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 31
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 | |||
| Randy Deibert | R | Candidate has a strong pro-life voting record (Life bills, 2023-24) | |
| Kate Crowley-Johnson | R | Candidate indicated opposition to bills protecting life and commented: We need more educational programs at church, high schools, and social media. Education is the biggest key to mindset against abortion. For decades now abortionist’s (word limit) | |
| House | ||
| Mark Mowry | R | Candidate indicated support for bills protecting life |
| Mary J Fitzgerald | R | Candidate has a strong pro-life voting record (Life bills, 2023-24) |
| Scott Odenbach | R | Candidate has a strong pro-life voting record (Life bills, 2023-24) |
| 2) EDUCATION OPTIONS – Do the candidates support expanded options for education? (Ex: Private school opportunities, homeschooling, etc.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | |||
| Randy Deibert | R | Candidate has a 100% record of support for education options (1/1) | |
| Kate Crowley-Johnson | R | Candidate indicated support for bills that provide greater educational options and commented: I would support a bill like HB1250. | |
| House | ||
| Mark Mowry | R | Candidate indicated support for bills that provide greater educational options |
| Mary J Fitzgerald | R | Candidate has a 75% record of support for education options (3/4) |
| Scott Odenbach | R | Candidate has a 100% record of support for education options (5/5) |
| 3) MARIJUANA REGULATIONS – Do the candidates support reasonable regulations on marijuana? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | |||
| Randy Deibert | R | Candidate has an A+ rating for marijuana regulations (PSDK, 2024) | |
| Kate Crowley-Johnson | R | Candidate indicated support for bills that provide reasonable marijuana regulations and commented: Requiring a board certified MD with dosage restrictions just like any other drug. | |
| House | ||
| Mark Mowry | R | Candidate indicated opposition to bills that provide reasonable marijuana regulations and commented: Neither of these acts seem to be effective in preventing the marijuana impaired from creating risks on the roads or in the work place. |
| Mary J Fitzgerald | R | Candidate has an A+ rating for marijuana regulations (PSDK, 2024) |
| Scott Odenbach | R | Candidate has a B+ rating for marijuana regulations (PSDK, 2024) |
| 4) AGE VERIFICATION – Do the candidates support legislation to require age-verification for explicit websites? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | |||
| Randy Deibert | R | Candidate has a mixed voting record on age-verification legislation (HB1257, 2024) | |
| Kate Crowley-Johnson | R | Candidate indicated support for bills that require age verification for explicit websites | |
| House | ||
| Mark Mowry | R | Candidate indicated opposition to bills that require age verification for explicit websites and commented: Anyone who has ever sampled daddy’s liquor cabinet or found his “girly” magazines will know that there’s no way of obscurating sinful behavior. |
| Mary J Fitzgerald | R | Candidate has a voting record of support for age-verification legislation (HB1257, 2024) |
| Scott Odenbach | R | Candidate has a voting record of support for age-verification legislation (HB1257, 2024) |
