South Dakota Gun Owners Voter Guide

 

South Dakota Gun Owners has created a Gun Rights Survey program to help gun owners understand where candidates for the state Legislature stand on the right to bear arms.  Each candidate was asked to indicate where he or she stands on thirteen specific gun rights issues.  They were each asked to sign a pledge stating that they would vote according to their answers, and each was informed that failure to answer any question would be considered an anti-gun answer.   

Key

P

=

Pro-gun vote

A

=

Anti-gun vote

S

=

Support

O

=

Oppose

--

=

No voting record on this issue

U

=

Undecided or Ambiguous answer

R

=

Refused to answer

RCC

=

Right to Carry on Campus

RSD

=

Right to Self-Defense

ACR

=

Anti-Gun Central Registry

LGB

=

Lautenberg Gun Ban

The numbers in the column headings represent the SDGO Gun Rights Survey questions.  You can read the entire survey, or click on each number to read the corresponding question.  You can also click on the three-letter abbreviation (for example "RCC") for a brief description of the issue.

Dist Seat Pty Name RCC RSD ACR LGB x1x x2x x3a x3b x4x x5x x6x x7x x8x x9x x10x x11x x12x x13x
01 House C Franklin Nelson de Padilla -- -- -- -- O O O S O O O O O S S O S S
01 House D Susan Wismer -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
01 House D Jason Frerichs -- -- -- -- O O O O O O O O O S S O S S
01 House R Scott German -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
01 House R Ron Olson -- -- -- -- O O O O O O O O O S S O S S
01 Senate D Gary D. Hanson A P A P R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
01 Senate R Lucas Lentsch -- -- -- -- O O O S O O O O O S S O O S
02 House D Elaine M. Elliott -- -- -- -- O U O S O O O S O O S R S O
02 House D H. Paul Dennert P A A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
02 House R Wayne Greenfield -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
02 House R Daniel Kaiser -- -- -- -- O O O O O O O O O S S O S S
02 Senate D Jim Hundstad A A A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
02 Senate R Hjalmer Tschetter -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
03 House D Mark Remily -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
03 House D Dennis Feickert -- -- -- -- O O O O O O O O O S O S O O
03 House R Isaac Latterell -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
03 House R David Novstrup P -- -- -- O O O O O O O O O S S O S S
03 Senate D Alan C. Hoerth A -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
03 Senate R Al Novstrup P P A -- O O O O O O O O O S S O S S
04 House D Steve Street P A A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
04 House R Val Rausch P P A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
04 House R James E. Gilkerson -- -- -- -- O U S S O O O O O S S O O O
04 Senate D Jim Peterson P P A -- O O O R O O O O O S S O S S
05 House D Jaunita Lentz -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
05 House D Curt Johnson -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
05 House R Bob Faehn P P A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
05 House R Roger Solum -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
05 Senate D Nancy Turbak Berry A -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
05 Senate R Al Koistinen P P A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Dist Seat Pty Name RCC RSD ACR LGB x1x x2x x3a x3b x4x x5x x6x x7x x8x x9x x10x x11x x12x x13x
06 House D Cynthia Johnson -- -- -- -- S S S S O O O S O S S S O O
06 House R Kristi Noem P -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
06 House R Brock L. Greenfield P P A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
06 Senate D Dennis Nemmers -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
06 Senate R Art Fryslie -- P A -- O O O O O O O O O S S O U R
07 House D Steve Binkley -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
07 House D Abigail Howell -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
07 House R Larry J. Tidemann P P A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
07 House R Carol A. Pitts -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
07 Senate D Pam Merchant -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
07 Senate R Orville B. Smidt A P A A R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
08 House D Gerald Lange -- A A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
08 House D Mitch Fargen -- -- -- -- O S O O O O O O O O O O O O
08 House R Jerry Johnson -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
08 House R Patricia K. Stricherz -- -- -- -- S S S S S S S S S O O S O O
08 Senate D Scott Parsley -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
08 Senate R Russell Olson P -- -- -- O O O S O O O O O S S O S S
09 House D Richard A. Engels P -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
09 House D Marlyn "Sonny" Beebe -- -- -- -- O O S S O O O R O O S S S S
