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Republican · South Dakota House, district 4

Serving since Jan 14, 2025SD 2025–26 session

Portrait of Kent Roe, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
0.33
agreement between talk and bills (0 to 1), in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans

Agreement 0.33 on a 0–1 scale; the average for State House Republicans is 0.53. Ranks 480th of 504, where 1st is the closest match.

How closely the mix of policy areas in Roe’s statements matches the mix in the bills Roe sponsors and cosponsors: 1 means the same areas in the same proportions, 0 means no overlap. Ranked among State House Republicans.

At a glance

6 measures against State House Republicans. Roe voted against the majority of South Dakota House Republicans 103 times; party unity 47%, in the bottom tenth of the South Dakota House (average 76%). 100% of Roe’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from South Dakota, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

The measures on which Roe sits furthest from the middle of State House Republicans, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.

Talk-to-bills agreement

0.33

State House Republicans average 0.53 · ranks 480th of 504

Party unity

47%

South Dakota House average 76% · ranks 66th of 69 · 103 votes against the majority of South Dakota House Republicans

Attendance

100%

South Dakota House average 96.6% · ranks 12th of 70 · 638 roll calls

From South Dakota, 2024

100%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 51st of 214 State House Republicans

Out of committee

85%

South Dakota House average 81% · ranks 30th of 69

CSIP ideology

+0.32

More liberal than 55% of State House Republicans · ± 0.05

Peer group: State House Republicans. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Roe, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Roe is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Roe says

Roe attacks opponents personally less than 81% of State House Republicans. Personal attacks in 0% of 167 statements, against 2.9% for the average State House Republican; 642nd of 791.

An AI model reads each of Roe’s 167 statements in the SD 2025–26 session (167 posts on X) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for State House Republicans and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the SD 2025–26 session

0%80%
Roe
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion47 statements
28%
32%
437th of 791
Credit claiming14 statements
8%
13%
436th of 791
Policy criticism6 statements
4%
9%
520th of 791
Bipartisanship5 statements
3%
2%
173rd of 791
Personal attacks0 statements
0%
3%
642nd of 791
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Roe's share of statements in each category against the State House Republicans average.
RowRoePeers
Policy discussion28%32%
Credit claiming8%13%
Policy criticism4%9%
Bipartisanship3%2%
Personal attacks0%3%
167

statements classified

167 posts on X.

posts on X: 167 (100.0%)posts on X 167
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Roe's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X167
How to read the bars

The thick bar is Roe; the thin grey bar is the average State House Republicans. A longer thick bar means Roe does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.

Extreme labels

Roe used no extreme labels in 167 statements. The peer average is 1.4%.

No extreme labels in this window.

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

No targets recorded.

What an extreme label is

Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.

