Rapid City elections · State
State House, District 32
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Who is running
4 candidates on the ballot, from South Dakota Secretary of State. Photos come from each candidate's own campaign site.
Photo: Zachary Martin campaign Zachary Martin
Republican
Martin describes himself as a father, businessman, and community advocate. His campaign site says he has spent two sessions in Pierre as a citizen advocate; it does not state how long he has lived in the Rapid City area.
Source: Zac Martin for South Dakota
3 sourced statements · Campaign site
Steve Duffy
Republican · Incumbent
Duffy is the Republican incumbent representative for South Dakota House District 32, according to the South Dakota Legislature’s 2026 profile.
Source: South Dakota Legislature, Representative Steve Duffy
No stated positions found yet · Campaign site
Photo: Nicole Uhre-Balk campaign Nicole Uhre-Balk
Democratic · Incumbent
Uhre-Balk is the Democratic incumbent representing District 32 in the South Dakota House, according to the Legislature’s 2026 profile. Her campaign site says she represents District 32 in Rapid City and describes education, affordability, and protecting the Black Hills as priorities.
Source: South Dakota Legislature, Representative Nicole Uhre-Balk, Nicole Uhre-Balk campaign website
3 sourced statements · Campaign site
Samuel Hare Sr
Independent
Hare is a business student at Oglala Lakota College, and 2026 is his first run for political office. The sources reviewed do not state how long he has lived in the area.
Source: South Dakota Public Broadcasting, 2026 candidate profile
No stated positions found yet
Where the candidates stand
Every candidate for State House, District 32 on each issue any of them has spoken on, in their own words or a close paraphrase, with the source linked. Checked . We do not score, rank or recommend anyone.
Where do the State House, District 32 candidates in Rapid City stand on schools and education?
He supports curriculum transparency, limiting administrator pay, directing funding to follow students, and prohibiting school funds from being used for political lobbying. (Zac Martin for South Dakota)
Steve Duffy (Republican, incumbent)
No public statement found in our sources.
Nicole Uhre-Balk (Democratic, incumbent)
Her campaign identifies education, affordability, and protecting the Black Hills as priorities. (Nicole Uhre-Balk campaign website)
She supports a zero-percent school-construction revolving loan fund to reduce districts’ borrowing costs and ease pressure on property taxpayers. (Nicole Uhre-Balk campaign website)
No public statement found in our sources.
Where do the State House, District 32 candidates in Rapid City stand on public safety?
He supports sentencing reform for nonviolent offenders, expanding drug courts, and mental-health diversion and reentry programs. (Zac Martin for South Dakota)
Steve Duffy (Republican, incumbent)
No public statement found in our sources.
Nicole Uhre-Balk (Democratic, incumbent)
No public statement found in our sources.
No public statement found in our sources.
Where do the State House, District 32 candidates in Rapid City stand on farming, land and water?
No public statement found in our sources.
Steve Duffy (Republican, incumbent)
No public statement found in our sources.
Nicole Uhre-Balk (Democratic, incumbent)
She says she wants to modernize mining laws and protect Black Hills water and other natural resources. (Nicole Uhre-Balk campaign website)
No public statement found in our sources.
Where do the State House, District 32 candidates in Rapid City stand on taxes and spending?
He supports property-tax relief without raising the statewide sales tax to fund it, capping general-fund growth at population growth plus inflation, and a renter’s rebate. (Zac Martin for South Dakota)
Steve Duffy (Republican, incumbent)
No public statement found in our sources.
Nicole Uhre-Balk (Democratic, incumbent)
No public statement found in our sources.
No public statement found in our sources.
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More on the Rapid City ballot
Governor and Lieutenant GovernorLarry Rhoden & Tony Venhuizen, Dan Ahlers & Steven McCleerey
Secretary of StateHeather Baxter, Tamara J. Lesnar, Terrence Davis
Attorney GeneralLance Russell- State AuditorCatherine Barranco, Tom Cool
State TreasurerMelissa Hull, Margaret Kuipers
Commissioner of School and Public LandsBrock Greenfield, Raeann Mettler
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