South Dakota State House District 23

Current seat holder: Spencer Gosch (R), Scott Moore (R).

Spencer Gosch

Spencer Gosch Gosch's professional experience includes working as a small business owner and working on his family farm. He attended the University of South Dakota. Gosch was assigned to the following committees:

“We are helping property owners in the state of South Dakota maintain their rights on their property by saying, 'No, you cannot take my property for economic development or increased tax revenue purposes,'.” (South Dakota Searchlight)
“If I wanted to bring a bill to get rid of eminent domain, I would have done that.” (South Dakota Searchlight)

Dick Werner

Dick Werner is a former Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 22 from 2013 to 2017. At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Werner served on the following committees: In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Werner served on the following committees:

Campaign site

Garett Heinz

Garett Heinz (independent) is running for election to the South Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 23. [source]

“I see a vacuum in leadership that needs to be filled and public service is a family tradition.” (SDPB 2026 Meet the Candidates)
“We need to be bold and address inflation. While a state legislature does not set interest rates or monetary supply, there are solutions that can be found at the state level to hedge against it.” (SDPB 2026 Meet the Candidates)
“We are in a situation where producers are struggling to make a profit because of low prices and consumers are struggling to put food on their table because of high prices.” (SDPB 2026 Meet the Candidates)