09 House R Deb Peters P P A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
09 House R Tom Sutton -- -- -- -- O O O O O O O O O S O O S S
09 Senate D Paul Nielson -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
09 Senate I Tom Dempster A P A A R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
10 House D Robert F. Swanhorst -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
10 House D Mary Ann Giebink -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
10 House R Roger Hunt P P A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
10 House R Shantel Krebs P P A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
10 Senate D Clara Saeni Hart -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
10 Senate R Gene G. Abdallah P P A A R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Dist Seat Pty Name RCC RSD ACR LGB x1x x2x x3a x3b x4x x5x x6x x7x x8x x9x x10x x11x x12x x13x
11 House D Darrell D. Solberg -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
11 House D Don Rose -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
11 House R Todd Schlekeway -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
11 House R Mark K Willadsen P P A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
11 Senate C D. Scott Bartlett -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
11 Senate D Nate Welch -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
11 Senate R Jason M. Gant P P A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
12 House D Gregory Kniffen -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
12 House D Paula L. Johnson -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
12 House R Manny Steele P -- -- -- O O O O O O O O O S S O O S
12 House R R. Blake Curd -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
12 Senate D Sandy Jerstad A -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
12 Senate R Hal Wick P P -- -- O O O U O O O O O O S O S U
13 House D Bill Thompson A A A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
13 House D Susy Blake -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
13 House R Tom Reaves -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
13 House R John Mogen -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
13 Senate D Scott Heidepriem A -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
13 Senate R Phyllis M. Heineman P P A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
14 House D Marc S. Feinstein A -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
14 House D Jacey Harmon -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
14 House R R. Shawn Tornow -- A A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
14 House R Joni M. Cutler P A A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
14 Senate D Bob Stevens -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
14 Senate R Dave Knudson A P A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Dist Seat Pty Name RCC RSD ACR LGB x1x x2x x3a x3b x4x x5x x6x x7x x8x x9x x10x x11x x12x x13x
15 House D Martha Vanderlinde -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
15 House D Patrick A. Kirschman -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
15 House R Tamera "Tammy" Weis -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
15 Senate C Steve Willis -- -- -- -- O O O O O O O O O S S O S S
15 Senate D Kathy Miles P A A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
15 Senate R Tracy Saboe -- -- -- -- O O O O O O O O O S S O S S
16 House D Brian L. Wells -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
16 House D Janelle M. O'Connor -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
16 House R Jim Bolin -- -- -- -- O O S S O O S U O U U O S U
16 House R Dan Lederman -- -- -- -- O O O O O O O O O S S O S O
16 Senate D Margaret V. Gillespie -- A A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
16 Senate R Kenneth D. Albers P -- A A O O O O O O O O O O O O S O
17 House D John J. Reedy -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
17 House D Eldon Nygaard P -- -- -- O O O S O O O O O S S S O O
17 House R Roger Tigert -- -- -- -- O O O O O O O O O S S S S S
17 House R Jamie M. Boomgarden P P A -- O O S S O O O S O S S O S O
17 Senate D Ben Nesselhuf A -- A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
17 Senate R Jerad Higman -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
18 House D Garry A. Moore P P A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
18 House D Bernie Hunhoff -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
18 House R Daniel L. Rupiper -- -- -- -- O S S S O O O S O O O S O O
18 House R Nick G. Moser -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
18 Senate D William (Bill) Kerr -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
18 Senate R Jean M. Hunhoff P P A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Dist Seat Pty Name RCC RSD ACR LGB x1x x2x x3a x3b x4x x5x x6x x7x x8x x9x x10x x11x x12x x13x
