General election · 3 November 2026

State House, District 19

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

Race type: Contested
Candidates: 3
Surveys returned: 0 of 3
Race receipts: $37,399

Drew Peterson

Sitting legislator

RepublicanBallot order 1

Where they stand on data centers

67%protective votes — 2 of 3 tracked roll calls

Split record

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

$35,799Total receipts reported

$7,150Matched a flag (A–D)

AData center and Big Tech industry$1,000
BUtility, power and energy interests$2,400
CThe PAC funnel$750
DIndividuals named in the investigation$3,000

Flagged donors on recordMatthew Paulson $2,000 [D]; Dana J Dykhouse $1,000 [D]; Applied Digital Corp $1,000 [A]; Glacial Lakes Energy, LLC $1,000 [B]; SD Ethanol Producers PAC $1,000 [B]; Leading South Dakota PAC $500 [C]

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$31,230

Committee: Drew Peterson For District 19.

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 $6,500 against a $7,150 flagged total. A flag means a donor matched a category. It is not a finding that anything improper happened.

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Jessica Bahmuller

Sitting legislator

RepublicanBallot order 2

Where they stand on data centers

60%protective votes — 3 of 5 tracked roll calls

Split record

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

$0Total receipts reported

—Matched a flag (A–D)

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

Committee: Jessica Bahmuller For Puc; Jessica Bahmuller For South Dakota.

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Heidi Hora

Not a sitting legislator

DemocratBallot order 3

Where they stand on data centers

Nothing on record.Heidi 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

$1,600Total receipts reported

—Matched a flag (A–D)

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

Committee: Heidi Hora For District 19.

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

How to reach them

Emailhoraforhouse@gmail.com
Phone(319) 321-0191

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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.

Email corrections through the Elections page.