Note
Very dismissive of petitioning and concerns 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. Received PAC contributions from Applied Digital Corporation who lobbied in Pierre through Nick Phillips (VP of external affairs) for 50 year tax breaks for data centers and against all resident protections. Received PAC contributions from Ottertail Corporation PAC who lobbied in Pierre 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.
Friends of Jack Kolbeck
Flagged contributions to their own committee
- AData center and Big Tech industry$2,000
- BUtility, power and energy interests$900
- CThe PAC funnel$1,700
- DIndividuals named in the investigation$3,000
Flagged donors, largest first
- Dana & LaDawn Dykhouse $2,000
- Mark Mickelson $1,000
- Steven DelBianco $1,000
- Applied Digital Corp $1,000
- SD EPIC PAC $1,000
- South Dakotans for Common Sense PAC $700
These named donors add up to $6,700, against the $7,600 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 (54)›
| SIXPAC | $5,000 |
| Dana & LaDawn Dykhouse | $2,000 |
| SD Realtors PAC | $2,000 |
| (UNITEMIZED - gifts of $100 or less; no donor names required) | $1,550 |
| Miskimins for SD Senate | $1,500 |
| SD Ag Leaders PAC | $1,000 |
| Tom Walsh | $1,000 |
| John Klumb | $1,000 |
| Zach Neugebauer | $1,000 |
| Dave & De Knudson | $1,000 |
| Mark Mickelson | $1,000 |
| Steven DelBianco | $1,000 |
| Applied Digital Corp | $1,000 |
| SD EPIC PAC | $1,000 |
| Anheuser Busch Companies | $1,000 |
| OneStop Tea LLC | $1,000 |
| Convention of States SD PAC | $750 |
| John Hahn | $750 |
| Contractors Political Action Committee of SD | $550 |
| Timothy Dougherty | $500 |
| MidAmerican Energy PAC | $500 |
| SD Ethanol Producers PAC | $500 |
| Joel & Vicki Dykstra | $500 |
| Greg & Phyllis Heineman | $500 |
| Paul Jay Lewis | $500 |
| Henry Carlson III | $500 |
| SD Bankers PAC Committee | $500 |
| South Dakota Retailers Association PAC | $500 |
| Sioux Empire Friends of Affordable Housing | $500 |
| South Dakota State Medical Association PAC | $500 |
| Second Century PAC | $500 |
| Deadwood Tourism PAC | $500 |
| Pat Costello | $500 |
| Kara Semmler | $400 |
| Max & Cathy Reinecke | $350 |
| SDAHO PAC | $350 |
| SD Credit Union PAC | $350 |
| South Dakota Trial Lawyers PAC | $300 |
| Altria Client Services, LLC | $250 |
| SODAK-D-PAC | $250 |
| Robert Roter | $250 |
| Kevin Nyberg | $250 |
| Craig Matson | $250 |
| MAYPAC | $250 |
| SD ACRE PAC | $250 |
| Erik Nyberg | $250 |
| Dan Kippley | $250 |
| Tim & Julie Stupka | $250 |
| Steve & Marla Willard | $250 |
| Kristi Graham | $250 |
| Nick & Diane Kranz | $200 |
| Steve Kirby | $200 |
| Otter Tail Corp. PAC | $150 |
| Gerald & Deb Teunissen | $150 |
Collected via manual pull (verified). Contributor names appear exactly as the committee filed them. Donor addresses are not published.
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