General election · 3 November 2026

State House, District 27

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

Race type: Contested
Candidates: 5
Surveys returned: 0 of 5
Race receipts: $1,373

Liz May

Sitting legislator

RepublicanBallot order 1

Where they stand on data centers

75%protective votes — 3 of 5 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

$1,175Total receipts reported

—Matched a flag (A–D)

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

Committee: Elizabeth May - State Representative.

Receipts were collected by hand from the filed forms, so this lists only the donors that matched a flag, not the full itemized list. A flag means a donor matched a category. It is not a finding that anything improper happened.

How to reach them

Emailemay4district27@hotmail.com

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Evangeline Poor Bear

Not a sitting legislator

IndependentBallot order 2

Where they stand on data centers

Nothing on record.Evangeline 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.

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: Evangeline Poor Bear.

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

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Elizabeth Lone Eagle

Not a sitting legislator

IndependentBallot order 3

Where they stand on data centers

Nothing on record.Elizabeth 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.

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: Elizabeth Lone Eagle For Sd District 27 House.

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

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Joe Flood

Not a sitting legislator

IndependentBallot order 4

Where they stand on data centers

Nothing on record.Joe 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.

Money — a signal, never a position

$198Total receipts reported

—Matched a flag (A–D)

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

Committee: Flood For South Dakota.

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

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Jay Yohner

Not a sitting legislator

IndependentBallot order 5

Where they stand on data centers

Nothing on record.Jay 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.

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: Jay Yohner For State House Of Representatives.

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.

Email corrections through the Elections page.