| 1) Do you support or oppose elected officials relying on their religious beliefs and values to guide their decisions for South Dakota? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| R | Senate | John Wiik | |
| Support | R | House | Fred Deutsch – For a democracy to flourish, it is vital that men and women who actively practice their faith engage in the public square without fear or limitation. |
| Support | R | House | John Mills – Faith comes first. If we know what God thinks on a subject we must follow him |
| D | House | Becky Holtquist | |
| 2) Do you support or oppose efforts to reduce the number of abortions in South Dakota? | |||
| R | Senate | John Wiik | |
| Support | R | House | Fred Deutsch – As President of SD Right to Life, my goal is to not only reduce and eliminate abortions in SD, but to make the practice unthinkable. |
| Support | R | House | John Mills – God is pro-life |
| D | House | Becky Holtquist | |
| 3) Do you support or oppose the SD State Lottery spending money on advertising the Lottery? | |||
| R | Senate | John Wiik | |
| Oppose | R | House | Fred Deutsch |
| Oppose | R | House | John Mills – The Lottery – and especially video lottery is an egregious way to raise revenue. It targets the weak & vulnerable & runs counter to a basic (word limit) |
| D | House | Becky Holtquist | |
| 4) Do you support or oppose a reduction in post-incarceration restrictions with regard to employment? | |||
| R | Senate | John Wiik | |
| Oppose | R | House | Fred Deutsch |
| Support | R | House | John Mills |
| D | House | Becky Holtquist | |
| 5) Do you support or oppose provisions that would allow a medical professional to assist another person in committing suicide? | |||
| R | Senate | John Wiik | |
| Oppose | R | House | Fred Deutsch – When a group attempted to legalize assisted suicide in SD, I founded a new organization, South Dakotans Against Suicide to fight them and won. |
| Oppose | R | House | John Mills |
| D | House | Becky Holtquist | |
| 6) Do you support or oppose requirements that personal and creative service businesses produce goods or services that may violate their conscience? | |||
| R | Senate | John Wiik | |
| Oppose | R | House | Fred Deutsch – I do not support requirements to force a person or business to violate their conscious. |
| Oppose | R | House | John Mills |
| D | House | Becky Holtquist | |
| 7) Do you support or oppose expansion of low-income medical assistance (Medicaid) in South Dakota? | |||
| R | Senate | John Wiik | |
| Oppose | R | House | Fred Deutsch – The best thing we can do to help those struggling financially is to offer the a hand up through a job or other economic opportunity. |
| Oppose | R | House | John Mills |
| D | House | Becky Holtquist | |
| 8) Do you support or oppose legislation to increase parent choice in educational-choice options? | |||
| R | Senate | John Wiik | |
| Support | R | House | Fred Deutsch |
| Support | R | House | John Mills |
| D | House | Becky Holtquist | |
| 9) Do you support or oppose limitations on the use of cross-sex hormones and/or genital surgery for minor children who identify as contrary to their biological sex? | |||
| R | Senate | John Wiik | |
| Support | R | House | Fred Deutsch – It is inappropriate to provide gender confused children sex change operations and cross-sex hormones. Doctors who do this should be in jail. |
| Support | R | House | John Mills – Strongly supported HB1057 (2020 Session) believe it should be restricted to age 21 like other protections potentially life altering, dangerous activities (smoking/vaping/alcohol) |
| D | House | Becky Holtquist | |
| 10) Do you support or oppose protections for speech and expression, if the speech or expression may be considered by some as highly offensive? | |||
| R | Senate | John Wiik | |
| Support | R | House | Fred Deutsch – Free speech is not free if the government limits it. |
| Support | R | House | John Mills |
| D | House | Becky Holtquist | |
