General election · 3 November 2026

State Senate, District 19

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

Race type: Contested
Candidates: 2
Surveys returned: 0 of 2
Race receipts: $15,000

Kyle Schoenfish

Sitting legislator · Certified Public Accountant, Scotland

RepublicanBallot order 1Filed 25 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

$15,000Total itemized receipts

$750From flagged donors

Utility, power and energy interests$500
The PAC funnel$250

Flagged donors on recordSD Ethanol Producers Pac $500; Dusty PAC $250

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$30,190

Committee: Kyle Schoenfish For SD.

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

The itemized ledger and the reported total disagree for this committee. Both figures are published; the larger is shown above.

How to reach them

Official emailKyle.Schoenfish@sdlegislature.gov
Campaign emailKrs15@hotmail.com
Switchboard(605) 773-3821
Campaign phone(605) 660-6468

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Russell E. Graeff

Not a sitting legislator · Scotland

DemocratBallot order 2Filed 26 Mar 2026

Where they stand on data centers

Nothing on record.Russell 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.

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: Russell Graeff Campaign.

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

How to reach them

Campaign emailCampaign@RussGraeff.com
Campaign phone(812) 208-3827

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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.