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Mike Weisgram

State House · District 24

Mike Weisgram

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Pro-resident voting record on data center bills

Sided with residents on 50% of votes across 11 data center bills.

Note

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 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

HB 1038Voted For

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

HB 1246Voted Against

prohibit nondisclosure of certain agreements related to data centers.

SB 135Voted For

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

HB 1005Co-Sponsor

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.

$40,981in reported receipts

Mike Weisgram for Legislature

Flagged contributions to their own committee

  • BUtility, power and energy interests$650
  • CThe PAC funnel$1,200
Flagged total$1,850

Money spent by others

This is not Mike Weisgram’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$31,608

Flagged donors, largest first

  • SD for Common Sense PAC $700
  • Willard, Steve $500
  • Dusty PAC $500
  • Otter Tail Power PAC $150
Every itemised contribution on file (4)
(UNITEMIZED - gifts of $100 or less)$3,375
PAC South Dakota Petroleum andC$500
South Dakota Insurance Alliance$300
NAME NOT RECOVERED - out-of-state PACC$200

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

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