Amanda Potter

Background

Potter moved to South Dakota in 2005 for graduate study and has lived in the Sioux Falls area for more than 20 years. She has worked as a public-school teacher, in the nonprofit sector, and as a marketing manager; her campaign site also describes work in healthcare.

Sources: Amanda Potter for SD State House, South Dakota Public Broadcasting

What the candidate has said

Statements are attributed to the linked sources.

• Data centers

  She supports strong regulation of hyperscale data centers to protect the environment, property owners, and utility customers, and opposes tax cuts for them.

  South Dakota Public Broadcasting

• Health care

  She supports protecting the ability of people to make health-care decisions with their doctors, rather than having those decisions made by legislators.

  South Dakota Public Broadcasting

• School funding

  She says the state should fund education at 3% or inflation, arguing that inadequate state funding shifts costs to local taxpayers and school districts.

  Sioux Falls Simplified