Brian Bengs
Running for U.S. Senate — 2026 election
Raised · 2026 cycle
$782K
Source: FEC
Top PAC industries
Gun Rights
By PAC dollars · Source: FEC
As of July 2026, Brian Bengs is a Independent candidate for U.S. Senate in South Dakota in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $782,050 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle. The largest identified industry source of PAC money to the campaign is Gun Rights. All figures on this page are drawn from primary sources — FEC filings, congressional records, and STOCK Act disclosures — and link back to them.
Data last updated July 2026.
Brian Bengs is an independent candidate for the United States Senate in South Dakota in 2026, having filed to run after serving as the Democratic nominee for the same seat in 2022. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps, retiring as a lieutenant colonel after a military career that included service in Japan, Germany, Kuwait, and Qatar. Bengs taught courses in criminal justice, government, and homeland security at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota, where he settled with his family in 2016.
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61% of donations are small-dollar contributions under $200 — a heavily grassroots-funded campaign.
$782K
Total raised
$731K
Total spent
$51K
Cash on hand
Where the money comes from
Reflects money received by the campaign committee itself. “Loans and other receipts” covers candidate or bank loans, offsets to operating expenditures, interest and other non-contribution receipts reported to the FEC. Independent expenditures by super PACs are not included.
Totals through 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC