Filing this cycle Candidate for U.S. Senate · South Dakota · Ind · 2026 cycle
Share of contribution dollars from individual people vs. organizations (PACs and party committees), from the campaign's official FEC summary.
From itemized receipts (gifts over $200 are itemized with name, employer, and occupation). Donors are combined by name and zip code.
Summarized from the campaign's own materials, how the candidate describes their positions, not our assessment. Source: the campaign's website.
Brian Bengs is an Independent candidate running against partisan gridlock and Big Money influence in politics. His campaign is built around the thesis that both parties are captured by wealthy donor interests and that structural political reform — open primaries, anti-gerrymandering, campaign finance reform — is more important than partisan victory. He frames his campaign as 'regular people vs Big Money career politicians' and invokes the Code of the West as his governing philosophy: integrity, loyalty, honor, and self-control. On policy he opposes the partisan system itself, advocates for a centrist independent voice, and positions himself as neither left nor right. His What I Stand For page emphasizes founding American values — equality, democracy, liberty, truth, and justice.
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