Helene Duhamel

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Senator · District 32 · REP

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241 roll-call votes on record - 187 yes, 44 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Senator, District 32 (South Dakota) since Dec 2019. sdlegislature.gov ↗

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241

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241 votes · 187 yes · 44 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

Appropriation4 votes · yes on 4, no on 0

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

Motor Vehicles2 votes · yes on 2, no on 0

Fund2 votes · yes on 2, no on 0

Public Construction2 votes · yes on 2, 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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Shor-McCarty · votesConservative

More liberal than 60% of South Dakota Senate members

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Score+0.59 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.14 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+0.72)

Compared with203 members of South Dakota Senate members (1996–2022)

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● This person Democrats (56) Republicans (147)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 · donorsConservative

More liberal than 71% of 2020 South Dakota Senate candidates

Details

Score+0.76 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.37 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+1.13)

Compared with68 members of 2020 South Dakota Senate candidates

Covers2020

● This person Democrats (17) Republicans (47)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 ↗

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