Senators from both parties returned to Washington on Monday with questions about the future of their leadership after last week’s election decisively gave Democrats a significant new majority. Republicans who are losing around a quarter of their conference to election losses and retirements are debating whether to immediately reelect South Dakota Sen.

By some measures, the Republican Party grew even stronger in South Dakota, one of the states that shifted the least toward Democrats in the midterms.

It's a victory that comes after a move across town, appointed stint in the legislature, a 2024 primary loss and a 2026 primary win.

Of the four constitutional amendments on the ballot, Amendment K was the only one where a "no" argument was not submitted to the South Dakota Secretary of State.

Greenfield was born in Watertown and has a family background in education and business.

Baxter said she plans to work on communication with all the county auditors.

Voters in Kansas, Alaska, Arkansas, South Dakota and West Virginia approved noncitizen voting bans by wide margins, but key Supreme Court case looms.

Federal law prohibits non-citizens from voting, but the amendment still garnered significant majority support.

“Thank you for staying true and helping us get through three elections in this last year," Rhoden said.