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
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P |
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Pro-gun vote |
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A |
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Anti-gun vote |
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S |
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Support |
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O |
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Oppose |
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-- |
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No voting record on this issue |
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U |
= |
Undecided or Ambiguous answer |
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R |
= |
Refused to answer |
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RCC |
= |
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RSD |
= |
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ACR |
= |
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LGB |
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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 |
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| 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 |