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Larry P. Zikmund

State Senate · District 14

Larry P. Zikmund

67%Senate

Pro-resident voting record on data center bills

Sided with residents on 67% of votes across 11 data center bills.

Note

Received contributions from NextEra Energy Resources Development LLC

Voting record

On 2026-session data center bills · Senate record

HB 1038Voted For

allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities.

SB 135Voted For

protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.

SB 239Voted For

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.

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.

$22,585in itemised receipts

Zikmund For Senate

The itemised donations on file add up to $22,585, while the summary figure collected for Larry P. Zikmund is $11,535. 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$700
  • DIndividuals named in the investigation$1,000
Flagged total$1,700

Money spent by others

This is not Larry P. Zikmund’s money and was not received by their campaign. A candidate does not control independent expenditure made on their behalf, and may not want it.

  • FIndependent expenditure spent for them$28,467

Flagged donors, largest first

  • Dana J. Dykhouse $1,000
  • NextEra Energy Resources Develooment LLC $500
  • Steve Willard $200
Every itemised contribution on file (43)
SD RPAC (Realtors)$2,000
(UNITEMIZED - gifts of $100 or less)$1,235
Casey's General Store 1 SE Convenience Blvd. Ankeny, IA 50021$1,000
PAC Contractors PAC of South DakotaC$1,000
Dana J. DykhouseD$1,000
Hayjon$1,000
South Dakota EPIC$1,000
Dakota Legacy PacC$1,000
South Dakota Retailers Association$1,000
COTEL$750
SD Chiropractic PacC$700
Action Committee Dusty PACC$500
South Dakota Association Of Healthcare Organizations Political$500
SD Bankers PACC$500
SODAK-D-PAC SD Dental Assn.C$500
SD Ethanol Producers PacB$500
Second Century PACC$500
Robert Scull P O Box$500
Steve and Angela Watkins$500
Jay & Jill Schunneman$500
Contribution Statement you received from the entity. 2 South Dakota State Medical Assoc$500
South Dakota Trial Lawyers Assoc P O Box$500
BNSF Railway Co$500
WELLPAC$500
Deadwood Tourism PACC$500
PAC SD ACRE P O BoxC$300
Soy PACC$300
South Dakota Insurance Alliance$250
South Dakota Pork Producers PACC$250
South Dakota Public Power PACC$250
SD Credit Union PACC$250
MAYPAC P O Box$250
Robert Weisser$250
Tim Dougherty P O Box$250
Tim Reed$250
Diedrich for Senate$250
Steve WillardB$200
Gene Murphy$200
Marty Pennock$200
Otter Tail Political Action CommitteeB$150
Kyle Aspaas$100
Contribution Statement you received from the entity. Tourism Coalition of South Dakota$100
SD Petroleum and Propane$100

Collected via manual pull (verified). Contributor names appear exactly as the committee filed them. Donor addresses are not published.

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