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June 16, 2026
Lance Russell Attorney General Candidate
Austin Hoffman Attorney General Candidate
May 26, 2026
Candidate Heather Baxter District 34 House – “What I have been hearing from people that have petitioned for moratoriums on the large energy projects in the area, is that the moratorium is ending soon and people are concerned with what the potential impact will be.”
Candidate Mike Nutley District 18 House – “Our primary property rights issue in District 18 has been the development of wind towers. The biggest thing is the loss of local control.”
Candidate Anthony Kathol District 27 Senate – “There are unintended consequences that are impacting the electrical rates. The energy producers are requiring these coops to increase their reserve margins and operating costs.”
May 19, 2026
Candidate Kimberly Petterson District 10 House – “The data centers and the resource depletion that comes with their operations is the main issue in District 10.”
Candidate Lauren Nelson District 18 Senate – “Some people currently sitting on the county commission are so enamored with the promises of data centers, wind projects, and solar companies that they see them as the ‘end-all, be-all’ solution to the county’s woes. There is no consideration given to the long-term, unintended consequences the county will incur.”
Candidate Keith Miller District 1 House – “Invoking eminent domain as a private company has been the primary property rights issue in the last several years in my district.” (Keith’s schedule did not allow him to participate in the survey online, so he sent a written response to the questions.)
Candidate Jeff Church District 17 Senate” – “Our current state Senator and her consistent vote against Property Rights and her future being predicted by her history of voting wrong is the main issue in District 17.”
Candidate Austin Wolf District 6 House – “The biggest issue is rapid growth and the pressure it is putting on homeowners that live here., The growth is coming but are the people going to benefit from it or not.”
May 12, 2026
Candidate Will Mahnke District 26 B House – “One of the main concerns in District 26 B is progressive candidates campaigning as conservatives.”
Candidate Tamara Grove District 26 Senate – “The biggest concern in District 26 is data centers. They want land and they want water, and that is what we have in District 26.”
Candidate John Kunnari District 11 House – “Last winter SF went through a big struggle with a hyperscale AI data center. Three hundred people showed up at City Hall with over 65 people speaking. A number of us worked very hard for 20 days to put the decision to a vote of the people.”
Candidate Dylan Jordan District 4 House – “I live and work in Deuel County and we are the hotbed for the data center debate. I have been consistently against giving tax breaks to data centers.”
Candidate Kathy Rice District 29 House – “In District 29 we do not have zoning., People do not need to go thru zoning, they just get their license through Pierre to do mining and things like that.”
Candidate R. Shawn Tornow District 14 Senate – “Sioux Falls is dealing with the Gemini Hyperscale 500 Mega Watt Data Center that is being proposed and foisted on the people on 164 acres.”
Candidate Bart Sample District 25 House – “In this district we were in the hotbed of the CO2 pipeline, that sparked a grass root initiative that ended up with RL 21. Now we have the Smithfield project which affects adjoining land owners that were not part of the decision making process.”
Candidate Al Novstrup District 3 House – “I have been deeply involved with the Summit Carbon Solution fight as the route was right next to Aberdeen. The other property rights issue is the School and Public Lands and the state engineers have deemed the Richmond Dam a high hazard dam.”
May 5, 2026
Candidate Stephen Saint District 30 House – “In District 30 the property rights issue is the increased pressure from outside interest and top down policies that override local control. This includes data centers and mining.”
Candidate Jana Hunt District 28A House – “Big picture: Corporate welfare in the name of economic development. This includes mining issues with Pete Lien, Summit Carbon Solutions with the CO2 pipeline and subsidized wind turbines & solar panels.”
Candidate Carl Perry District 3 Senate – “I think we are going to have a presence of large scale & infrastructure of data centers. Last year SB 177, I voted NO on that and it lost by one vote.”
Candidate Travis Ismay District 28B House – “Increased PROPERTY TAXATION is our biggest property rights issue in District 28 B. The state regulations on the counties has a lot to do with that.”
Candidate Mark Nelson District 24 Senate – “We currently have some wind farms and a fertilizer plant coming into Haakon County. They are being hurried in because the Feds want it, without understanding the consequences to the neighbors, the depletion of water resources and tying up of productive land.”
Candidate Donna Olson District 19 Senate – “The most important issue in District 19 is the protection of private property rights and eminent domain, like we saw last year. This is more than about land, it is about stopping corporate gain from threatening the control and livelihood of our citizens.”
Candidate Taffy Howard District 34 Senate – “In District 34 the most serious situation is DATA CENTERS, with Sequitor Edge in Rapid City & one south of Rapid City. Resource depletion is a concern.”
Candidate John Carley District 29 Senate – “In District 29 there are two property rights issues: property tax and mining.”
Candidate Logan Manhart District 1 House – “In District 1 the main property rights issue right now is Wind Farms.”