Note
Supported Tax Breaks for data centers and killed many bills that would protect citizens
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.
limit nuisances caused by data centers.
update provisions related to certain large-use customers of utilities.
protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.
impose a one-year moratorium on the construction or expansion of hyperscale data centers.
modify provisions pertaining to the purchasing of goods and services related to data center operations.
protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers, to clarify authority to regulate data centers, and to modify provisions pertaining to the purchasing of goods and services by a data center.
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.
Jimmehlhaff For District 24 Senate
Flagged contributions to their own committee
- AData center and Big Tech industry$1,000
- BUtility, power and energy interests$1,650
Flagged donors, largest first
- Applied Digital Corporation $1,000 [A]
- SD Ethanol Producers Pac $1,000 [B]
- Steve and Marla Willard $500 [B]
- Ottertail Corporation $150 [B]
Every itemised contribution on file (74)›
| SD Realtors PAC | $2,000 |
| (UNITEMIZED - gifts of $100 or less; no donor names required by SDCL 12-27-24(11)) | $1,593 |
| Peter J. & Paddy Mehlhaff | $1,000 |
| Lancaster Management | $1,000 |
| Casey's General Stores | $1,000 |
| Applied Digital CorporationA | $1,000 |
| SODAK-D-PAC | $1,000 |
| Contractors PAC of South Dakota | $1,000 |
| SD Ethanol Producers PacB | $1,000 |
| WELL PAC P.O. Box 9232 Des Moines, IA 50306 FEC.gov | $1,000 |
| Charter Schools Action | $1,000 |
| Steve Del Bianco | $961 |
| Convention of States SD PAC | $750 |
| Joseph Mehlhaff | $500 |
| Richard P. Tieszen | $500 |
| Tom Maher | $500 |
| David W. Siebrasse | $500 |
| Peter and Paddy Mehlhaff | $500 |
| Jeff and Mary Smith | $500 |
| Karl and Joan Adam | $500 |
| Larry Deiter | $500 |
| Debra Mortenson | $500 |
| Brett and Lori Koenecke | $500 |
| Terra M. Larson | $500 |
| Bryan And Patsy Mehlhaff | $500 |
| Doug Abraham | $500 |
| Steve and Marla WillardB | $500 |
| Justin Bell | $500 |
| Luke and Kristen Edwards | $500 |
| Nathan and Tiffany Sanderson | $500 |
| Mary Ann Martin Christensen | $500 |
| Aaron and Kara Semmler | $500 |
| Morris, Inc. | $500 |
| SD Bankers PAC | $500 |
| Maypac | $500 |
| Mort PAC | $500 |
| 605 VICTORY PAC | $500 |
| SD Action Committee For Rural Electrification | $500 |
| Deadwood Tourism PAC | $500 |
| COTEL | $500 |
| The Second Century PAC | $500 |
| Independent Community Bankers of SD | $500 |
| Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad Inc | $500 |
| Mitch and Shantel Krebs | $400 |
| SD Chiropractic Pac | $350 |
| Steve and Leah Mohr | $300 |
| South Dakota Public Power PAC | $250 |
| Ron Baumgart | $250 |
| Michael J. Weisgram | $250 |
| Ellie and Eric Bailey | $250 |
| Bill and Tina Van Camp | $250 |
| Steve and Kim Malsam- Rysdon | $250 |
| Michael J. Weisgram | $250 |
| Brock and Kelli Greenfield | $250 |
| Jason Williams | $250 |
| Ian Fury | $250 |
| Darla Pullman Rogers | $250 |
| Lindsey Riter-Rapp | $250 |
| Paul Nelson and Mary Lehecka Nelson | $250 |
| Frank and Leslie Abena | $250 |
| Larry Eliason | $250 |
| Paul Mehlhaff | $250 |
| Yvonne Taylor | $250 |
| NAMIC Administrative Fund | $250 |
| SD Wind Energy Assn. | $250 |
| Soy PAC | $250 |
| South Dakota Trial Lawyers Political Action Committee | $250 |
| South Dakota Association Of Healthcare Organizations Political Action Committee | $250 |
| Matthew and Alyssa Brunner | $200 |
| South Dakota Pork Producers PAC | $200 |
| Steve and Monica Harding | $150 |
| Ottertail CorporationB | $150 |
| South Dakota Hy-Vee Political Action Committee | $100 |
| Friends of Steve Barnett | $100 |
Collected via SOS portal pull, Aug 2026. Contributor names appear exactly as the committee filed them. Donor addresses are not published.
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