Vote SD - Races per District

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Races per District

Those we recommend are in green.
Those we don't recommend are in red.
If still black, we don't have enough information yet to make a recommendation.

Election: 2022 General

Many of the races only have one candidate; we will not be discussing them, for the most part.

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RaceCandidates
StatewideGovernor
Kristi Noem - Repulican
-- Governor Noem and Larry Rhoden are the best candidates, running for re-election. Noem has been instrumental in revamping the School Standards that will likely only become standards in SD if she is there to sign them in. Noem scrapped the previous standards that were full of revisionist history and CRT instruction, and has enabled a robust and realistic standard to be formed. This is vital to South Dakota's schools going forward, and for this issue alone, among others, it is imperative that Governor Noem be re-elected.
Jamie Smith - Democrat
-- Jamie Smith, a Democrat, is on board with all of Biden's policies, as far as is able to determine.
StatewideSenate
John Thune - Republican
-- though voting with Democrats on many vital issues, he's the only candidate that at least claims to be pro-life
Brian L. Bengs - Democrat
-- I like that he won't take money from Big Pharma, who are creating quite a political problem in the US, but he wants to expand Medicaid, expand access to abortion, and other dangerous policies. His site is here.
Tamara J Lesnar - Liberatarian
-- It's very difficult to find info on Lesnar. Her site on Twitter doesn't contain information on her views, and so assuming her to have generally Liberatarian views is probably advisable.
StatewideHouse
Dusty Johnson - Repulican
-- The candidate for standing strong on abortion and against perversion. Correctly voted against the so-called "Respect for Marriage" act that would have forced California-child-bride marriages and other non-traditional coupling to be recognized and performed in all states.
Collin Duprel - Liberatarian
-- Lots of views to agree with, but unfortunately, Duprel believes abortion to be a "right", and therefore, is not recommended.
StatewideSecretary of State
Monae Johnson - Repulican
-- Johnson is the last hope for election integrity in South Dakota. She has plenty of experience in the Secretary of State's office, but better than that, she has plans for cleaning up elections in South Dakota, and plenty of evidence of previous irregularities to show why this needs to happen. With Johnson as Secretary of State, we have hope in future elections that we can trust.
Thomas A Cool - Democrat
-- Though Cool has indicated that he is interested in cleaning up voting irregularities, his son calls it nonsense... which opinion is truly Cool's?
StatewideState Auditor
Richard Sattgast - Repulican
-- His wife teaches a series of classes to kids on patriotism. So I assume he believes strongly in the Constitution. Very active in the Republican party.
Stephanie Marty -- Democrat
Rene Meyer - Liberatarian
StatewideState Treasurer
Josh Haeder - Repulican
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John Cunningham -- Democrat
StatewideCommissioner of School and Public Lands
Brock Greenfield - Repulican
-- Greenfield is someone who has seen the importance of this position from his time as a legislator, and has some great ideas of what should and shouldn't be done.
Timothy Azure -- Democrat
StatewidePublic Utilities Commissioner
Chris Nelson - Repulican
Jeffrey Barth -- Democrat
District
1 -- Brown, Day, Marshall, Roberts, Counties
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Michael H. Rohl
Joe Donnell
SD House
Logan Manhart
Tamara St. John
District
2 -- Brown, Clark, Hamlin, Spink, Counties
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Steve Kolbeck
Spencer Wrightsman
SD House
Jake Schoenbeck
-- son of Lee Schoenbeck; on an interview he mentioned that he has a more "modern view on things" than his father, which can be a scary thought when you check out Lee Schoenbeck's voting record.
John Sjaarda
-- we tentatively recommend Sjaarda, without knowing too much about him.
David Kull
Jeffrey Lloyd Shawd
District
3 -- Brown County
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Al Novstrup
