About
Tim Reed earned a B.S. in economics and computer science from South Dakota State University in 1988. Reed's career experience includes working as the CEO and chief economic development officer of the Brookings Economic Development Corporation and the development director of the South Dakota State University Foundation. He has served as the advisory board chairman of the Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment, the president of the Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board, and the mayor of Brookings, South Dakota.
Background sourced from Ballotpedia.
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.
provide a sales and use tax exemption for goods and services related to data center operations.
Campaign money
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Tim Reed For District 7
Flagged contributions to their own committee
- The PAC funnel$250
- Individuals named in the investigation$1,000
Flagged donors, largest first
- Mathew Paulson $1,000 [D]
- Dusty PAC $250 [C]
Every itemised contribution on file (11)›
| Mathew Paulsonnamed individuals | $1,000 |
| SDTC Companies PAC | $500 |
| South Dakota Dental Association | $500 |
| WellPac PO Box 9232 Des Moines, IA 50306 FEC | $500 |
| BNSF PAC | $500 |
| PO Box 696000 San Antonio , TX Valero PAC FEC 78269 | $500 |
| SD Bankers PAC | $300 |
| Dusty PACPAC funnel | $250 |
| Altria PAC PO Box 85088 Richmond, VA 23285 FEC | $250 |
| MerckPAC | $200 |
| Tourism Coalition of South Dakota PAC | $100 |
Collected via SOS portal pull, Aug 2026. Contributor names appear exactly as the committee filed them. Donor addresses are not published.