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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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SD | State House - 4 | Fred Deutsch | Republican | 94% |
SD | State House - 6 | Ernie Otten, Jr. | Republican | 91% |
SD | State House - 17 | Bill Shorma | Republican | 91% |
SD | State House - 18 | Mike Stevens | Republican | 87% |
SD | State House - 27 | Liz May | Republican | 93% |
SD | State House - 29 | Gary Cammack | Republican | 100% |
SD | State House - 32 | Kristin Conzet | Republican | 92% |
SD | State House - 33 | Phil Jensen | Republican | 100% |
SD | State Senate - 3 | Al Novstrup | Republican | 100% |
SD | State Senate - 4 | John Wiik | Republican | 94% |
SD | State Senate - 5 | Lee Anton Schoenbeck | Republican | 87% |
SD | State Senate - 6 | Herman Otten | Republican | 80% |
SD | State Senate - 11 | Jim Stalzer | Republican | 100% |
SD | State Senate - 12 | Arch Beal | Republican | 80% |
SD | State Senate - 14 | Larry Zikmund | Republican | 100% |
SD | State Senate - 16 | Jim Bolin | Republican | 100% |
SD | State Senate - 18 | Jean Hunhoff | Republican | 79% |
SD | State Senate - 19 | Kyle Schoenfish | Republican | 87% |
SD | State Senate - 20 | Josh Klumb | Republican | 100% |
SD | State Senate - 26 | Shawn Bordeaux | Democratic | 50% |
SD | State Senate - 29 | Dean Wink | Republican | 80% |
SD | Commissioner of Schools and Public Lands | Brock Greenfield | Republican | 100% |
SD | Council Member - At-Large | Alex Jensen | Republican | 86% |
SD | Commissioner - At-Large | Dennis Feickert | 100% | |
SD | State Board of Education | Phyllis Heineman | 91% | |
David Anderson | 86% | |||
Julie Bartling | 67% | |||
James Bradford | 55% | |||
Corey Brown | 91% | |||
Thomas Brunner | 100% | |||
Angie Buhl-O'Donnell | 50% | |||
Blaine Campbell | 100% | |||
Scott Craig | 100% | |||
Justin Cronin | 82% | |||
Blake Curd | 75% | |||
Lynne DiSanto | 100% | |||
Dan Dryden | 64% | |||
Mary Duvall | 87% | |||
Bob Ewing | 91% | |||
Scott Fiegen | 64% | |||
Jason Frerichs | 54% | |||
Peggy Gibson | 50% | |||
Brian Gosch | 93% | |||
Lana Greenfield | 93% | |||
Don Haggar | 100% | |||
Michele Harrison | 88% | |||
Steven Haugaard | 100% | |||
Terri Haverly | 91% | |||
Paula Hawks | 44% | |||
Spencer Hawley | 44% | |||
Leslie Heinemann | 93% | |||
Troy Heinert | 38% | |||
Ried Holien | 100% | |||
Thomas Holmes | 81% | |||
Bernie Hunhoff | 54% | |||
Roger Hunt | 100% | |||
Timothy Johns | 69% | |||
Kevin Killer | 62% | |||
Patrick Kirschman | 71% | |||
Kris Langer | 86% | |||
Isaac Latterell | 100% | |||
Sam Marty | 100% | |||
Steven McCleerey | 50% | |||
Mark Mickelson | 93% | |||
Jeff Monroe | 92% | |||
Scott Munsterman | 89% | |||
David Novstrup | 75% | |||
Betty Olson | 100% | |||
David Omdahl | 100% | |||
Scott Parsley | 45% | |||
Jeff Partridge | 93% | |||
Deb Peters | 55% | |||
Jim Peterson | 82% | |||
Kent Peterson | 87% | |||
Lee Qualm | 100% | |||
Bruce Rampelberg | 100% | |||
Nancy Rasmussen | 92% | |||
Ray Ring | 79% | |||
Fred Romkema | 71% | |||
Tim Rounds | 76% | |||
Tona Rozum | 73% | |||
Art Rusch | 77% | |||
Lance Russell | 100% | |||
James Schaefer | 93% | |||
Dean Schrempp | 60% | |||
Jacqueline Sly | 71% | |||
Deb Soholt | 55% | |||
Alan Solano | 85% | |||
Karen Soli | 40% | |||
Roger Solum | 87% | |||
Wayne Steinhauer | 94% | |||
Billie Sutton | 64% | |||
Larry Tidemann | 45% | |||
Craig Tieszen | 54% | |||
Burton Tulson | 88% | |||
Bill Van Gerpen | 100% | |||
Mike Vehle | 50% | |||
Mike Verchio | 93% | |||
Dick Werner | 80% | |||
Steve Westra | 93% |