State Representative
State House District 30; South Dakota
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 66 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 26,413 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(907,428 ÷ 26,413) ÷ ln(50,000) = 66.34, measured against a statewide vote in SD (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Democratic · declared
Bret Swanson is a Humanities Instructor at Oglala Lakota College and a former Rapid City Area School Board member.
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Tim R Goodwin represents District 30 in the South Dakota House. He is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and retired businessman.
Records: Civil Rights 4 for, 3 against, Public Safety and Crime Control 6 for, Data Privacy 3 for, 1 against,
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Trish Ladner represents District 30 in the South Dakota House. She is a business owner with nonprofit executive experience.
Records: Public Safety and Crime Control 9 for, Corporate Accountability 5 for, Public Education Quality 4 for, 1 against,
Sources: sdsos.gov23 · vip.sdsos.gov