Rick Bonander

Background

Bonander is a Republican candidate for Minnehaha County Commission and a fifth-generation county resident living in the Valley Springs area. He holds degrees in commercial economics and agricultural business from South Dakota State University and spent about four decades in agricultural sales management.

Sources: Rick Bonander for Minnehaha County Commissioner, The Dakota Scout, Meet the candidates running for Minnehaha County offices in November

What the candidate has said

Statements are attributed to the linked sources.

• County budget

  Identifies the county budget and elected commissioners’ fiscal responsibility as a top concern.

  Sioux Falls Simplified, Meet the candidates for Minnehaha County Commission

• Data centers

  Opposes hyperscale AI data centers in the county and supports a moratorium on new centers while strict guidelines are developed, saying they do not bring enough jobs and strain local resources.

  Sioux Falls Simplified, Meet the candidates for Minnehaha County Commission

• Property taxes

  Supports the half-cent sales-tax increase as a way to reduce property taxes, while acknowledging that it shifts the tax burden rather than eliminating it.

  Sioux Falls Simplified, Meet the candidates for Minnehaha County Commission