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Brian L Bengs

Independent · On the Nov 3 ballot for US Senate, South Dakota · vs. Mike Rounds (R)
Background: Served in the Air Force

$1.9M
Raised · 2026 cycle: $70K
Cash on hand · through Oct 14, 2026

Spectrum

1 published measure

The marker is the one published measure below. The middle means centrist on that measure’s own scale, not the middle of Congress. How this works

By donors (CFscore, 2024 cycle)

Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source

Matched by name only, so it could be the wrong person. Only 7 donors, so this is a weak read.

Method and limits

Published score −1.008 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 7 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.

Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.

Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.

Now

US Senate, South Dakota · Tue, Nov 3
Brian L Bengs IndependentMike Rounds Republican (inc.)
Newest poll
Rounds 41, Bengs 43 · Concord Public Opinion Partners, Oct 26, 2026 · polls as of Oct 30, 2026, from VoteHub

Career

On the 2026 ballot for US Senate SD, status filed.

Money

FEC, through Oct 14, 2026

Spent $1.8M · Debts owed $0

Reports through Oct 14, 2026. Matched to the FEC by name, party and seat, so it could be the wrong person.

How these are counted

Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle, not the six-year figures fec.gov shows for senators. Raised $1,855,763. Cash on hand $69,708. Spent $1,786,055. Debts owed $0. Main committee: Bengs for South Dakota. No donor names are shown.

More about Brian L Bengs

Background

Served in the Air Force

Source: Campaign site

Official pages (1 link)

This candidate on fec.govfec.gov

Sources (5 sources)

Ballot listing, vip.sdsos.gov
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026.
FEC bulk data 2025-2026: all-candidates summary (weball26), candidate master (cn), candidate-committee linkage (ccl), committee master (cm)
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)
CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.

Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.

Not available for Brian L Bengs: an age.

DataSources: FEC, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026