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General election · 3 November 2026

State House, District 5

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

Race type
Contested
Candidates
3
Surveys returned
0 of 3
Race receipts
$27,500

Byron I. Callies

Not a sitting legislator · Watertown

RepublicanBallot order 1Filed 23 Feb 2026

Where they stand on data centers

Nothing on record.Byron 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

$2,000Total receipts reported
$450From flagged donors
  • Utility, power and energy interests$200
  • The PAC funnel$250

Flagged donors on recordDusty PAC $250 [C]; Steve Willard $200 [B]

Committee: Callies Campaign Committee.

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

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Matt Roby

Matt Roby

Sitting legislator · Attorney/Investment Advisor, Watertown

RepublicanBallot order 2Filed 9 Feb 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

$25,500Total receipts reported
$2,750From flagged donors
  • Utility, power and energy interests$1,000
  • The PAC funnel$250
  • Individuals named in the investigation$1,500

Flagged donors on recordDaugaard for South Dakota $1,000 [D]; NextEra Energy Resources Development, LLC $1,000 [B]; Chris & Emily Daugaard $500 [D]; Dusty PAC $250 [C]

Committee: Friends Of Matt Roby.

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

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Neal Tapio

Not a sitting legislator · Watertown

IndependentBallot order 3Filed 1 May 2026

Where they stand on data centers

Nothing on record.Neal 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

$0Total receipts reported
—From flagged donors

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

Committee: Neal Tapio For House.

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.