Steve Kolbeck

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334 roll-call votes on record - 286 yes, 38 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Senator, District 2 (South Dakota). sdlegislature.gov ↗

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The record

official roll calls · every vote links to the bill

334

Roll-call votes on record.

334 votes · 286 yes · 38 no · 10 excused. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Mar 30, 2026

Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters

Fund4 votes · yes on 4, no on 0

Appropriation4 votes · yes on 4, no on 0

Penalty3 votes · yes on 3, no on 0

Crimes3 votes · yes on 3, no on 0

Executive/Judiciary Request3 votes · yes on 3, no on 0

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: YEStransfer moneys and make an appropriation for the replacement of the Richmond Lake dam and spillway and to declare an emergency.SB 121 · Mar 30, 2026

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Personal finances

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

DIME CFscore · donorsConservative

More liberal than 100% of 2022 South Dakota Senate candidates

Details

Score+0.65 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.49 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+1.15)

Compared with30 members of 2022 South Dakota Senate candidates

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● This person Republicans (30)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

About these scores

These are third-party academic estimates of one left–right dimension, computed by researchers from roll-call votes or campaign donors. They are not Poliscope’s judgment. Each source uses its own scale, so compare people within a source rather than across sources.

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