The District 6 field
Two Republican incumbents, Aaron Aylward and Tim Czmowski, are running for South Dakota State House in District 6. Their race is part of South Dakota’s 2026 general election, scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026.
The contest is unusual in one clear respect: the two candidates have the same party label and the same status as current officeholders. That means party affiliation and incumbency do not distinguish one candidate from the other. Voters following the race will instead need to consider the candidates individually as the campaign develops.
The race is listed as contested because it has more than one candidate. It is not a contest between a Republican and a candidate from another political party. Both names in the District 6 field are Republicans.
Aaron Aylward
Aaron Aylward is a Republican incumbent running for State House in District 6. His incumbent designation means he already holds the office and is seeking another term in the Legislature.
Aylward enters the general-election race with the same two basic identifiers as the other candidate: he is a Republican and an incumbent. No documented policy position is attached to his candidacy at this stage of the race. His name will be one of the two for District 6 voters to consider in the Nov. 3 general election.
Tim Czmowski
Tim Czmowski is a Republican incumbent running for State House in District 6. His incumbent designation means he already holds the office and is seeking another term in the Legislature.
Czmowski enters the general-election race with the same two basic identifiers as the other candidate: he is a Republican and an incumbent. No documented policy position is attached to his candidacy at this stage of the race. His name will be one of the two for District 6 voters to consider in the Nov. 3 general election.
What is contested
The candidate field is the central point of competition in District 6. Aylward and Czmowski share a party affiliation, so the contest does not present voters with competing party labels. They also share incumbent status, so neither candidate can be separated from the other simply as the officeholder in the race.
Those similarities make candidate-specific information especially important. Policy announcements, campaign finance reports and other campaign activity could give voters more ways to compare the two incumbents before Election Day. Until then, the established differences in the race are limited to the candidates themselves.
The next fixed date is the general election on Nov. 3, 2026. District 6 voters will then decide the State House race between the two Republican incumbents in the listed field.
