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South Dakota State Missed
Votes Scorecard

2%
In South Dakota, the average Senate missed 2% of the vote.
State Dist Party Member % Missed Votes # Missed Votes # Total Votes Most Absent Rank
SD SD-30 R Julie Frye-Mueller
14%
37 262 1
SD SD-14 R Larry Zikmund
10%
25 262 2
SD SD-12 R R. Blake Curd
7%
18 262 3
SD SD-31 R Timothy Johns
6%
16 262 4
SD SD-20 R Joshua Klumb
6%
16 262 4
SD SD-22 R David Wheeler
6%
16 262 4
SD SD-11 R Jim Stalzer
5%
14 262 7
SD SD-01 R Michael Rohl
4%
10 262 8
SD SD-27 D Red Dawn Foster
3%
9 262 9
SD SD-32 R Helene Duhamel
3%
8 262 10
SD SD-07 R VJ Smith
3%
7 262 11
SD SD-26 D Troy Heinert
2%
5 262 12
SD SD-17 R Arthur Rusch
2%
5 262 12
SD SD-02 R Brock Greenfield
2%
4 262 14
SD SD-03 R Al Novstrup
2%
4 262 14
SD SD-06 R Herman Otten
1%
3 262 16
SD SD-05 R Lee Schoenbeck
1%
3 262 16
SD SD-08 R Casey Crabtree
1%
2 262 18
SD SD-18 R Jean Hunhoff
1%
2 262 18
SD SD-10 R Maggie Sutton
1%
2 262 18
SD SD-21 R Erin Tobin
1%
2 262 18
SD SD-04 R John Wiik
1%
2 262 18
SD SD-16 R Jim Bolin
0%
1 262 23
SD SD-23 R Bryan Breitling
0%
1 262 23
SD SD-33 R David Johnson
0%
1 262 23
SD SD-19 R Kyle Schoenfish
0%
1 262 23
SD SD-25 R Marsha Symens
0%
1 262 23
SD SD-29 R Gary Cammack
0%
0 262 28
SD SD-35 R Jessica Castleberry
0%
0 262 28
SD SD-34 R Michael Diedrich
0%
0 262 28
SD SD-24 R Mary Duvall
0%
0 262 28
SD SD-13 R Jack Kolbeck
0%
0 262 28
SD SD-28 R Ryan Maher
0%
0 262 28
SD SD-15 D Reynold Nesiba
0%
0 262 28
SD SD-09 R Wayne Steinhauer
0%
0 262 28
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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