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Brian Bengs is an Independent Senate for South Dakota and holds an OppScore of +1.08. OppScore is a nonpartisan political rating system that scores politicians from -5.00 to +5.00 across the Five Points of Opportunity, using published voting records and public disclosures.
Brian Bengs is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel and JAG officer running as an Independent for U.S. Senate in South Dakota in 2026. Raised in a blue-collar family in rural Iowa, he enlisted in the Navy after high school, earned a law degree, and served nearly two decades in the military before settling in the state. His campaign centers on removing big money from politics and structural reforms to the two-party system.
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