Joe Zweifel

Background

Zweifel is the Democratic candidate for District 12. His campaign site says he was born and raised on a fourth-generation family farm in a rural South Dakota community; a 2026 candidate guide reports that he owns a photography business and serves as deputy executive director of the South Dakota Democratic Party.

Sources: SDPB, The Ballot Brief

What the candidate has said

Statements are attributed to the linked sources.

• Campaign priorities

  His campaign site lists lowering taxes and increasing affordability, protecting reproductive rights, and increasing government transparency and accountability among his priorities.

  Zweifel for SD