov email and photo URL are kept.
Candidates: SD Secretary of State '2026 General Election Candidate List' (vip.sdsos.gov/candidatelist.aspx?eid=774; 745 rows over 15 pages; pages 1-3 read via the page's own pager, covering U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Governor, statewide offices, all State Senate districts and State House to District 27). The page notes 'If a candidate is not listed, the Secretary of State's office is waiting for the appropriate filing documentation.' The list prints each candidate's mailing address — not copied. Withdrawn filers (e.g. Julian Beaudion, U.S. Senate DEM, withdrawn 08/04/2026) are omitted. No write-ins captured. D15 House: 4 candidates for 2 seats; no contest captured is unopposed.
Minnehaha County (minnehahacounty.gov) answered 403 Forbidden to robots.txt, so it was treated as not allowed and no county sample ballot was read. Lincoln County's elections page was not needed and not fetched.
Terms: siouxfalls.gov Copyright Notice forbids copying/publishing site materials without written permission — only facts and links are kept, photos linked never copied. sd.gov/disclaim.aspx (linked from sdsos.gov) redirects to a Microsoft sign-in, so the state's terms could not be read; no terms were accepted. sdlegislature.gov Disclaimer states accuracy only. standsFor left null for all (no person's own statement read).

Sources

Prepared 2026-10-22. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.