Amber Arlint

Background

Amber Arlint is a small-business owner in the Sioux Falls area and a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, first elected in 2022. She owns an insurance agency and is raising two children in the community she represents.

Sources: Amber Arlint campaign, Amber Arlint campaign

What the candidate has said

Statements are attributed to the linked sources.

• Data centers

  She said last session’s Senate Bill 135 addressed concerns about utility rates, zoning and water use related to data centers. She also said local collaboration among Sioux Falls-area legislators and local officials is important to making policy that serves residents.

  KeloLAND

• Workforce

  She identified education, affordability and workforce retention as priorities, and said investment in technical colleges can help address skilled-trades shortages and housing affordability.

  KeloLAND

• Childcare

  She said South Dakota has a childcare supply-and-demand problem and that regulations should make it easier to do business in the sector. She also pointed to early preschool and public-private partnerships as possible ways to support childcare.

  S.F. Simplified