From Rapid City Journal:

Although many South Dakotans remain undecided in races for constitutional races, the Republican candidate has a lead over their Democratic rivals in every contest, according to the most recent Dakota Wesleyan University Tiger Poll.

According to a news release from the university, more Democrats than Republicans planned to vote across party lines.

Of all the constitutional office races, the closest appears to be the race between two Black Hills residents, according to the poll. Results for the match-up between Rich Sattgast, the Republican, and Tom Katus, the Democrat, in the race for the office of state treasurer seem to indicate that Sattgast, with 31 percent, and Katus, with 26 percent, are within the sample’s margin of error and in a virtual statistical dead heat, with a whopping 40 percent of respondents still undecided. Six percent of self-identified Democrats indicated they would support Sattgast, the Republican, with 4 percent of self-identified Republicans indicated that they would support Katus, the Democrat.

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