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Those we don't recommend are in red.
If still black or
orange, we don't have enough information yet to make a recommendation, or there is only one candidate.
Election: 2024 Primary
Many of the races only have one candidate; we will not be discussing them, for the most part.
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Statewide | House |
Dusty Johnson - Repulican
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District |
1 -- Brown, Day, Marshall, Roberts, Counties |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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SD House
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Logan Manhart | -- In 2023, he spent a year in the Secretary of State's office working for Secretary of State Monae Johnson. | Christopher Reder | | Dana L Pullfrey | -- Democrat | Stephen D. McCleerey | -- Democrat | Tamara J St. John | -- 25% SD Citizens for Liberty score, worse than some Democrats |
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District |
2 -- Brown, Clark, Hamlin, Spink, Counties |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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SD House
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District |
3 -- Brown County |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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SD House
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Al Novstrup | -- terrible voting record, 57% Citizens for Liberty Score,
including voting on 2021-SB3, to confine people in their homes if believed to
have covid; previously registered Democrat.
Switching from Senate | Brandei Schaefbauer | -- 66% SD Citizens for Liberty score, | Erin Rudner | -- Democrat |
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District |
4 -- Brookings, Codington, Deuel, Grant, Counties |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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Fred Deutsch | -- poor voting record,
including voting on 2021-SB3, to confine people in their homes if believed to
have covid, but is the better candidate in this race
Switching from house
68% SD Citizens for Liberty score | Stephanie Sauder | -- 40% Conservative score on Citizens for Liberty Scorecard
Switching from House |
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SD House
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District |
5 -- Codington County |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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SD House
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Byron Callies | -- 54% SD Citizens for Liberty score, worse than some Democrats | Matt Roby | | Amy D. Rambow | -- Democrat | Diane M. Drake | -- Democrat | Josephine Garcia | |
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District |
6 -- Lincoln County |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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SD House
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District |
7 -- Brookings County |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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SD House
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Jeffrey Struwe | -- Bullet vote only for Struwe -- don't dilute the vote by voting for anyone else. | Cole Sartell | -- Democrat | Penny S Hauffe | -- Democrat | Mellissa Heermann | -- 40% conservative score. | Roger DeGroot | -- 47% SD Citizens for Liberty score, worse than some Democrats |
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District |
8 -- Lake, Miner, Moody, Sanborn, Counties |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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SD House
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Tim Reisch | -- 40.9% SD Citizens for Liberty score, worse than some Democrats | Tim Walburg | | Matt Wagner | -- Strong conservative. Bullet vote for him -- don't dilute the vote by voting for anyone else in this house race. |
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District |
9 -- Minnehaha County |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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Mark Willadsen | -- Helped usher in Obamacare laws. Liberal legislator. 19% low scorecard. | Joy Hohn | -- Vocal supporter of property rights. Commercial pilot. |
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SD House
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District |
10 -- Minnehaha County |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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Liz Larson | -- Democrat
21% SD Citizens for Liberty score. |
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SD House
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District |
11 -- Minnehaha County |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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Steve Natz | -- Democrat
| Chris Karr | -- 85% SD Citizens for Liberty score |
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SD House
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Aaron Matson | -- Democrat | Bill Linsenmeyer | | Brian K Mulder | -- 36.4% SD Citizens for Liberty score, worse than some Democrats | John C. Kunnari | | Keri K Weems | -- According to Dakota War College, "Former State Representative Keri Weems, who was originally appointed by Governor Mike Rounds on January 14, 2003, to fill the vacancy of Mike Jaspers, and returned twice more to run to represent her district before declining another term of office" | Sonja Mentzer | -- Democrat |
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District |
