Kimberly Parke
Kimberly Parke (Democratic Party) ran for election to the South Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 11. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Parke completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Kimberly Parke earned a bachelor's degree from Winona State University in 1991.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 11 (2 seats)
Brian Mulder and incumbent Chris Karr defeated Margaret Kuipers and Kimberly Parke in the general election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 11 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brian Mulder (R)  | 29.0 | 4,988 |
| ✔ |  | Chris Karr (R) | 28.4 | 4,879 |
 | Margaret Kuipers (D) | 22.0 | 3,775 | |
 | Kimberly Parke (D) | 20.7 | 3,553 | |
| Total votes: 17,195 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 11 (2 seats)
Margaret Kuipers and Kimberly Parke defeated Stephanie Marty in the Democratic primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 11 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Margaret Kuipers | 35.2 | 766 |
| ✔ | | Kimberly Parke | 34.0 | 741 |
| Stephanie Marty | 30.8 | 670 | ||
| Total votes: 2,177 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 11 (2 seats)
Incumbent Chris Karr and Brian Mulder defeated Roger Russell and Tyler Bonynge in the Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 11 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Karr | 35.6 | 1,334 |
| ✔ | | Brian Mulder | 32.8 | 1,230 |
 | Roger Russell | 26.8 | 1,006 | |
| Tyler Bonynge | 4.8 | 181 | ||
| Total votes: 3,751 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kimberly Parke completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Parke's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am running for elected office because I kept asking myself, “Why doesn’t someone do something about that?” Then, I realized I was somebody. I have the desire, commitment and character to build relationships with other legislators to bring positive change and policy to South Dakota.
South Dakota is a great place to live, work and raise a family because of the strength of its people and the power of its diverse communities. I believe that everyone deserves the right to live, love, worship and pursue happiness however they choose as long as it does not interfere with the fundamental rights of others.
- Meaningful and Relevant Legislation: Legislation must create logical solutions with real impact on the problems facing our state.
- Transparency and Truth: Our laws should be based on reliable, fact based evidence. The legislation’s reason and solution should be clear and concise without hidden political agendas.
- Teamwork: Legislators must build trusting bipartisan relationships through communication and compromise to create the best policies for our state.
- Adequate funding for necessary programs while maintaining fiscal responsibility
- affordable housing, daycare and health care
- strengthening and improving our public schools
- equal rights and opportunities for all people accepting, supporting and valuing our diverse communities including
tribal nations, LGBTQ+ and ethnic backgrounds.
- the right to contraceptive health care including abortion especially for situations involving rape or incest.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 4, 2022
