Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said Sunday that Sen. John Thune (R-S.C.) will “be a great leader” for the Senate as Republicans in the upper chamber prepare for a return to power. “I’ve known John Thune since the 1980s, he’s gonna be a great leader ...

The abortion vote in South Dakota followed the rejection in Florida of a proposed change in its state constitution to protect abortion rights — the first time abortion opponents have won a statewide vote since the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision overturning Roe vs. Wade in June 2022.

PIERRE, S.D. (KCAU) — The South Dakota Secretary of State’s office says almost 70 percent of registered voters in the state cast ballots in the general election.

Progressive priorities such as abortion rights, grocery tax repeal and legalized recreational marijuana were all defeated.

Voters in South Dakota and North Dakota have rejected a ballot measure meant to legalize recreational marijuana.

CBS News projects former President Donald Trump will win North Dakota and South Dakota in the 2024 presidential election. Each state has three electoral college votes. North Dakota and South Dakota both voted for Trump in 2020 and 2016.

Amendment F passed during the 2024 election in South Dakota, allowing the state to impose work requirements on those who benefit from the state's Medicaid expansion.

With voters declining to enshrine a right to abortion in the State Constitution, South Dakota will continue to have one of the strictest abortion bans in the country.

A DOJ press release does not specifically state why the counties have been chosen for monitoring, though during South Dakota's June primary, South Dakota Canvassing Group President Jessica Pollema successfully got 132 absentee ballots rejected from the election through a challenge that both local and state officials said fell outside of state law.

Another ballot measure could give grocery shoppers relief by removing the state sales tax on food. South Dakota lowered its general sales tax last year from 4.5 percent to 4.2 percent, and the new initiative would eliminate taxes on most food items, excluding alcohol and prepared meals.

In unofficial results in House District 17, Rep. Chris Kassin, of Vermillion, led with 6,680 votes, while Rep. Bill Shorma, of Dakota Dunes, finished second with 5,479 votes. Democrat Ray

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem spoke to Fox News Digital in an interview about Vice President Kamala Harris' loss of support from women compared to President Biden in 2020.