Fifteen pillars.
One governing framework.

“Life begins at conception, and the Constitution protects it.”

Parenting is a fundamental right subject to strict scrutiny. Fit mothers and fit fathers stand equal under the law. Our signature legislative fight is comprehensive family court reform.

• Defend South Dakota's pro-life laws. Life begins at conception.
• Codify parental rights with strict-scrutiny review.
• Finish Shared Parenting. SB 172 (2025, Sen. Pischke) passed the Senate 20-13 and then failed the House 35-34 on March 10, 2025. One vote short. Both of District 32's seated representatives voted no. SB 224 (2026, Sen. Pischke) passed the Senate 20-14. HB 1067 (2026, Rep. Andera) carried the same fight on the House side. The 2027 session has to be the one that gets it over the line. South Dakota becomes the 7th state with a Shared Parenting presumption, after Kentucky, Arkansas, West Virginia, Florida, Missouri, and Mississippi (HB 1662, effective July 1, 2026).
• Bring back SB 190. The 2026 Rights of a Parent bill (Sen. Tamara Grove, R-Lower Brule) passed the Senate 19-15 and died in the House 30-35 on March 3, 2026. Thirty Republicans voted against it. We rewrite it tighter, address the abuse-investigation concerns critics raised, and pass it.
• Pass the 11-bill Martin Family Court Reform Stack in the 2027 session.

“Every legal vote counts. Every illegal vote cancels one that should.”

Proof of citizenship to register. Strong photo ID. Tight chain-of-custody on absentee. End mail-forwarding residency abuse. Stop out-of-state money from rewriting our constitution by ballot.

• Proof of citizenship to register to vote in South Dakota.
• Photo ID and verified chain-of-custody for absentee/mail-in ballots.
• Real residency requirements. End mail-forwarding abuse.
• Geographic signature distribution for initiated measures.
• Higher thresholds for constitutional amendments.

“Men and women exist. Biology is real.”

Define 'man' and 'woman' in South Dakota law by biological reality. Protect women's sports and spaces. Keep harmful materials away from minors. No gender transition procedures for children.

• Define sex in state law by biological reality.
• Protect women's sports, locker rooms, and shelters.
• Age verification on harmful websites.
• Hold libraries accountable for harmful materials in children's sections.
• No gender transition procedures for minors.

“A nation without borders is not a nation.”

Full state-federal cooperation. Mandatory E-Verify. English proficiency for CDLs. End public benefits for those not lawfully present.

• Mandatory E-Verify for South Dakota employers.
• Full cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
• English proficiency requirement for commercial driver's licenses.
• No public benefits or in-state tuition for those not lawfully present.

“Due process is the line. Conviction yes, accusation no.”

Expand lawful firearm rights. Hard line against red flag laws. Rights are removed only through conviction with full due process. Never by accusation alone.

• Campus carry, government-employee carry, reciprocity expansion.
• No red flag laws. Ever.
• Penalties for knowingly false allegations used to strip rights.

“Your land is your land.”

Lock eminent-domain protections into the South Dakota Constitution. No private gain via government taking. Stand explicitly against the Summit Carbon CO2 pipeline model.

• Pass HJR 5001 (2026), the constitutional amendment that requires a declaration of necessity and clarifies public use for eminent domain takings. The House passed it 62-5 on January 27, 2026. South Dakota voters decide it on the November 2026 ballot.
• Ban deceptive easement practices and end the 'common carrier' workaround.
• Restrict warrantless drone surveillance of private property.
• Stand with landowners against the Summit Carbon CO2 pipeline model.

“The body is the citizen's, not the state's.”

No medical mandates. Conscience protection for providers. Honest food labeling: lab-grown is not meat. Respect voters on medical marijuana; strengthen the program with real doctor-patient standards.

• Oppose every form of medical mandate.
• Protect medical conscience for doctors, nurses, and pharmacists.
• Lab-grown protein is classified as adulterated, not meat.
• Soft drinks excluded from SNAP.
• Strengthen medical marijuana with real doctor-patient requirements.