12 -- Lincoln, Minnehaha, Counties |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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Arch Beal | -- 81% SD Citizens for Liberty score. | Clay Hoffman | -- Democrat |
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SD House
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Amber Arlint | -- 36% SD Citizens for Liberty score, worse than some Democrats | Erin Royer | -- Democrat | Greg Jamison | -- 38% conservative score. | JR Anderson | -- Democrat | Manny Steele | -- Former legislator. 77.8% conservative score in 2020. |
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District |
13 -- Lincoln, Minnehaha, Counties |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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Sue Peterson | -- 66% SD Citizens for Liberty score. | Ali Rae Horsted | -- Democrat |
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SD House
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District |
14 -- Minnehaha County |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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Larry P Zikmund | -- 50% SD Citizens for Liberty score | Sandra Henry | -- Democrat |
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SD House
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Tony Kayser | -- Vote only for him in the primary, please | Tyler Tordsen | -- 35% score on SD Citizens for Liberty scorecard | Taylor Rae Rehfeldt | -- Rehfeldt is a supporter of big government and giving up South Dakota sovereignty to other states via compacts and other agreements. She is a very poor representative of conservative values, and in fact received a 33% score from SD Citizens for Liberty. | B.J. Motley | -- Democrat | Keith Block | -- Democrat |
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District |
15 -- Minnehaha County |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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Brenda Lawrence | | Jamie Smith | -- Democrat |
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SD House
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Brad Lindwurm | -- Ambassador at Live Action; | Joni Tschetter | -- Priorities:
- SUPPORTING LIFE & FAMILY VALUES
- JOBS & DEVELOPMENT
- EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN
| Erik Muckey | -- Democrat | Kadyn Wittman | -- Democrat |
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District |
16 -- Lincoln, Union, Counties |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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SD House
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District |
17 -- Clay, Turner, Counties |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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Jeffrey Church | | Sydney Davis | -- 28.6% SD Citizens for Liberty score, worse than some Democrats |
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SD House
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Bill Shorma | -- 61% score with SD Citizens for Liberty. Evidently, Shorma voted against property rights by supporting SB201. | Carson Merkwan | -- (Successful Challenge - Decertified 04/12/2024)
| Chris Kassin | | Robin J. Shiro | | Ray King | -- Democrat |
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District |
18 -- Yankton County |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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Jean M Hunhoff | -- 55% score with SD Citizens for Liberty. | Lauren Nelson | | Dennis Menke | -- Democrat |
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SD House
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Julie Auch | -- Great defender of property rights. 85% score with SD Citizens for Liberty. | Mike Stevens | -- 38% score with SD Citizens for Liberty, lower than some Democrats. | John R Marquardt | | Paul Harens | -- Democrat | Sarah Mechtenberg | -- Democrat |
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District |
19 -- Bon Homme, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook, Counties |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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Kyle Schoenfish | -- terrible voting record, including voting for 2021-SB3 to confine you to your house. 28% score with SD Citizens for Liberty, worse than some Democrats. |
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SD House
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Jessica Bahmuller | -- 70% score with SD Citizens for Liberty. | Drew Peterson | -- 33% score with SD Citizens for Liberty, worse than some Democrats. | Stephen Mettler | |
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District |
20 -- Aurora, Davison, Jerauld, Counties |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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Paul Miskimins | | Gary Steichen | -- Democrat |
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SD House
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Ben Krohmer | -- 81% score with SD Citizens for Liberty. | Jeff Bathke | | Don Schmidt | -- Democrat | John Schmidt | -- Democrat |
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District |
21 -- Charles Mix, Gregory, Tripp, Aurora, Douglas, Counties |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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Erin Tobin | -- 40% score with SD Citizens for Liberty, worse than some Democrats. | Dan Andersson | -- Democrat | Mykala Voita | -- Priorities:
- Pro-Life
- Preserving Private Property Rights & Local control
- Small Government
Put on 30x30 agenda public informational meetings and successfully brought a 30x30 resolution to the county commission, successfully brought 2A Sanctuary County Resolutions to Gregory County, and now has been pushing for election transparency by requesting hand counting elections in Gregory County.