-- terrible voting record, including voting on 2021-SB3, to confine people in their homes if believed to have covid; previously registered Democrat.
Rachel Dix
SD House
Kaleb W Weis
Brandei Schaefbauer
Richard Rylance
Carl E. Perry
-- terrible voting record, including voting on 2021-SB3, to confine people in their homes if believed to have covid
District
4 -- Brookings, Codington, Deuel, Grant, Counties
Race Candidates
SD Senate
John Wiik
-- terrible voting record, including voting on 2021-SB3, to confine people in their homes if believed to have covid. Sadly, he's running uncontested.
SD House
Val Rausch
Adam Grimm
Fred Deutsch
-- terrible voting record, including voting on 2021-SB3, to confine people in their homes if believed to have covid
Stephanie Sauder
District
5 -- Codington County
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Lee Schoenbeck
-- terrible voting record, including voting on 2021-SB3, to confine people in their homes if believed to have covid
Colin Alan Paulsen
SD House
Byron I. Callies
Hugh M. Bartels
-- terrible voting record, including voting on 2021-SB3, to confine people in their homes if believed to have covid
District
6 -- Lincoln County
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Herman Otten
SD House
Aaron Aylward
Ernie Otten
District
7 -- Brookings County
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Tim Reed
Julie Erickson
SD House
Matt Doyle
Melissa Heermann
Doug Post
Roger DeGroot
District
8 -- Lake, Miner, Moody, Sanborn, Counties
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Heather DeVries
Casey Crabtree
SD House
Lecia Summerer
John Mills
Tim Reisch
District
9 -- Minnehaha County
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Mark Willadsen
Brent Hoffman
SD House
Kenneth Teunissen
Bethany Soye
Jesse Fonkert
District
10 -- Minnehaha County
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Maggie Sutten
SD House
John G. Mogen
Tom E. Sutton
District
11 -- Minnehaha County
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Jim Stalzer
SD House
Brian K. Mulder
Chris Karr
Tyler Bonynge
Roger Russell
District
12 -- Lincoln, Minnehaha, Counties
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Arch Beal
SD House
Greg Jamison
Amber Arlint
Kerry Loudenslager
Gary Schuster
Cole Heisey
District
13 -- Lincoln, Minnehaha, Counties
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Jack Kolbeck
SD House
Sue Peterson
Tony Venhuizen
Penny BayBridge
Richard L. Thomason
District
14 -- Minnehaha County
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Larry P. Zikmund
SD House
Taylor Rae Rehfeldt
Tyler Tordsen
Gina M. Schiferl
District
15 -- Minnehaha County
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Brenda Lawrence
SD House
Joni Tschetter
Matt Rosburg
District
16 -- Lincoln, Union, Counties
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Jim Bolin
Nancy Rasmussen
SD House
Kevin D. Jensen
Karla J. Lems
Richard Vasgaard
District
17 -- Clay, Turner, Counties
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Sydney Davis
SD House
Chris Kassin
William "Bill" Shorma
District
18 -- Yankton County
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Jean M. Hunhoff
SD House
Julie Auch
Mike Stevens
District
19 -- Bon Homme, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook, Counties
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Kyle Schoenfish
-- terrible voting record, including voting for 2021-SB3 to confine you to your house
SD House
Caleb Finck
Michael Boyle
Jessica Bahmuller
Roger Hofer
Drew Peterson
District
20 -- Aurora, Davison, Jerauld, Counties
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Joshua Klumb
SD House
Ben Krohmer
Jeff Bathke
Lance Koth
District
21 -- Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Gregory, Tripp, Counties
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Erin Tobin
SD House
Marty Overweg
Rocky Blare
District
22 -- Beadle, Kingsbury, Counties
Race Candidates
SD Senate
David Wheeler
SD House
Lynn Schneider
Roger Chase
District
23 -- Campbell, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand, McPherson, Potter, Spink, Walworth, Counties
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Bryan J. Breitling
-- terrible voting record
Spencer Gosch
-- great voting record. Check out the scorecards
SD House
Scott Moore
Brandon Black
Gregory Brooks
James D. Wangsness
District
24 -- Hughes, Hyde, Stanley, Sully, Counties
