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General election · 3 November 2026

State House, District 13

3 candidates on the ballot, listed in certified ballot order.

Race type
Contested
Candidates
3
Surveys returned
0 of 3
Race receipts
$67,840
Jack R Kolbeck

Jack R Kolbeck

Sitting legislator

RepublicanBallot order 1

Where they stand on data centers

33%protective votes — 1 of 3 tracked roll calls

Failed to protect residents

Survey: no response recorded

The position above is drawn from roll-call votes only. This candidate has not answered the questionnaire in their own words.

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Money — a signal, never a position

$38,250Total receipts reported
$7,600Matched a flag (A–D)
  • 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 on recordDana & 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

Committee: Friends of Jack Kolbeck.

Receipts were collected by hand from the filed forms, so this lists only the donors that matched a flag, not the full itemized list. The named donors here come to $6,700 against a $7,600 flagged total. A flag means a donor matched a category. It is not a finding that anything improper happened.

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John Hughes

John Hughes

Sitting legislator

RepublicanBallot order 2

Where they stand on data centers

100%protective votes — 4 of 4 tracked roll calls

Stood with residents

Survey: no response recorded

The position above is drawn from roll-call votes only. This candidate has not answered the questionnaire in their own words.

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Money — a signal, never a position

$24,151Total receipts reported
—Matched a flag (A–D)

No itemized donors filed. That is not the same as having raised nothing.

Spent for them by others

Independent expenditure. This is not the candidate’s money and they do not control it.

  • FIndependent expenditure spent for them$30,660

Committee: John Hughes For District 13.

A flag means a donor matched a category. It is not a finding that anything improper happened.

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Ali Rae Horsted

Not a sitting legislator

DemocratBallot order 3

Where they stand on data centers

Nothing on record.Ali has never held legislative office, so there are no roll calls to score.

Survey: no response recorded

With no voting record and no returned questionnaire, this page has nothing from them on data centers. Voters have no stated position to weigh.

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Money — a signal, never a position

$5,439Total receipts reported
—Matched a flag (A–D)

No itemized donors filed. That is not the same as having raised nothing.

Committee: Ali Rae Horsted For Sd.

A flag means a donor matched a category. It is not a finding that anything improper happened.

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What the flags mean

A · Data center and Big Tech
The industry itself, its lobbyists, and the trade group that testified for the 50-year tax break.
B · Utility, power and energy
Utilities, generators, transmission and the ethanol bloc — interests whose revenue rises with data center load.
C · The PAC funnel
Money arriving through a political action committee rather than directly.
D · Named individuals
People named in the underlying investigation.
E and F · Outside money
Large national spending and independent expenditure made for a candidate. Never the candidate’s own money, and never added to their receipts.

How the score is built

Roll calls on 2026 data center bills are tracked. A vote counts as protective when it sided with residents on cost, water, or local control.

Candidates with no legislative service have no score. That is shown as an absence, never as a zero.

Full roll calls and bill text: the legislative scorecard.

Correct the record

Every figure here traces to a state-published filing. If something is wrong, we want to fix it fast.

Candidates may submit a questionnaire response at any time; it is published verbatim beside the voting record.

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