PIERRE, S.D. – If the 2026 primary election for U.S. House were held today, most South Dakota Republicans would support Attorney General Marty Jackley, according to a scientific poll of registered GOP voters co-sponsored by South Dakota News Watch.

The statewide survey, co-sponsored by the Chiesman Center for Democracy at the University of South Dakota, showed Jackley with 57%. State Sen. Casey Crabtree was the preferred candidate with 5%, followed by Piedmont businessman James Bialota, who was the preferred candidate for 2% of those surveyed.

The poll also found that 36% of GOP voters haven't decided who they would vote for in the June 2 primary.

Mason-Dixon Polling and Strategy conducted the poll of 502 registered Republican voters Oct. 16-20 using random selections from a telephone-m

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