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Sioux Falls business owner and former state trooper announces Democratic bid for U.S. Senate • South Dakota Searchlight [1]
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Date: 2025-04
Julian Beaudion, a small-business owner and former state trooper from Sioux Falls, announced Thursday that he is seeking South Dakota’s Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Mike Rounds.
“This campaign isn’t about me — it’s about securing a future where South Dakota’s working families don’t get left behind,” Beaudion said in a statement.
He and his wife co-own Swamp Daddy’s Cajun Kitchen, and he also operates The Hub, a professional development program. He previously served 13 years as a South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper and is a graduate of the Obama Foundation’s Leaders program. If elected, Beaudion would be the first Black person from South Dakota to serve in Congress.
He said his campaign will focus on “practical solutions, bipartisan cooperation, and creating economic opportunities for all South Dakotans.” His priorities include investing in rural infrastructure, expanding telehealth services and supporting workforce development.
“I’ll fight to enforce the checks and balances our Constitution demands and reject the influence of big money and tech monopolies threatening our freedoms,” he said.
Beaudion criticized what he described as Rounds’ defense of and support for President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s policy agenda, including firing federal workers without congressional approval and Rounds’ legislation to eliminate the federal Department of Education.
A Rounds spokesman sent a statement in response to a South Dakota Searchlight message: “Mike is focused on the actual job — securing the border, national defense, growing our economy, eliminating the federal Department of Education, and working with President Trump to get our country back on track. South Dakotans have soundly rejected Bidenomics and Obama’s job-killing policies. Good luck running on that platform.”
The South Dakota Democratic Party announced on Monday that it will conduct public town halls this month in at least four South Dakota cities. Beaudion will be one of the Democrats participating in those events.
South Dakota’s primary election is June 2, 2026, and the general election is Nov. 3, 2026.
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