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General election · 3 November 2026

State House, District 7

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

Race type
Contested
Candidates
3
Surveys returned
0 of 3
Race receipts
$35,508
Mellissa Heermann

Mellissa Heermann

Sitting legislator · Revenue Cycle Director, Brookings

RepublicanBallot order 1Filed 19 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

$19,053Total receipts reported
$500From flagged donors
  • The PAC funnel$500

Flagged donors on recordDusty PAC $500

Committee: Heermann for District 7.

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

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Roger DeGroot

Roger DeGroot

Sitting legislator · Retired Educator, Brookings

RepublicanBallot order 2Filed 11 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

$16,080Total receipts reported
$1,000From flagged donors
  • Data center and Big Tech industry$500
  • The PAC funnel$500

Flagged donors on recordDusty PAC $500 [C]; David Bockorny $500 [A]

Committee: Degroot For House.

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.

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Blake Stevens

Not a sitting legislator · Brookings

DemocratBallot order 3Filed 27 Mar 2026

Where they stand on data centers

Nothing on record.Blake 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

$375Total receipts reported
—From flagged donors

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

Committee: Blake Stevens For District 07 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.

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