Note
Received PAC contributions from NextEra Energy Resources Development LLC, South Dakota Public Power PAC, & MidAmerican Energy Company. Several energy companies lobbied in Pierre for tax breaks for data centers this past legislative session.
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.
Friends of Chris Kassin
The itemised donations on file add up to $30,700, while the summary figure collected for Chris Kassin is $29,800. 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$1,000
- CThe PAC funnel$500
- DIndividuals named in the investigation$1,000
Flagged donors, largest first
- Matthew Paulson $1,000
- Dusty PAC $500
- NextEra Energy Resources Development LLC $500
- SD Ethanol Producers PAC $500
Every itemised contribution on file (56)›
| Chris Kassin (Candidate) | $2,000 |
| Patty Kassin (Parent) | $2,000 |
| South Dakota Realtors | $2,000 |
| (UNITEMIZED - gifts of $100 or less; no donor names required) | $1,300 |
| Brian Kassin | $1,000 |
| Lawrence Kassin | $1,000 |
| William H. Ingram | $1,000 |
| J M Lapeyre Jr | $1,000 |
| Matthew Paulson | $1,000 |
| Keith Gestring | $1,000 |
| South Dakota EPIC | $1,000 |
| Doug Shull | $1,000 |
| SD Chiropractor - PAC | $700 |
| CONPAC | $550 |
| NextEra Energy Resources Development LLC | $500 |
| Wyatt Haines | $500 |
| Scott Stern | $500 |
| BNSF Railway Company | $500 |
| MidAmerican Energy Company | $500 |
| South Dakota State Medical Association | $500 |
| Sout Dakota Retailers Association PAC | $500 |
| SD Bankers PAC | $500 |
| COTEL | $500 |
| Deadwood Tourism PAC | $500 |
| SD Ethanol Producers PAC | $500 |
| Amber Arlint for SD House | $500 |
| NextEra Energy Resources Development LLC | $500 |
| SD AG Leaders PAC | $500 |
| SD House GOP | $500 |
| SD Credit Union PAC | $350 |
| SDAHO PAC | $350 |
| South Dakota Insurance Alliance PAC | $300 |
| South Dakota Pork Producers PAC | $300 |
| SD SOYPAC | $300 |
| Steve Watkins | $250 |
| SD ACRE | $250 |
| Rob Skjonsberg | $250 |
| Paul Johnson | $250 |
| COTEL PAC | $250 |
| Next Generation Leaderhship PAC | $250 |
| Dusty PAC | $250 |
| SODAK D-PAC | $250 |
| Dusty PAC | $250 |
| South Dakota Public Power PAC | $250 |
| Bruce Tucker | $250 |
| Friends of Tony Venhuizen | $250 |
| David Johnson | $250 |
| Steve Watkins | $250 |
| Steve Williard | $250 |
| Friends of Sydney Davis | $250 |
| Jon Schemmel | $250 |
| Mike Derby | $200 |
| Aaron Unterbrunner | $200 |
| Bruce Tucker | $150 |
| Jeff Patridge | $150 |
| Tourism Coalition of SD PAC | $100 |
Collected via manual pull (verified). Contributor names appear exactly as the committee filed them. Donor addresses are not published.
Other candidates in this race
State House · District 17
