Public accountability
South Dakota
The record is public.
Compare public commitments with documented outcomes. Choose an office and open the sources behind each entry.
Check the promisesEvidence before opinion. The same standard for everyone. OPEN REGISTERReview cutoff · Transition and time in office · tracking with sources
01 / THE CITIZEN REGISTER
Choose whom to hold accountable.
The original promise always stays on record.
Results must back it up.
History of Kristi Noem
Biographies and documented commitments from earlier terms.
Governor · 2022
Kristi Noem
RepublicanDocumented commitments and outcomes from the previous term.
- Tracked
- 2
- Fulfilled
- 1
- With progress
- 1
- Not achieved
- 0
- Awaiting assessment
- 0
2 of 2 commitments
Paid family leave
What they pledged
Give state employees up to 12 weeks of fully paid leave for birth, adoption, foster placement, serious illness of a family member or qualifying military situations.
Paid family leave proposalWhat has been verified
In May 2023 the state approved up to 12 weeks of fully paid leave for births and adoptions.
State employee benefit expansionPrison funding
What they pledged
Allocate $60 million to build a new women’s prison in Rapid City.
December 2022 budget addressCommitments archive
Entries from earlier reviews, separate from the term registers.
Kristi Noem
RepublicanState grocery sales tax
What they pledged
Eliminate the state sales tax on groceries in the next budget.
Governor’s public pledge · Sep 30, 2022What has been verified
The legislature rejected the grocery exemption. In 2023 it passed a temporary reduction in the general sales tax rate from 4.5% to 4.2%. Groceries remained taxable.
Associated Press · legislative outcome02 / THE START OF THE TERM
The first
100 days.
An evaluation window. Each commitment keeps the timing published in its source.
Day one is the day the official begins the term for this office.Kristi Noem · 2022
Awaiting verificationThe opening agenda is being verified.
A sourced first-100-days plan or specific early commitments for this term are still pending in the register.
03 / THE WORDS STAY ON RECORD
Election
night.
Kristi Noem · 2022 · Election-night remarks
Election-night remarks are being verified.
A verified recording, transcript or contemporaneous report of the remarks is still pending for this election.
How we assess
Each status reflects the scope of the commitment and the available evidence. An announcement, an approved law, and a result in practice are different milestones. The rating measures the share of fulfilled commitments in this register and changes as more commitments and outcomes are documented.
Official state sources
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