Taffy Howard

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233 roll-call votes on record - 182 yes, 45 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Senator, District 34 (South Dakota) since Jan 2025. sdlegislature.gov ↗

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233

Roll-call votes on record.

233 votes · 182 yes · 45 no · 5 absent · 1 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

Appropriation9 votes · yes on 5, no on 3, 1 other

Public Construction4 votes · yes on 2, no on 1, 1 other

Emergency Clause4 votes · yes on 2, no on 1, 1 other

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

Fund3 votes · yes on 1, no on 2

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: EXCUSEDtransfer 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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Shor-McCarty · votesVery Conservative

More conservative than 98% of South Dakota House members

Details

Score+1.46 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.71 more conservative than the Republican median in this group (+0.74)

Compared with387 members of South Dakota House members (1996–2022)

Covers2017–2022

● This person Democrats (96) Republicans (290)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsVery Conservative

More conservative than 75% of 2022 U.S. House candidates in South Dakota

Details

Score+1.55 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Compared with4 members of 2022 U.S. House candidates in South Dakota

Covers2016–2022

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 ↗

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