Race Candidates
SD Senate
SD House
District
25 -- Minnehaha County
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Tom Pischke
-- Pischke has a great record. Check out the scorecard.
Lisa Rave
Kevin R. Crisp
Leslie "Doc" Heinemann
SD House
Jon Hansen
Randy Gross
District
26 -- Brule, Buffalo, Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Todd, Counties
Race Candidates
SD Senate
SD House
District
27 -- Bennett, Haakon, Jackson, Pennington, Oglala Lakota, Counties
Race Candidates
SD Senate
David Jones
SD House
Liz May
-- Both Liz and Bud are conservative, and are up against two democrats for the two representative seats. Liz May has excellent scores on the scorecards -- voted NO on 2001-SB3, as one of the few
Bud May
-- Both Liz and Bud are conservative, and are up against two democrats for the two representative seats. Liz May has excellent scores on the scorecards -- voted NO on 2001-SB3, as one of the few -- and I'm sure Bud May is going to do just as well.
District
28 -- Butte, Corson, Dewey, Harding, Perkins, Ziebach, Counties
Race Candidates
SD Senate
SD House
District
29 -- Meade, Pennington, Butte, Counties
Race Candidates
SD Senate
John Carley
-- A conservative businessman with strong convictions who is staunchly pro-life, pro-Constitution and pro-rule-of-law.
Dean Wink
-- Wink is switching with Cammack, who has termed out in the Senate, in order to stay in power. Wink 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. He also voted against 2021-HB1076 to not require boy or girl on birth certificates, and against 2021-HB1247 which was an Act to provide for the protection of the consciences of medical professionals.
SD House
Kathy Rice
-- A mother and conservative principled person. She believes in small government and responsible spending.
Gary Cammack
-- Cammack has term-limited out of the senate, so he is trying to switch with Wink. 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.
Kirk Chaffee
-- Chaffee also voted for 2021-SB3 to confine people with covid in their homes, and many other bad bills. Check out the scorecards
District
30 -- Custer, Fall River, Pennington, Counties
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Julie Frye-Mueller
-- A conservative, pro-life, pro-freedom incumbant senator. The only Senator to vote against 2021-SB3.
Timothy Goodwin
-- voted for many bad bills, including 2021-SB3, confining people thought to have covid in their homes; previously registered Democrat.
SD House
Pat Baumann
Lisa Gennero
Dennis Krull
Gerold Herrick
Trish Ladner
-- Voted YES on 2021-SB3 to confine people to their houses. Opposed 2021-HB1247 allowing for conscience decisions for medical workers. No on 2021-SB177, which would have allowed for parental choice with regards to schooling.
District
31 -- Lawrence County
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Randy Deibert
Ron Moeller
SD House
Mistie Caldwell
Scott Odenbach
Mary J. Fitzgerald
District
32 -- Pennington County
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Helene Duhamel
SD House
Becky J. Drury
Jamie M. Giedd
Steve Duffy
District
33 -- Meade, Pennington, Counties
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Janet Jensen
-- wife of Representative Phil Jensen, who has a great record of voting conservatively, and who promises, herself, to vote according to conservative principles.
David Johnson
-- also voted for the dreaded 2021-SB3, among other bad bills
SD House
Phil Jensen
-- great voting record, check out the scorecards on the homepage
Curt Massey
Janette McIntyre
Dean Aurand
District
34 -- Pennington County
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Michael Diedrich
-- Sadly, no one is running against Diedrich in the primary. He also voted for 2001-SB3, choosing to allow non-elected bureaucrats to be able to confine you in your home if they think you have covid.
SD House
Jodie Frye
-- Frye is a pro-Constitution, pro-family, pro-liberty candidate
Mike Derby
-- some pretty bad decisions on bills, including 2021-SB3
Jess Olson
-- some pretty bad decisions on bills, including 2021-SB3
District
35 -- Pennington County
Race Candidates
SD Senate
Jessica Castleberry
-- voted for terrible bills, including 2021-SB3
SD House
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.
Elizabeth Regalado
Larry G. Larson
Tina L Mulally
-- A conservative with a strong voting record.