20 Legislators Receive Top SD Citizens for Liberty Rankings

Each legislative session South Dakota Citizens for Liberty ranks the legislators based on their voting record. The 2023 rankings have just been released. See who is at the top of the list.

Don’t work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Congratulations to the 20 South Dakota Senators and Representatives who made high rankings (above 80%) on the 2023 Legislative Session South Dakota Citizens for Liberty Scorecard. Three Representatives and one Senator received perfect scores. Fourteen of the high performers are from East River and six are from West River. Six are women and 14 are men.

The scorecards for all the Legislators and the bills used in the evaluation can be seen on the SD Citizens for Liberty Facebook page.

Perfect Scores
Sen. Julie Frye-Mueller (Rapid City)
Rep. Phil Jensen (Rapid City)
Rep. Tina Mulally (Rapid City)
Rep. Tony Randolph (Rapid City)

90+
Rep Aaron Alyward (95%, Harrisburg)
Rep Karla Lems (95%, Canton)
Rep. John Sjaarda (95%, Valley Springs)
Rep. John Mills (91%, Brookings)
Sen. Tom Pischke (91%, Dell Rapids)
Rep. Bethany Soye (91%, Sioux Falls)

80 - 89
Rep. Jon Hansen (86%, Dell Rapids)
Rep. Chris Karr (86%, Sioux Falls)
Rep. Scott Odenbach (86%, Spearfish)
Rep. Marty Overweg (86%, New Holland)
Rep. Liz May (84%, Kyle)
Rep. Julie Auch (82%, Yankton)
Sen. Arch Beal (82%, Sioux Falls)
Rep. Randy Gross (81%, Elkton)
Rep. Keven Jensen (81%, Canton)
Rep. Ben Krohmer (81%, Mitchell)

Note: All percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number.