General election · 3 November 2026

State House, District 11

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

Race type: Contested
Candidates: 4
Surveys returned: 0 of 4
Race receipts: $52,903

Brian Mulder

Sitting legislator · Nonprofit Director, Sioux Falls

RepublicanBallot order 1Filed 18 Mar 2026

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

$29,630Total receipts reported

$5,450From flagged donors

Data center and Big Tech industry$2,000
Utility, power and energy interests$700
The PAC funnel$2,750

Flagged donors on recordFalls Community Growth PAC $2,500 [C]; Steven DelBianco $1,000 [A]; Applied Digital Corporation $1,000 [A]; SD Ethanol Producers Pac $500 [B]; Dusty PAC $250 [C]; Steve Willard $200 [B]

Committee: Brian Mulder For District 11.

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

How to reach them

Official emailBrian.Mulder@sdlegislature.gov
Campaign emailmulder4sd11@gmail.com
Switchboard(605) 773-3851
Campaign phone(605) 610-6274

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Keri K. Weems

Sitting legislator · Sioux Falls

RepublicanBallot order 2Filed 17 Feb 2026

Where they stand on data centers

50%protective votes — 2 of 4 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

$20,069Total receipts reported

$4,100From flagged donors

Data center and Big Tech industry$2,000
Utility, power and energy interests$850
The PAC funnel$250
Individuals named in the investigation$1,000

Flagged donors on recordSteve DelBianco $1,000; Applied Digital Corporation $1,000; Matt Paulson $1,000; SD Ethanol Producers PAC $500; Dusty PAC $250; Steve Willard $200

Spent for them by others

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

Independent expenditure spent for them$29,073

Committee: Keri Weems For Legislature.

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 $3,950 against a $4,100 flagged total. A flag means a donor matched a category. It is not a finding that anything improper happened.

How to reach them

Campaign emailweemskeri@gmail.com
Emailkeri@keriweems.com
Switchboard(605) 773-3851
Campaign phone(605) 201-3554

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Tracey Quint

Not a sitting legislator · Sioux Falls

LibertarianBallot order 3Filed 4 May 2026

Where they stand on data centers

Nothing on record.Tracey 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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Sonja Mentzer

Not a sitting legislator · Sioux Falls

DemocratBallot order 4Filed 18 Feb 2026

Where they stand on data centers

Nothing on record.Sonja 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

$3,204Total receipts reported

—From flagged donors

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

Committee: Sonja Mentzer For South Dakota.

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

Campaign emailsonjamentzerforsd@gmail.com
Campaign phone(605) 321-3773

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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.