Note
Received PAC contributions from Glacial Lakes Energy LLC. Several energy companies lobbied in Pierre for tax breaks for data centers this past legislative session.
Voting record
On 2026-session data center bills · Senate record
allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities.
protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.
modify provisions relating to the reinvestment payment program, and relating to the purchasing of goods and services used by projects approved for the reinvestment payment program.
Campaign money
Money is a signal, never a position. A flag below means a donor matched a category. It is not a finding that anything improper happened.
Wipf for the Senate
Flagged contributions to their own committee
- Utility, power and energy interests$2,500
- The PAC funnel$500
- Individuals named in the investigation$1,041
Flagged donors, largest first
- Glacial Lakes Energy LLC $2,000
- Matt/Karine Paulson $1,041
- SD Ethanol Producers Pac $500
- Dusty PAC $500
Every itemised contribution on file (25)›
| SD Ag Leaders PACPAC funnel | $5,000 |
| Matt/Karine Paulsonnamed individuals | $1,041 |
| Gary Clifton | $1,000 |
| Vic/Twila Gross | $1,000 |
| Contribution Statement you received from the entity. Glacial Lakes Energy LLCutility & energy | $1,000 |
| Amy Clifton | $1,000 |
| Brent/Dawn Kleinsasser | $700 |
| (UNITEMIZED - gifts of $100 or less) | $550 |
| South Dakota Trial Lawyers | $500 |
| Terry Nebelsick | $500 |
| Sidney Davis | $500 |
| Willis/Shirley Wipf | $500 |
| Hjalmer/Janet Tschetter | $500 |
| Robert Skjonsberg | $500 |
| SD Ethanol Producers Pacutility & energy | $500 |
| Soy PACPAC funnel | $500 |
| Lynn/Gloria Schneider | $400 |
| Mike/Robin Jaspers | $250 |
| Terry Schultz | $250 |
| Dusty PACPAC funnel | $250 |
| Caleb Ragland | $250 |
| Jim White | $250 |
| South Dakota Pork Producers PACPAC funnel | $200 |
| Denis Drake | $125 |
| Curt Blades | $104 |
Collected via manual pull (verified). Contributor names appear exactly as the committee filed them. Donor addresses are not published.