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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	Race	Candidates
Statewide	Governor	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.
Statewide	Senate	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.
Statewide	House	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.
Statewide	Secretary 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?
Statewide	State 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
Statewide	State Treasurer	Josh Haeder - Repulican -- John Cunningham -- Democrat
Statewide	Commissioner 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
Statewide	Public 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.