Note
Received PAC In-kind donations under “digital assets” from South Dakotans for Common Sense. Chaired by Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken who voted for the 500 MW Gemini data center in Sioux Falls. South Dakotans for Common Sense received $150,000 from NetChoice PAC who lobbied in Pierre through Steve DelBianco (President of NetChoice) for 50 year tax breaks for data centers and against all resident protections.
Voting record
On 2026-session data center bills · House record
allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities.
prohibit nondisclosure of certain agreements related to data centers.
protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.
Campaign money
Money is a signal, never a position. A flag below means a donor matched a category. It is not a finding that anything improper happened.
Amber Arlint for SD House
The itemised donations on file add up to $41,000, while the summary figure collected for Amber Arlint is $9,545. The two have not been reconciled, most likely because they cover different filing periods. Both are shown rather than choosing one.
Flagged contributions to their own committee
- BUtility, power and energy interests$150
- CThe PAC funnel$250
- DIndividuals named in the investigation$7,375
Flagged donors, largest first
- Dana Dykhouse $2,000 [D]
- Mark & Cynthia Mickelson $2,000 [D]
- Zach & Amanda Neugebauer $1,500 [D]
- Matthew Paulson $1,000 [D]
- Steve & Suzie Kirby $250 [D]
- Dan & Arlene Kirby $250 [D]
- Amy Mickelson & Bill Haugen $250 [D]
- Steve & Marla Willard $250 [B]
- Otter Tail Corp PAC $150 [B]
These named donors add up to $7,650, against the $400 flagged above. The itemisation on file is partial, so the list is not the whole of it. That gap is a limit of what has been collected, not a finding.
Every itemised contribution on file (71)›
| Dana DykhouseD | $2,000 |
| Mark & Cynthia MickelsonD | $2,000 |
| Scott & Staci Stern | $2,000 |
| Gregory & Natalie Breukelman | $1,500 |
| Zach & Amanda NeugebauerD | $1,500 |
| Ryan & Kia Pidde | $1,000 |
| Garnet & Gillas Stern | $1,000 |
| Kevin Schieffer Trust | $1,000 |
| Tyler & Melissa Baker | $1,000 |
| Bradley Erford | $1,000 |
| JM Lapeyre Jr | $1,000 |
| Matthew PaulsonD | $1,000 |
| Matthew & Paige Bock | $1,000 |
| Corey & Karen Brown | $1,000 |
| Reiner Financial Services, L.L.C | $1,000 |
| William Ingram | $1,000 |
| Joel & Vicki Dykstra | $1,000 |
| Daugaard for South Dakota | $1,000 |
| Kevin & Laney Schieffer | $1,000 |
| (UNITEMIZED - gifts of $100 or less) | $850 |
| The Duncan Law Firm, L.L.P. | $750 |
| Kent & Carolyn Cutler | $500 |
| Brian Gilbert | $500 |
| Robert Skjonsberg | $500 |
| Steve Perkins | $500 |
| Kip & Kristi Wagner | $500 |
| Thompson Insurance | $500 |
| Chris & Emily Daugaard | $500 |
| Gary & Barb Fish | $500 |
| Craig Matson LLC | $500 |
| BNSF Railway Company | $500 |
| Daniel Kippley | $500 |
| James W. Abbott | $500 |
| Dr. Daniel & Dr. Marne Terveen | $500 |
| Christopher & Joni Ekstrum | $500 |
| Eric & Megan McDonald | $500 |
| Bill & Jill Gassen | $500 |
| Scott & Kelly Erickson | $500 |
| Tony & Brenda Nour | $350 |
| Matthew & Rachel Hocks | $300 |
| Jennifer & David Grennan | $300 |
| Richard & Bonnie Martin | $275 |
| Friends of Tony Venhuizen | $250 |
| Ryan Geraets | $250 |
| Chad Hatch | $250 |
| Deb & Jerry Soholt | $250 |
| Brad & Anna Jankord | $250 |
| Matt & Heather McCaulley | $250 |
| Alex & Nicole Jensen | $250 |
| Ronald Williamson | $250 |
| Amanda & Joseph Kippley | $250 |
| Lorin Pankratz | $250 |
| Tim & Lisa Rave | $250 |
| Nathan Unruh | $250 |
| Amy Mickelson & Bill HaugenD | $250 |
| Andrew Curley | $250 |
| Jason Arehndt | $250 |
| Steve & Suzie KirbyD | $250 |
| Pat & Shawn Costello | $250 |
| Paul Amundson & Alison Tendler | $250 |
| Ellie Bailey | $250 |
| Dan & Arlene KirbyD | $250 |
| Robert Fouberg | $250 |
| Steve & Marla WillardB | $250 |
| WELLPACE | $250 |
| Insuring America PACE | $250 |
| Otter Tail Corporation PACB | $150 |
| Mitch Richter | $150 |
| Eric Erickson | $125 |
| Dave RozenboomD | $125 |
| John McGrath | $125 |
Collected via manual pull (verified). Contributor names appear exactly as the committee filed them. Donor addresses are not published.
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