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Greg Blanc
2025 - Present
2027
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Greg Blanc (Republican Party) is a member of the South Dakota State Senate, representing District 35. He assumed office on January 14, 2025. His current term ends on January 12, 2027.
Blanc (Republican Party) ran for election to the South Dakota State Senate to represent District 35. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Blanc completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Greg Blanc's career experience includes working as a pastor and small business owner. Blanc has been affiliated with Calvary Chapel.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: South Dakota State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for South Dakota State Senate District 35
Greg Blanc won election in the general election for South Dakota State Senate District 35 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Greg Blanc (R)  | 100.0 | 9,851 |
| Total votes: 9,851 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Dakota State Senate District 35
Greg Blanc defeated incumbent Mike Walsh and Curtis Nupen in the Republican primary for South Dakota State Senate District 35 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Greg Blanc | 54.8 | 973 |
 | Mike Walsh | 38.9 | 692 | |
| Curtis Nupen | 6.3 | 112 | ||
| Total votes: 1,777 | |||
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Endorsements
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Pledges
Blanc signed the following pledges.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Greg Blanc completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Blanc's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Many people know me as the pastor of Calvary Chapel Community Church for the last 22 years or as the longest serving Rapid City Police Department Chaplain for the last 21 years or as a member of Human Trafficking Task Force for the last 8 years, or my role as a current Precinct Committeeman…yet when it all boils down, I am a voter, just like you, and as voters, we should be able to expect those we elect to know and represent the values of the district we live in.
My reputation in our city is one of being a visionary, a problem solver, a bridge builder, a faith leader, a decade’s long active participant in what happens in our city. I’ve been blessed with the privilege of a 20 year relationship with our mayors and city council members and business owners in our city, and I am known for making a stand for conservative political issues.
I would appreciate the opportunity to earn your vote.- I am a Christian, conservative, common sense, constitutionalist. I believe in the principles that our nation was founded on, that all men are created equal, endowed with the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I am life-long Ronald Reagan Republican, and I believe in his vision of a new morning in America, including South Dakota. I am running for the senate because, in the not too distant past, integrity, honesty, character, love for country and love for our fellow citizens was the norm, not the exception. I believe that we can get there again, with the right people in the right positions of influence.
- My mission is to be a voice for the people of District 35. To be the people’s voice, you need to know the people who you serve. Relationship is essential, and through relationship, I know the political pulse of our community, specifically my district…My district is full of South Dakotans that are hard-working, family oriented, value oriented people, and for the most part, we just want to be left alone to live our lives, without a lot of government and political intrusion…District 35 deserves a senator who will fight to maintain these principles, even in the midst of an ever increasing politically correct world.
- I am unashamedly: PRO-LIMITED GOVERNMENT PRO-CONSTITUTION PRO-FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY PRO-PROPERTY RIGHTS PRO-LOWER PROPERTY TAXES PRO-FAMILY VALUES PRO-PARENTAL RIGHTS PRO-LIFE PRO-GUN RIGHTS PRO-LAW ENFORCEMENT PRO-MILITARY
We must protect The Second Amendment
We must protect the life of the unborn
We must ensure election integrity
My heart breaks for these respected seasoned saints that are on a fixed income, and don’t have a way to increase their revenue to balance the ever increasing property taxes, so of course, there must be property-tax reform.
Liberty Tree PAC
Americans For Prosperity PAC
Education
State Affairs
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 29, 2024
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