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South Dakota State Missed
Votes Scorecard

3%
In South Dakota, the average House missed 3% of the vote.
State Dist Party Member % Missed Votes # Missed Votes # Total Votes Most Absent Rank
SD HD-027 D Peri Pourier
30%
90 297 1
SD HD-012 R Arch Beal
20%
59 297 2
SD HD-014 R Taylor Rehfeldt
19%
56 297 3
SD HD-28A D Oren Lesmeister
18%
54 297 4
SD HD-006 R Aaron Aylward
14%
42 297 5
SD HD-030 R Trish Ladner
10%
29 297 6
SD HD-001 R Tamara St John
9%
27 297 7
SD HD-034 R Jess Olson
9%
26 297 8
SD HD-002 R Lana Greenfield
8%
25 297 9
SD HD-009 R Bethany Soye
5%
15 297 10
SD HD-011 R Chris Karr
5%
14 297 11
SD HD-28B R Sam Marty
4%
13 297 12
SD HD-033 R Phil Jensen
4%
12 297 13
SD HD-007 R Tim Reed
4%
12 297 13
SD HD-002 R Kaleb Weis
4%
12 297 13
SD HD-013 R Sue Peterson
4%
11 297 16
SD HD-012 R Greg Jamison
3%
10 297 17
SD HD-029 R Dean Wink
3%
9 297 18
SD HD-004 R John Mills
2%
6 297 19
SD HD-009 R Rhonda Milstead
2%
6 297 19
SD HD-035 R Tina Mulally
2%
6 297 19
SD HD-017 R Richard Vasgaard
2%
6 297 19
SD HD-017 R Sydney Davis
2%
5 297 23
SD HD-021 R Caleb Finck
2%
5 297 23
SD HD-025 R Jon Hansen
2%
5 297 23
SD HD-033 R Taffy Howard
2%
5 297 23
SD HD-015 D Jamie Smith
2%
5 297 23
SD HD-004 R Fred Deutsch
1%
4 297 28
SD HD-023 R Spencer Gosch
1%
4 297 28
SD HD-024 R Will Mortenson
1%
4 297 28
SD HD-008 R Marli Wiese
1%
3 297 31
SD HD-029 R Kirk Chaffee
1%
2 297 32
SD HD-019 R Kent Peterson
1%
2 297 32
SD HD-021 R Rocky Blare
0%
1 297 34
SD HD-26B R Rebecca Reimer
0%
1 297 34
SD HD-007 R Larry Tidemann
0%
1 297 34
SD HD-016 R David Anderson
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-005 R Hugh Bartels
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-010 R Doug Barthel
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-26A D Shawn Bordeaux
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-022 R Roger Chase
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-018 D Ryan Cwach
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-003 R Drew Dennert
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-034 R Mike Derby
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-032 R Becky Drury
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-015 D Linda Duba
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-031 R Mary Fitzgerald
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-030 R Tim Goodwin
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-008 R Randy Gross
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-010 R Steven Haugaard
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-014 D Erin Healy
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-023 R Charlie Hoffman
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-016 R Kevin Jensen
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-032 R Chris Johnson
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-001 D Jennifer Keintz
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-020 R Lance Koth
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-027 R Liz May
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-020 R Paul Miskimins
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-031 R Scott Odenbach
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-006 R Ernie Otten
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-019 R Marty Overweg
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-003 R Carl Perry
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-025 R Tom Pischke
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-035 R Tony Randolph
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-022 R Lynn Schneider
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-018 R Mike Stevens
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-013 R Richard Thomason
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-024 R Mike Weisgram
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-011 R Mark Willadsen
0%
0 297 37
SD HD-005 R Nancy York
0%
0 297 37
Methodology

The 2021 South Dakota Missed Votes Scorecard

MISSED VOTES METHODOLOGY – SOUTH DAKOTA 2021

The Club for Growth Foundation publishes the “Missed Votes” scorecard so the public can see how often South Dakota’s elected state lawmakers show up to vote on legislation.

The Foundation looked at 262 votes in the South Dakota Senate and 297 votes in the South Dakota House during the 2021 regular session. The votes were cast from 1/20/2021 – 11/10/2021. This is not an exhaustive list of votes. These floor votes include roll call votes on legislative bills and excludes attendance votes and votes cast in committee.

On any single roll call vote, if the lawmaker voted YEA (“Y”) or NAY (“N”), then the scorecard counted the lawmaker as casting a vote (+).  If the lawmaker abstained or was not present or did not vote, then the scorecard labeled the lawmaker as missing the vote (-).

The Club for Growth Foundation makes no judgment on why a lawmaker misses votes. Lawmakers miss votes for a whole host of reasons, including medical issues, family concerns, prior commitments, purely political motivations, or other reasons. The Club for Growth Foundation has not analyzed why any lawmaker has missed a vote, and is simply publishing this quantified information for educational purposes only.

Due to situations such as retirements, personal issues, special elections, and appointments, there may be included lawmakers who have not served from start to finish. Their records are kept to showcase all members who voted during the legislative year.

There are inherent limitations in judging the overall qualifications of any legislator based on how many votes he or she has missed, and the Club for Growth Foundation does not endorse or oppose any legislator for public office.

Any mathematical discrepancies for these scores are due to rounding. 

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