19 House D Travis Lape -- -- -- -- O S O O S O O S O O S O O O
19 House D Glennis "Glenny" Stern -- -- -- -- U O O R O O O O U U U U U U
19 House I Richard M Hall -- -- -- -- O O R S R R R R R S R O S S
19 House R Bill Van Gerpen -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
19 House R J.E. "Jim" Putnam P P A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
19 Senate D Frank J. Kloucek P P A -- O O O O O O O O O S S O S S
19 Senate R D.E. Gene Cordes -- -- -- -- O O O S U O U O O O U O S O
20 House D Tony J Sieler -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
20 House D David B Mitchell -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
20 House R Lance Carson P -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
20 House R Noel Hamiel -- -- -- -- O U O U U O O O O U U O U O
20 Senate D Jack Mortenson -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
20 Senate R Mike Vehle P A A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
21 House D David W. Reis -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
21 House D Diane L. Kastner -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
21 House R Thomas J. Deadrick P P A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
21 House R Kent Juhnke P P Pro -- O O O O O O O O O O S O U S
21 Senate D Charon Asetoyer -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
21 Senate R Cooper Garnos P A A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
22 House D Peggy Gibson -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
22 House D Quinten L Burg P -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
22 House R Joshua Haeder -- -- -- -- O O O O O O O O O S S O S S
22 House R Cliff Hadley -- -- -- -- O O O O O O O O O S S O S O
22 Senate D Dale Hargens P A A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
22 Senate R Tom Hansen A P A -- O O O O O O O O O S S O S S
Dist Seat Pty Name RCC RSD ACR LGB x1x x2x x3a x3b x4x x5x x6x x7x x8x x9x x10x x11x x12x x13x
23 House D Orland Geigle -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
23 House D Leonard M. Linde -- -- -- -- S S S S S O O O O O O S O O
23 House I Wayne E. Schmidt -- -- -- -- O O S S U O O O O S O O S S
23 House R Charles B. Hoffman -- -- -- -- O O S S S O O O O S S O S S
23 House R Justin R Cronin -- -- -- -- O S S S O O O S O S S O O O
23 Senate D Nicholas Nemec -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
23 Senate R Corey Brown -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
24 House D Jodi R. Owen -- -- -- -- S S S S S O O S U S S O S S
24 House D Ann Eichinger -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
24 House R Tim G. Rounds P P A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
24 House R Ryan P. Olson P P A -- O O O O O O O O O O S O S O
24 Senate D Kim Sargent -- -- -- -- O O O O O O O O O S S U O U
24 Senate R Bob Gray A P A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
25 House D Oran A. Sorenson -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
25 House D Dennis VanOverschelde -- -- -- -- S S S S S O O S O O O S O O
25 House R Timothy A. Rave P P A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
25 House R Patrick Ellison -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
25 Senate D Dan Ahlers P -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
25 Senate R L. Paul Jensen -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
26 Senate D Julie Bartling P P A -- O O O S O O O O O S S O S S
26 Senate R John Koskan -- P A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
26A House D Larry J. Lucas A -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
26A House R Kathy Chauncey -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
26B House D Thomas J. Glover -- -- -- -- O O O S S O O O O U S U S O
26B House R Kim Vanneman P -- -- -- O O O O O O O O O S S O S S
Dist Seat Pty Name RCC RSD ACR LGB x1x x2x x3a x3b x4x x5x x6x x7x x8x x9x x10x x11x x12x x13x
27 House D Ed Iron Cloud III -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
27 House D Kevin Killer -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
27 House I Ted Hamilton -- -- -- -- O O O O O O O O O S S O U S
27 House R Dawn M. Rasmussen -- -- -- -- O O O O O O O O O S S O S S
27 House R Kenny Fox -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
27 Senate D Theresa B. Two Bulls A -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
27 Senate R Jim Bradford P A A -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
28 Senate D Ryan M. Maher P -- -- -- O O S S O O O O O S S O S S
28 Senate R Les Wolff -- -- -- -- O O O O O O O O O S S O S S
28A House D Dean Schrempp -- -- -- -- O O O S O O O O O S O O S S
28A House I Ira A. Blue Coat -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
28A House I Manny C. Iron Hawk -- -- -- -- R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
28A House R Everett Hunt -- -- -- -- S S O R