Why I'm Running: A Letter to District 32

Neighbor,

In a few days you will pick up a ballot, and somewhere past the races everyone talks about, you will find the two votes you get for State House, District 32. I am asking for one of them. Before you decide, you deserve to know why I am asking.

Eight years ago, a family court case brought my son to Rapid City. I followed him here, because that is what a dad does. I bought a house here in 2018. I stayed through COVID, and in 2022 I moved the rest of my life here for good. Rapid City was not my plan. It became my home because my son was here, and it became the place I chose to fight for because of what I learned on the way.

What I learned is that when a family breaks, the system that is supposed to catch the pieces too often profits from the breaking instead. I lived it. Then, through Kids Deserve Dads, the nonprofit I founded in 2017, I heard it from thousands of parents in every corner of this country. Same story. Different names.

Most people who go through that get bitter or get quiet. I went to law school. I finished my Juris Doctor in 2022, and for the last two legislative sessions I have been in Pierre fighting to pass Shared Parenting for South Dakota families. In 2025 we came one vote short in the House. One vote. Both of District 32's seated representatives voted no.

That is the honest reason I am on your ballot. Not a party ladder. Not a career move. One vote, and the certainty that the families of this district deserve better than one vote short.

What I am asking you to vote for

If you send me to Pierre, you are voting for property tax relief that does not depend on a sales tax hike. Schools where parents decide and teachers teach. An economy that grows what we already love, from downtown to North Rapid, alongside the Ellsworth mission next door. Elections you can trust. Land that stays in the hands of the people who work it. And the most complete family court reform package any state has ever seen, eleven bills, ready to file, with a Path Back for every parent willing to do the work.

You get two votes for House. I am asking for one of them.

My son is nine now. He is the reason I am here, the reason I built what I built, and the reason I will not quit on this state's families. Win or lose, that part does not change. But with your vote, it becomes law instead of just a fight.

Strong families. Strong South Dakota.

Zac

Polls are open 7am to 7pm on Tuesday, November 3. Find your polling place at sdsos.gov. If you have already voted absentee, thank you. Hand this letter to a neighbor.