Premier Jay Weatherill says he's looking forward to the election campaign and asking South Australians to once again allow him the "privilege" of leading the state.
The writs for the March 17 poll will be issued on Saturday and Mr Weatherill says he will use the next four weeks to continue to stand up for SA.
"I'm very much looking forward to promoting a future for South Australia," Mr Weatherill told reporters on Friday.
"Standing up for South Australian jobs. Standing up against cuts to education. Standing up against cuts to health and continuing to press our leadership in renewable energy,"
"They are the critical issues facing South Australia."
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With Mr Weatherill's Labor government facing a strong challenge from both the Liberal opposition and Nick Xenophon's SA-BEST, the premier said whether or not he would keep his job was "down to the people of South Australia".
"What I'll do is offer myself as somebody that's prepared to stand up for South Australia," he said.
"Every step of the way I've done that and I'll continue to do that and I'll ask for the privilege to continue that role."
Liberal Leader Steven Marshall has again urged South Australians to deliver his party a majority on March 17, reaffirming earlier commitments not to form any coalition to become premier.
"The state liberals have a plan to deliver an export-led transformation of our economy which will also grow key South Australian industries," he said.
Mr Marshall has also pledged to "hit the ground running" with a comprehensive plan to improve South Australia's health system.
Nick Xenophon has likened his bid to return to the South Australian parliament and have his fledgling party seize the balance of power as like "climbing Everest without oxygen".
His party is running in more than 30 of the parliament's 47 lower house seats.
"If we were in a balance of power position, we would work to make sure that there was stable government with set parameters," he said on Friday.
"We can talk about the general architecture of having a more accountable government, which I think will go a long way in ensuring we don't have the same mistakes we've seen."