Month by month

Share of statements per month, the SD 2025–26 session

Statements2025-01: 22025-02: 162025-03: 172025-04: 252025-05: 252025-06: 152025-07: 122025-08: 72025-09: 112025-10: 102025-11: 02025-12: 62026-01: 62026-02: 22026-03: 42026-04: 42026-05: 12026-06: 22026-07: 02026-08: 02026-09: 12026-10: 1peak 25 · Apr ’25Personal attackspeak 0.0% · Feb ’25 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-02: 0.0% of 16Personal attacks, 2025-03: 0.0% of 17Personal attacks, 2025-04: 0.0% of 25Personal attacks, 2025-05: 0.0% of 25Personal attacks, 2025-06: 0.0% of 15Personal attacks, 2025-07: 0.0% of 12Personal attacks, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-09: 0.0% of 11Personal attacks, 2025-10: 0.0% of 10Personal attacks, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticismpeak 12.5% · Feb ’25 · latest 0.0%Policy criticism, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-02: 12.5% of 16Policy criticism, 2025-03: 11.8% of 17Policy criticism, 2025-04: 0.0% of 25Policy criticism, 2025-05: 0.0% of 25Policy criticism, 2025-06: 0.0% of 15Policy criticism, 2025-07: 0.0% of 12Policy criticism, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-09: 0.0% of 11Policy criticism, 2025-10: 0.0% of 10Policy criticism, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussionpeak 45.5% · Sep ’25 · latest 40.0%Policy discussion, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-02: 18.8% of 16Policy discussion, 2025-03: 17.6% of 17Policy discussion, 2025-04: 36.0% of 25Policy discussion, 2025-05: 28.0% of 25Policy discussion, 2025-06: 20.0% of 15Policy discussion, 2025-07: 16.7% of 12Policy discussion, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-09: 45.5% of 11Policy discussion, 2025-10: 40.0% of 10Policy discussion, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanshippeak 10.0% · Oct ’25 · latest 10.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 6.3% of 16Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 0.0% of 17Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 8.0% of 25Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 0.0% of 25Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 0.0% of 15Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 0.0% of 12Bipartisanship, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 0.0% of 11Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 10.0% of 10Bipartisanship, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claimingpeak 18.2% · Sep ’25 · latest 10.0%Credit claiming, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-02: 0.0% of 16Credit claiming, 2025-03: 17.6% of 17Credit claiming, 2025-04: 16.0% of 25Credit claiming, 2025-05: 4.0% of 25Credit claiming, 2025-06: 6.7% of 15Credit claiming, 2025-07: 0.0% of 12Credit claiming, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-09: 18.2% of 11Credit claiming, 2025-10: 10.0% of 10Credit claiming, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labelspeak 0.0% · Feb ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-02: 0.0% of 16Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.0% of 17Extreme labels, 2025-04: 0.0% of 25Extreme labels, 2025-05: 0.0% of 25Extreme labels, 2025-06: 0.0% of 15Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 12Extreme labels, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.0% of 11Extreme labels, 2025-10: 0.0% of 10Extreme labels, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Roe, each row shaded against its own peak, with statement volume. Months with fewer than 10 statements are left blank.
ColumnStatementsPersonal attacksPolicy criticismPolicy discussionBipartisanshipCredit claimingExtreme labels
Jan ’252— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Feb ’25160.0%12.5%18.8%6.3%0.0%0.0%
Mar ’25170.0%11.8%17.6%0.0%17.6%0.0%
Apr ’25250.0%0.0%36.0%8.0%16.0%0.0%
May ’25250.0%0.0%28.0%0.0%4.0%0.0%
Jun ’25150.0%0.0%20.0%0.0%6.7%0.0%
Jul ’25120.0%0.0%16.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Aug ’257— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Sep ’25110.0%0.0%45.5%0.0%18.2%0.0%
Oct ’25100.0%0.0%40.0%10.0%10.0%0.0%
Nov ’250— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Dec ’256— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jan ’266— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Feb ’262— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Mar ’264— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Apr ’264— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
May ’261— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jun ’262— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jul ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Aug ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Sep ’261— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Oct ’261— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the SD 2025–26 session, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%. 14 months are hatched here; 3 of them have no statements.

In Roe’s words

Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned

Credit claiming

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Oct 27, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; credit claiming; Economics and Public Finance · Source

Bipartisanship

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Dec 4, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · bipartisanship; credit claiming · Source

Policy criticism

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Feb 11, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; Energy · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

No statements in this category in this window.

All 167 statements

Newest first, the SD 2025–26 session

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 167 posts on X.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Economics and Public Finance is what Roe talks about most: 26% of policy statements, 2.1 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.33 on a 0–1 scale (State House Republicans average 0.53; 480th of 504).

Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Roe talks about. The bills Roe sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Roe talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the SD 2025–26 session

0%35%
Roe
Peers
Economics and Public Finance12 statements
26%
12%
Science, Technology, Communications10 statements
21%
2%
Agriculture and Food8 statements
17%
4%
Energy7 statements
15%
4%
Taxation6 statements
13%
8%
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Policy areas Roe talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Republicans average.
RowRoePeers
Economics and Public Finance26%12%
Science, Technology, Communications21%2%
Agriculture and Food17%4%
Energy15%4%
Taxation13%8%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Roe’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State House Republicans. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Talks about · legislates on

Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 35%. Grey ticks are the State House Republicans averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onEconomics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 26% (State House Republicans 12%)26%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (State House Republicans 2%)0%Science, Technology,CommunicationsScience, Technology, Communications, talks about: 21% (State House Republicans 2%)21%Science, Technology, Communications, legislates on: 0% (State House Republicans 1%)0%Agriculture and FoodAgriculture and Food, talks about: 17% (State House Republicans 4%)17%Agriculture and Food, legislates on: 2% (State House Republicans 3%)2%EnergyEnergy, talks about: 15% (State House Republicans 4%)15%Energy, legislates on: 2% (State House Republicans 3%)2%TaxationTaxation, talks about: 13% (State House Republicans 8%)13%Taxation, legislates on: 16% (State House Republicans 11%)16%
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Roe's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState House Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onState House Republicans, legislates on
Economics and Public Finance26%12%0%2%
Science, Technology, Communications21%2%0%1%
Agriculture and Food17%4%2%3%
Energy15%4%2%3%
Taxation13%8%16%11%
0.33

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

State House Republicans average 0.53. Ranks 480th of 504.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Roe legislates on exactly the areas Roe talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Roe sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Roe sits at +0.32 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more liberal than 55% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +0.28 to +0.37, which understates the uncertainty; from 6 donors and 300 roll calls.

CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.

+0.32

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.28 to +0.37. From 6 donors and 300 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Roe +0.3State House Republicans +0.4South Dakota House +0.1All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Roe, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of Roe’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.

What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.

Where Roe sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State House Republicansmedian +0.4Roe +0.3South Dakota Housemedian +0.1All State Housemedian +0.1
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Roe's CSIP score of +0.32 placed against State House Republicans, South Dakota House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Roe
State House Republicans2917+0.445%
South Dakota House70+0.193%
All State House5324+0.170%
How to read the strips

Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Roe in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of Roe.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Roe reported $10.7K in the 2024 cycle, close to the State House Republicans’ median of $10.7K. State filings report no small-donation total. 100% of itemized individual money came from South Dakota.

Campaign money from state campaign-finance filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift total, so these figures add up itemized contributions only.

$10.7K

itemized in the 2024 cycle

From 6 itemized donors. State House Republicans’ median $10.7K.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2024 cycle.

Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)Individuals (itemized): $2,800 (26.3%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)PACs and other committees: $7,850 (73.7%)
  • Individuals (itemized)26 squares$2,800
  • PACs and other committees74 squares$7,850
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Sources of Roe's money, 2024 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$2,80026.3%
PACs and other committees$7,85073.7%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind.

Receipts by cycle

Itemized contributions, 2024 to 2024. The grey line is the State House Republicans’ median for 2024.

2024 cycle: $10.7K$10.7K2024State House Republicans median $10.7K
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Roe's receipts by cycle against the 2024 State House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2024 cycle$10.7K

Top donor states, 2024

Itemized contributions by donor state. 100% came from South Dakota.

  1. South Dakota$2,800

Small donations

State filings report no total for small gifts.

Not reported in state filings.

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: $2,800SDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
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Roe's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2024 cycle
StateValue
South Dakota$2,800
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
CaliforniaNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
District of ColumbiaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
FloridaNo data
6

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

100%

from South Dakota

Of itemized individual dollars

How to read the map

Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is South Dakota. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2024 cycle.

No occupations reported.

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2024 cycle.

  1. MORT PAC$2,000
  2. SOUTH DAKOTA STRONG$2,000
  3. SD ETHANOL PRODUCERS PAC$1,000
  4. FRIENDS OF TONY VENHUIZEN$500
  5. STEVENS FOR HOUSE$500

Top employers

Itemized, 2024 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Roe voted with the majority of South Dakota House Republicans on 47% of party-line votes and missed none of 638 roll calls. South Dakota House on average: 76% party unity, 96.6% attendance. Across all roll calls, Roe voted against the majority of South Dakota House Republicans 103 times.

638 roll calls Roe could vote on in the SD 2025–26 session, compared with South Dakota House. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Roe voted with the majority of South Dakota House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

103

votes against the majority of South Dakota House Republicans

Party unity 47%, South Dakota House average 76%, ranks 66th of 69. 638 roll calls in the SD 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is Roe, the thin grey bar the South Dakota House average. The scale runs from 40% to 100% to show the gap.

40%100%
Roe
Peers
Rank
Attendance
100%
96.6%
12th of 70
Party unity
47%
76%
66th of 69
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Roe's attendance and party unity against South Dakota House.
RowRoePeers
Attendance100%96.6%
Party unity47%76%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.

Key votes

25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the SD 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Mar 12, 2026
SB 78
revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026.
Do Pass Amended
YeaWith majoritypassD 5–0 · R 46–15 · O 1–0Democrats 5 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 46 yea, 15 nay; Others 1 yea, 0 naybecame law · party crossover
Mar 12, 2026
HB 1051
revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.
Do Pass Amended
YeaWith majoritypassD 5–0 · R 60–1 · O 1–0Democrats 5 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 60 yea, 1 nay; Others 1 yea, 0 naybecame law
Mar 12, 2026
HB 1326
appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and common schools.
Do Pass
YeaWith majoritypassD 5–0 · R 44–17 · O 1–0Democrats 5 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 44 yea, 17 nay; Others 1 yea, 0 naybecame law · party crossover
Mar 9, 2026
SB 219
require that a state agency consult with the Aeronautics Commission prior to purchasing, transferring, or disposing of a state owned and operated aircraft.
Do Pass Amended
YeaWith majoritypassD 5–0 · R 61–2 · O 1–0Democrats 5 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 61 yea, 2 nay; Others 1 yea, 0 naybecame law
Mar 9, 2026
SB 245
create the homeowner property tax reduction fund, and to transfer moneys to the homeowner property tax reduction fund.
Do Pass Amended
NayAgainst majoritypassD 1–4 · R 40–23 · O 1–0Democrats 1 yea, 4 nay; Republicans 40 yea, 23 nay; Others 1 yea, 0 naybecame law · party crossover
How key votes are chosen

Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Roe most often

  1. Nick FosnessR323 shared votes96%
  2. David KullR637 shared votes96%
  3. Mellissa HeermannR633 shared votes95%
  4. Kevin Van DiepenR633 shared votes95%
  5. Mike WeisgramR628 shared votes95%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Roe least often

  1. Tina MulallyR566 shared votes44%
  2. Phil JensenR634 shared votes47%
  3. Dylan JordanR630 shared votes48%
  4. Tony RandolphR606 shared votes50%
  5. Aaron AylwardR588 shared votes53%
How to read the agreement lists

The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.

Full voting record

SD 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Roe sponsored 54 bills in the SD 2025–26 session; 26 became law. Cosponsored 0 others. 85% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Dakota House average 81%; 30th of 69).

The bills Roe sponsored and cosponsored in the SD 2025–26 session, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.

Bills by stage

Counts for the SD 2025–26 session

Sponsored54 billsSponsored, Introduced: 5454Sponsored, In committee: 5050Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 3838Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 3232Sponsored, Became law: 2626Cosponsored0 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 00Cosponsored, In committee: 00Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 00Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Cosponsored, Became law: 00IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Roe sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored5450383226
Cosponsored00000
How to read the blocks

Ink blocks are bills Roe sponsored, ochre blocks bills Roe cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.

85%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

South Dakota House average 81%. Ranks 30th of 69.

Cosponsorship partners

Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Roe, by number of shared bills in the SD 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.

  1. Eric Emery23
  2. Tim Goodwin20
  3. Carl Perry19
  4. Erik Muckey18
  5. Tim Reed16
What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of Roe’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
HB 1299permit the use of biological filtration systems in water recreational facilities located in certain lodging establishments.SponsorFeb 23, 2026Became lawHealth(model)Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 H.J. 579 Mar 30, 2026
HB 1138require the licensure of non-medical home care agencies, and to provide a penalty therefor.SponsorFeb 20, 2026Passed both chambersHealth(model)Delivered veto sustained to the Secretary of State H.J. 583 Mar 30, 2026
HB 1311require the reporting of funding given by certain persons and governments to institutions under the control of the Board of Regents and the South Dakota Board of Technical Education.SponsorFeb 20, 2026Became lawEducation(model)Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-12 H.J. 562 Mar 12, 2026
SB 231create the water infrastructure development fund, to provide an appropriation, to provide for the awarding of grants and loans from the fund for certain rural water projects and to declare an emergency.SponsorFeb 4, 2026Became lawWater Resources Development(model)Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 S.J. 550 Mar 30, 2026
HB 1272require that a snow bear be titled and licensed.SponsorFeb 4, 2026Passed one chamberTransportation and Public Works(model)House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 43, NAYS 24 H.J. 360 Feb 18, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that has not changed in 90 days. Roe’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

The lab crawls Roe’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images Roe posts with a vision model.

Websites

How to read the counts

“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.

Images Roe posted

No images from Roe’s posts have been described.

About the descriptions

Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

State floor speeches

No transcribed state floor speeches are matched to this legislator yet.

Floor speeches

Transcribed from chamber video or captions by the lab. They are not classified for kinds of statement.

Back to topNext: Methods and sources

Methods and sources

How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Roe is most unusual among State House Republicans, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.

A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
8125bf75-9ccc-41c4-b76b-3e84dc083c43
Open States
ocd-person/8125bf75-9ccc-41c4-b76b-3e84dc083c43

Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

  • What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
  • Roll calls (state)Oct 21, 20267 days agoOpen States floor roll calls, 2019 on (none for AK and MO).
  • Bills (state)Oct 28, 2026todayOpen States bills and sponsors, 2019 on; stages from roll calls.
  • Campaign money (state)no dateState campaign-finance agencies, 2019 on; aggregates only.
  • Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
  • WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
  • State floor speechesOct 21, 20267 days agoState floor speech turns (published transcripts and captions), 2020 on; not LLM-classified.

How the measures work

What politicians say
Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
Extreme labels
A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
Policy areas and agreement
Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology (CSIP)
Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
Campaign money
Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
Votes and key votes
Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
Peers and ranks
Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.

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