2024 Voter Guide – SD LEGISLATURE
You’ll find information on:
Sanctity of Life
Do the candidates support protections for unborn life?
Education Options
Do the candidates support all forms of education, including private schools and home school?
Marijuana Regulations
Are the candidates committed to keeping marijuana from running rampant in our communities?
Age Verification
Do the candidates support safeguards to keep young children from accessing explicit content online?
DISTRICT 01
Green: Strong voting record or survey response
Grey: Mixed voting record or inconclusive survey response
Red: Weak voting record or survey response
“S” inside the circle: Survey results from a new candidate (no voting record)
Blank: No voting record or survey answer
For full details on scoring, click here.
| 1) LIFE – Do the candidates support the sanctity of life? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | |||
| Michael Rohl | R | Candidate has a strong pro-life voting record (Life bills, 2023-24) | |
| House | ||
| Logan Manhart | R | Candidate indicated support for bills protecting life |
| Christopher Reder | R | Candidate indicated support for bills protecting life and commented: I will ALWAYS vote to protect unborn children! I am 100% pro-life and pro-family. |
| Steven D. McCleerey | D | Candidate has a weak pro-life voting record (SDRTL, 2017-18) |
| Mark Sumption | D | Candidate did not respond |
| Josh Dennert | L | Candidate did not respond |
| Tamara Lesnar | L | Candidate did not respond |
| 2) EDUCATION OPTIONS – Do the candidates support expanded options for education? (Ex: Private school opportunities, homeschooling, etc.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | |||
| Michael Rohl | R | Candidate has a 100% record of support for education options (3/3) | |
| House | ||
| Logan Manhart | R | Candidate indicated support for bills that provide greater educational options |
| Christopher Reder | R | Candidate indicated support for bills that provide greater educational options and commented: I will always lean towards these options, without having a specific bill in front of me I would have to read the bill in its (word limit) |
| Steven D. McCleerey | D | Candidate has a 50% record of support for education options (1/2) |
| Mark Sumption | D | Candidate did not respond |
| Josh Dennert | L | Candidate did not respond |
| Tamara Lesnar | L | Candidate did not respond |
| 3) MARIJUANA REGULATIONS – Do the candidates support reasonable regulations on marijuana? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | |||
| Michael Rohl | R | Candidate has an F rating for marijuana regulations (PSDK, 2024) | |
| House | ||
| Logan Manhart | R | Candidate indicated support for bills that provide reasonable marijuana regulations |
| Christopher Reder | R | Candidate indicated support for bills that provide reasonable marijuana regulations and commented: I believe in a bona-fide patient/practioner relationship to prescribe such a medication, with control by licensed facilities to cultivate. |
| Steven D. McCleerey | D | Candidate indicated support (in 2022) for bills that provide reasonable marijuana regulations and commented: I don’t believe it should be grown in the house! That’s a lack of responsibility and respect to children/grandchildren! Testing shows poor results |
| Mark Sumption | D | Candidate did not respond |
| Josh Dennert | L | Candidate did not respond |
| Tamara Lesnar | L | Candidate did not respond |
| 4) AGE VERIFICATION – Do the candidates support legislation to require age-verification for explicit websites? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | |||
| Michael Rohl | R | Candidate has a voting record of opposition to age-verification legislation (HB1257, 2024) | |
| House | ||
| Logan Manhart | R | Candidate indicated support for bills that require age verification for explicit websites |
| Christopher Reder | R | Candidate indicated support for bills that require age verification for explicit websites and commented: 100% will vote in support of age verification, this is an integral part of the family is to make sure they are in control of (word limit) |
| Steven D. McCleerey | D | Candidate did not respond |
| Mark Sumption | D | Candidate did not respond |
| Josh Dennert | L | Candidate did not respond |
| Tamara Lesnar | L | Candidate did not respond |
