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General election · 3 November 2026

State House, District 33

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

Race type
Contested
Candidates
3
Surveys returned
1 of 3
Race receipts
$40,843
Phil Jensen

Phil Jensen

Sitting legislator

RepublicanBallot order 1

Where they stand on data centers

100%protective votes — 5 of 5 tracked roll calls

Stood with residents

Survey: responded

“#1. High electricity demand and the strain on the power grid #2. Concerns about excessive water usage as water resources are already limited in SD #3. Concerns about noise levels #4. Environmental impacts #5. Decommissioning concerns if facilities close with no plan for who's responsible for cleanup costs. #6. Lack of accountability and oversight to protect local communities.”
“I will support legislation that strengthens oversight and requires data centers to pay for the water and electricity they use. I also support a moratorium on new data centers in South Dakota to give local communities time to assess environmental impacts and protect South Dakota families from rising utility costs and water usage concerns. I have a proven track record of opposing tax breaks for data centers, and I have consistently prioritized public concerns.”
Published verbatim as submitted

Money — a signal, never a position

$11,780Total receipts reported
$500Matched a flag (A–D)
  • BUtility, power and energy interests$500

Flagged donors on recordBlack HIlls Corp PAC $500 [B]

Committee: Phil Jensen Campaign.

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

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Curt Massie

Curt Massie

Sitting legislator

RepublicanBallot order 2

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

$27,604Total itemized receipts
$1,000Matched a flag (A–D)
  • DIndividuals named in the investigation$1,000

Flagged donors on recordPSA PAC Inc $5,000; Daugaard For South Dakota $1,000

Spent for them by others

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

  • ELarge national or out-of-state money$5,000

Committee: Curt Massie for SD.

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 $6,000 against a $1,000 flagged total. A flag means a donor matched a category. It is not a finding that anything improper happened.

The itemized ledger and the reported total disagree for this committee. Both figures are published; the larger is shown above.

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Kari Hall

Not a sitting legislator

DemocratBallot order 3

Where they stand on data centers

Nothing on record.Kari 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

$1,459Total receipts reported
—Matched a flag (A–D)

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

Committee: Kari 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.

Email corrections through the Elections page.