About
Glen Vilhauer was born in Tripp, South Dakota . He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of South Dakota in 1981. His career experience includes working as an accountant.
Background sourced from Ballotpedia.
Note
Co-Sponsored tax breaks for data centers. Received PAC contributions from Applied Digital Corporation through Nick Phillips (VP of external affairs) and Ottertail Corporation PAC who lobbied in Pierre for 50 year tax breaks for data centers and against all resident protections. Received PAC contributions from Glacial Lakes Energy, & SD Action Committee for Rural Electrification (listed as ACRE) . Several energy companies lobbied in Pierre for tax breaks for data centers this past legislative session.
Voting record
On 2026-session data center bills · Senate record
allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities.
protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.
modify provisions relating to the reinvestment payment program, and relating to the purchasing of goods and services used by projects approved for the reinvestment payment program.
provide a sales and use tax exemption for goods and services related to data center operations.
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.
Glen Vilhauer for SD Senate
The itemised donations on file add up to $45,217, while the summary figure collected for Glen A. Vilhauer is $27,946. 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
- AData center and Big Tech industry$1,000
- BUtility, power and energy interests$2,000
- CThe PAC funnel$1,000
Flagged donors, largest first
- Glacial Lakes Energy $1,000
- SD Ethanol Producers PAC $1,000
- Applied Digital $1,000
- SD EPIC PAC $1,000
Every itemised contribution on file (68)›
| (UNITEMIZED - gifts of $100 or less; no donor names required) | $6,426 |
| Cynthia & Lywellyn Tollefson | $4,000 |
| SD RPAC | $2,000 |
| Glen & Darla Vilhauer | $2,000 |
| South Dakota State Medical Association SDSMA PAC | $2,000 |
| Glacial Lakes Energy | $1,000 |
| Donald & Kelly Roby | $1,000 |
| SD Ethanol Producers PAC | $1,000 |
| Applied Digital | $1,000 |
| Contractors Political Action Committee of SD | $1,000 |
| Casey's General Stores | $1,000 |
| Mike Luken | $1,000 |
| South Dakota Public Power PAC | $1,000 |
| Dakota Legacy PAC | $1,000 |
| SD EPIC PAC | $1,000 |
| South Dakota Retailers Association PAC | $1,000 |
| Steven DelBianco | $990 |
| Joseph & Nancy Messer | $750 |
| SD Chiropractic PAC | $700 |
| Sam Nelson | $521 |
| Dusty Johnson PAC | $500 |
| Steve Horning | $500 |
| Joy Nelson | $500 |
| Glenn & Pam Handke | $500 |
| Doug & Lynn Sharp | $500 |
| Michael Rohl | $500 |
| Matthew Kranz | $500 |
| Dakota Conservative PAC | $500 |
| SD Bankers PAC | $500 |
| SODAK-D-PAC | $500 |
| SDAHO PAC | $500 |
| Deadwood Tourism PAC | $500 |
| SD Healthcare Associaiton PAC | $500 |
| BNSF RAILPAC | $500 |
| Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad, Inc. | $500 |
| COTEL PAC | $400 |
| Thad Titze | $313 |
| Larry Nelson | $300 |
| Dave & Joan Biebghauser | $300 |
| Don Rice | $300 |
| SD Trial Lawyers PAC | $300 |
| Liam Culhane | $276 |
| Daniel & Sandra Albertsen | $250 |
| Jo Vitek | $250 |
| David Johnson & Janet Hovey Johnson | $250 |
| SD Credit Union PAC | $250 |
| Chris Clifton | $250 |
| MAYPAC | $250 |
| David & Rochelle Ebbers | $250 |
| Tim & Mary Reed | $250 |
| Nathan & Stacy Noeldner | $250 |
| Connie & Roland Fannin | $250 |
| SD Acre | $250 |
| SOYPAC | $250 |
| Joseph & Sandra Giovannettone | $250 |
| Brad & Carol Johnson | $250 |
| Tim Dougherty | $200 |
| Douglas Stengel | $200 |
| SD Pork Producers PAC | $200 |
| Mike Tomlinson | $164 |
| Otter Tail Corporation PAC | $150 |
| Yvonne Taylor | $104 |
| Jamie Veeder | $104 |
| Matt Roby | $104 |
| Janice Pullman | $104 |
| Steve Watkins | $104 |
| Hugh Bartels | $104 |
| SD Petroleum & Propane Marketers PAC | $100 |
Collected via manual pull (verified). Contributor names appear exactly as the committee filed them. Donor addresses are not published.