State Representative
State House District 25; 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 25,806 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(907,428 ÷ 25,806) ÷ ln(50,000) = 66.45, 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
Republican · declared
Carrie Sanderson is an attorney and small-business owner based in Flandreau. Her biography describes work as a federal prosecutor, civil litigator, and public-health leader, and degrees from the University of South Dakota.
Records: Housing Affordability 2 for, Government Spending Reduction 1 against, Public Infrastructure 1 for
Republican · declared
Professional pilot and Department of Homeland Security federal agent.
Sources: sdsos.gov23 · vip.sdsos.gov