“Religious liberty is the law, not the exception to it.”

The First Amendment protects belief AND practice. Conscience protection for medical professionals, counselors, teachers, business owners, and faith-based adoption and foster agencies.

• Penalties for disrupting religious worship.
• Conscience protection across the professions.
• Protect faith-based adoption and foster agencies.

“Government should live within the means of the people it serves.”

Protect South Dakota's no-income-tax foundation. Aggressive property tax relief. Stop the headcount-and-spending growth that's quietly inflating Pierre.

• No state income tax. Period.
• Real property tax relief. Support SB 96 (2025), the county-option mechanism that does not raise the statewide sales tax base.
• Reform SB 245 (2025) so property tax relief does not depend on a sales tax increase. Stand with the families and small businesses who would pay that hike.
• Oppose appropriation growth like HB 1326 (2026), which passed the House 50-17 and the Senate 25-9.
• No corporate carveouts that pick winners and losers.

“Grow what we already love.”

No corporate tax carveouts. Strong regional support for Ellsworth AFB and the B-21 mission, even though Ellsworth sits in the next district over. Build the infrastructure, housing, and small business climate the heart of Rapid City needs to grow on its own terms.

• Oppose corporate carveouts. SB 239 (2026) modified the reinvestment payment program in ways that benefit data centers. SB 135 (2026) addresses utility cost and regulatory authority around data centers.
• Back the Ellsworth AFB expansion and the B-21 Raider mission as a regional priority that lifts all of Rapid City. SB 130 (2026) appropriated for Ellsworth roadway infrastructure.
• Invest in downtown and North Rapid infrastructure, housing, and small-business policy.

“American land in American hands.”

Defend family farms and ranches. Direct-to-consumer meat sales. Oppose foreign ownership of South Dakota farmland, especially near military installations. Honest labels protect honest ranchers.

• Direct-to-consumer meat sales for South Dakota producers.
• Ban foreign ownership of South Dakota farmland.
• Honest food labeling: separate real meat from lab-grown.
• Protect rural water and land from speculative capital.

“Parents decide. Teachers teach. Students learn. Bureaucracy steps aside.”

Curriculum transparency by law. Cap administrator pay while teachers are underpaid. Ban school funds from political lobbying. Funding follows the student: true school choice.

• Curriculum transparency required by statute.
• Cap administrator pay; pay teachers what they're worth.
• No taxpayer-funded political lobbying by school districts.
• Funding follows the student: true school choice.

“Tough on violent crime. Smart on the rest.”

Back the blue. Back the Bill of Rights. Hard on violent crime, child exploitation, and trafficking. Smart sentencing reform so non-violent offenders come home stronger, not worse.

• Stand with AG Jackley on violent crime, child exploitation, and human trafficking.
• Sentencing reform for non-violent offenders. South Dakota spent ~$737M on prisons with high recidivism.
• Expand drug courts, mental-health diversion, and reentry programs.
• Defend the Fourth Amendment against warrantless surveillance.

“The state shouldn't balance its budget on broken homes.”

Oppose video-lottery bet and limit increases. Oppose mobile sports betting. Families first.

• Oppose SB 226 (2026) and any further video lottery expansion that raises the cap or the per-machine bet.
• Oppose SJR 504 (2026), the electronic sports betting constitutional amendment on the November 2026 ballot. The Senate passed it 23-10 on February 11, 2026.
• Strengthen problem-gambling protections for families.

“Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and the cheapest.”

Real open-meetings teeth. Lobbying disclosure. Public school opt-out and capital-outlay transparency. Remove the Lt. Governor from presiding over the Senate. Hold family-court judges accountable.

• Strengthen open-meetings and public-records enforcement.
• Real lobbying disclosure across the legislature and executive.
• Public reporting on school opt-outs and capital outlay.
• Remove the Lt. Governor from presiding over the Senate.
• Reform the initiated-measure process against out-of-state donor capture.