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SD House
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Marty Overweg | -- 85.7% score with SD Citizens for Liberty. | Jim Halverson | | Lee Qualm | |
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District |
22 -- Beadle, Kingsbury, Counties |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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David Wheeler | -- 40% score with SD Citizens for Liberty, worse than some Democrats | Jim A. Schmidt | -- Democrat |
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SD House
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District |
23 -- Campbell, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand, McPherson, Potter, Spink, Walworth, Counties |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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SD House
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District |
24 -- Hughes, Hyde, Stanley, Sully, Counties |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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SD House
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Mike Weisgram | | Will D. Mortenson | -- 38% score with SD Citizens for Liberty, worse than some Democrats. |
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District |
25 -- Minnehaha County |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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SD House
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District |
26 -- Brule, Buffalo, Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Todd, Counties |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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SD House
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Ron Frederick | | Eric E. Emery | -- Democrat | Rebecca Reimer | |
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District |
27 -- Bennett, Haakon, Jackson, Pennington, Oglala Lakota, Counties |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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Bruce Whalen | -- Good conservative. Ran against Thune in 2022. | Red Dawn Foster | -- Democrat. More conservative than many Republicans. 60% score with SD Citizens for Liberty. | Anthony G Kathol | | Gerald M Cournoyer Jr | -- Democrat |
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SD House
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Liz May | -- 84% score with SD Citizens for Liberty. | Elsie M Meeks | -- Democrat |
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District |
28 -- Butte, Corson, Dewey, Harding, Perkins, Ziebach, Counties |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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Sam Marty | | Dean Schrempp | -- Democrat | Susan M. Peterson | |
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SD House
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Travis Ismay | -- Ismay is a hard-working patriot. He is involved with the Concerned Citizens of Butte county, as well as fighting to keep marijuana illegal in South Dakota. | Jana Hunt | | Ryan Maher | -- 61% score with SD Citizens for Liberty. | Travis W Martin | | Carl J. Petersen | -- Democrat |
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District |
29 -- Meade, Pennington, Butte, Counties |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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SD House
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Kathy Rice | -- A mother and conservative
principled person. She believes in small government and responsible spending. | Gary Cammack | -- Cammack has a terrible voting record; check out the scorecard. He is
definitely not a conservative. He voted for 2021-SB3
which gave power to non-elected bureaucrats at the Department of Health to confine citizens to their home if they believe they have Covid.
38.1% SD Citizens for Liberty score, worse than some Democrats | Terri Jorgenson | |
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District |
30 -- Custer, Fall River, Pennington, Counties |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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SD House
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District |
31 -- Lawrence County |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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Kate Crowley-Johnson | | Randy Deibert | -- 38% score with SD Citizens for Liberty, worse than some Democrats |
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SD House
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Scott Odenbach | -- 86% SD Citizens for Liberty score. | Mark Mowry | | Mary Fitzgerald | -- 57% SD Citizens for Liberty score, worse than some Democrats |
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District |
32 -- Pennington County |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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Helene Duhamel | -- 28% SD Citizens for Liberty score, worse than some Democrats, and one of the lowest scores of all. |
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SD House
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Brook Kaufman | | John Robert James | -- James is a strong patriot, a member of SD Citizens for Liberty and Young Americans for Liberty. | Nicole Uhre-Balk | -- Democrat | Steve Duffy | -- 33% SD Citizens for Liberty score, worse than some Democrats. Also, he is Helene Duhamel's husband, and a registered Democrat until he decided to run for office here. |
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District |
33 -- Meade, Pennington, Counties |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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Curt Voight | -- Attends Rimrock church
Former school principle | David Johnson | -- 35% SD Citizens for Liberty score, worse than some Democrats |
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SD House
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District |
34 -- Pennington County |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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Taffy Howard | -- Excellent candidate -- has been in the legislature before, and has great conservative scores...
Earlier Scorecards | Jason Green | | Michael Calabrese | -- Democrat |
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SD House
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Heather Baxter | -- Baxter is a strong conservative, America first patriot.
| Mike Derby | -- 28% SD Citizens for Liberty score, worse than some Democrats | Becky J Drury | -- 28% SD Citizens for Liberty score, worse than some Democrats |
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District |
35 -- Pennington County |
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Race |
Candidates |
SD Senate
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Greg Blanc | -- Pastor of Calvary Chapel Rapid City | Curtis Nupen | | Michael A Walsh | -- Just moved from East river and was appointed to the senate. Has been voting with the Democrats the entire session. |
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SD House
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Tony Randolph | -- Excellent legislator. Voted correctly on many bills, especially the freedom robbing 2021-SB3 -- voted no. Randolph is a strong conservative and needs to be kept in the legislature.
100% Conservative score on Citizens for Liberty scorecard | Tina L Mulally | -- A conservative with a strong voting record. 100% SD Citizens for Liberty score. One of the founders of the Freedom Caucus in SD. | Pat Cromwell | -- Democrat | Jason Lind | -- Democrat |
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