SD State Legislative Candidate Survey: Tyler Tordsen

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota Information Now) – Tyler Tordsen is operating for the South Dakota State Home in District 14. The district is positioned southeast of Sioux Falls. She faces two major challengers; Taylor Rehfeldt and Gina Schiferl.

1. Inform us about your self?

I’m a lifelong South Dakotan who was born in Sioux Falls, grew up in Speedy Metropolis, is a Sisseton Wahpeton tribal member and College of South Dakota (USD) graduate. I’m fortunately married to my spouse and greatest good friend, Erika. I’m additionally a father to my two sons, Emmett (2) and Atlas (1-month). Go to tylertordsen.com to study extra about me.

2. Why are you operating for this workplace?

I’m operating for a district 14 state home seat for 3 causes. 1) due to my household; 2) due to my ardour for serving to South Dakotans just like the people and households in district 14; and three) as a result of I imagine my life and management experiences make me well-equipped to contribute to the wellbeing of our state.

3. What could be your high three priorities if elected?

There is no such thing as a query that South Dakota is the perfect place to reside, work, and lift a household. My high priorities if elected to the South Dakota Legislature could be to assist maintain our communities sturdy, our financial system vibrant, and our individuals primary. Go to tylertordsen.com to study extra about the place I stand and what I imagine.

4. What related expertise would you convey to the workplace?

On high of being a lifelong South Dakotan with roots all throughout our state, I’ve had expertise and curiosity within the State Legislature that dates again to my youth. I’m a political science and economics graduate from the College of South Dakota. Throughout my time in faculty, I served as pupil physique president my senior yr, I used to be a former intern to the South Dakota Senate Majority Chief and the Governor’s Workplace. I’ve spent the final seven years working for U.S. Senator Mike Rounds, serving as his Southeast Regional Director and State Director of Tribal Affairs. These roles enable me to work straight with constituents, serving to South Dakotans by way of points arising with the federal authorities, selling communication to and from the Senator, and overseeing the operations and administration of his Sioux Falls workplace.

5. Do you help tax reduction for South Dakotans? In that case, what kind and the way would you make it occur?

Sure, each time the wants of the state are met and income projections help it, I’ll gladly champion tax reduction for South Dakotans. Prime of thoughts for me is the necessity for some type of property tax reduction. I’m trying ahead to reviewing the merchandise of the legislature’s 2022 interim examine committees on the matter.

6. Housing availability has develop into a problem for a lot of South Dakotans. How would you search to make housing extra inexpensive?

Housing availability is a matter I hear about typically, regardless that the wants are distinctive to particular person communities. Options have to give attention to methods to permit homebuyer prepared of us to afford homeownership, and likewise ways in which incentivize builders to wish to construct the houses within the first-time homebuyer worth vary. I’m curious to see how the implementation efforts from this previous legislative session are going earlier than assuming we want extra laws, funding, or change.

7. South Dakota correctional amenities have been coping with various points, most distinguished amongst them overcrowding and staffing shortages. What would you do to assist fight these points?

I notice it’s an essential position of presidency to supply for security and due to this fact assume we have to help the regulation enforcement and correctional group by being conscious of their wants. I additionally perceive the legislature is planning an interim examine committee and a legislative taskforce on this matter starting this summer time. I sit up for seeing what suggestions might come from these research and at all times welcome concepts from constituents of district 14.

8. What steps ought to the legislature take to entice younger individuals to stay within the state?

South Dakota is of course a good looking state crammed with thrilling alternatives to reside, work, and play, together with communities like Sioux Falls that persistently ranks as among the best cities within the nation for younger professionals. We have to proceed to help insurance policies that maintain South Dakota a low tax burden state with rising employment alternatives. We additionally NEED to help increased training as an avenue to teach, retain, and prepare our expertise, with excessive job placement in-state to maintain our younger individuals right here.

9. Do you help any modifications to the way in which elections are run in South Dakota?

I imagine South Dakota will get our elections course of proper. Our elections are sensible, safe, and secure. I might be open to concerns on the way to improve voter turnout and the way to higher restrict voter fatigue, corresponding to encouraging the combining of college board, metropolis, county, state, and federal elections to coincide on related dates.

10. A U.S. Supreme Courtroom choice is looming on a landmark abortion case that would finally overturn Roe v. Wade. Governor Kristi Noem has indicated she wish to ban abortion outright, and a “set off regulation” already on the books would so, with solely an exception in place when the mom’s life is in danger. Do you help banning abortion to this extent? If not, what exceptions would you wish to see made?

Whereas a remaining choice has but to be made by the U.S. Supreme Courtroom, I perceive the big affect overturning Roe v. Wade would have on this nation. I help South Dakota’s “set off regulation” and help banning abortion with restricted exceptions. After I inform others of my pro-life beliefs, I additionally emphasize the significance of supporting life earlier than and after beginning, and from childhood by way of maturity. I think about many of the decision-making on this could be finished through particular session with the present legislature, however I can be prepared to supply enter and decision-making ought to this matter come earlier than future legislative classes.

11. What’s your stance on legalized, leisure marijuana in South Dakota? It seems South Dakota voters may have the chance to resolve which course we wish to go as a state with reference to marijuana. Will we wish to see the legalization of leisure marijuana, or are we happy with having legalized medicinal marijuana for these in want? If voters approve legalizing leisure marijuana in November, I’ll respect the result of the voters and can work in the direction of the accountable and environment friendly implementation in the course of the 2023 legislative session.

State legislative candidates in contested districts this major season have been emailed the identical survey to finish for Dakota Information Now/KOTA Territory Information. Candidates have been requested to maintain their responses restricted to roughly 4-5 sentences for every query. Excluding a fast spelling and grammar examine, solutions weren’t edited by the poster. Those that responded to the survey questions had their outcomes posted.

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