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Cole Sartell
Cole Sartell (Democratic Party) ran for election to the South Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 7. He did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 5, 2024.
Sartell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Cole Sartell was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He graduated from Brookings High School. His career experience includes working as a security professional. Sartell has been affiliated with Brookings Pride, Brookings Human Rights Commission, and SD Equality Coalition.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 7 (2 seats)
Incumbent Roger DeGroot and incumbent Mellissa Heermann defeated Fedora Sutton-Butler and Blake Stevens in the general election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Roger DeGroot (R) | 32.8 | 6,045 |
| ✔ |  | Mellissa Heermann (R) | 30.7 | 5,666 |
| Fedora Sutton-Butler (D) | 19.2 | 3,533 | ||
 | Blake Stevens (D)  | 17.3 | 3,189 | |
| Total votes: 18,433 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Cole Sartell (D)
- Penny Hauffe (D)
Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Penny Hauffe and Cole Sartell advanced from the Democratic primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 7.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 7 (2 seats)
Incumbent Mellissa Heermann and incumbent Roger DeGroot defeated Jeffrey Struwe in the Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 7 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mellissa Heermann | 38.4 | 781 |
| ✔ | | Roger DeGroot | 35.0 | 712 |
| Jeffrey Struwe | 26.5 | 539 | ||
| Total votes: 2,032 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Sartell in this election.
Pledges
Sartell signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 7 (2 seats)
Roger DeGroot and Mellissa Heermann defeated Cole Sartell in the general election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 7 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Roger DeGroot (R) | 38.7 | 4,980 |
| ✔ | | Mellissa Heermann (R) | 34.7 | 4,461 |
 | Cole Sartell (D) | 26.7 | 3,431 | |
| Total votes: 12,872 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mary Perpich (D)
- Lisa Johnsen (D)
Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Lisa Johnsen and Mary Perpich advanced from the Democratic primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 7.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 7 (2 seats)
Mellissa Heermann and Roger DeGroot defeated Doug Post and Matt Doyle in the Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 7 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mellissa Heermann | 31.4 | 1,280 |
| ✔ | | Roger DeGroot | 30.6 | 1,245 |
 | Doug Post | 29.1 | 1,184 | |
| Matt Doyle | 8.9 | 363 | ||
| Total votes: 4,072 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Cole Sartell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sartell's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Personal freedom with responsibility.
- I want to bring Brookings values to the state capitol.
- Politicians are politicians, not doctors and teachers. When it comes to legislation, we need to actually listen to the experts in those fields.
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2022
Cole Sartell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sartell's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Diversity in government
- Teacher pay and keeping the government out of censoring history
- Expanding Medicaid in the state and listening to the will of the voters on marijuana
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 20, 2024
