Victoria Greenlee
Victoria Greenlee (independent) ran for election to the South Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 31. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Greenlee completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Victoria Greenlee was born in San Diego, California. She earned a high school diploma from Spearfish High School and a bachelor's degree in English and economics from the Randolph-Macon Woman's College. Her career experience includes working as a caregiver, teaching history and English in middle schools, and working on Wall Street.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 31 (2 seats)
Incumbent Scott Odenbach and incumbent Mary Fitzgerald defeated Victoria Greenlee and Shana McVickers in the general election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 31 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Scott Odenbach (R) | 38.1 | 9,100 |
| ✔ |  | Mary Fitzgerald (R) | 32.5 | 7,768 |
 | Victoria Greenlee (Independent)  | 16.7 | 3,986 | |
 | Shana McVickers (Independent) | 12.8 | 3,049 | |
| Total votes: 23,903 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 31 (2 seats)
Incumbent Scott Odenbach and incumbent Mary Fitzgerald defeated Mark Mowry in the Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 31 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Scott Odenbach | 43.9 | 2,321 |
| ✔ | | Mary Fitzgerald | 29.5 | 1,559 |
 | Mark Mowry | 26.6 | 1,406 | |
| Total votes: 5,286 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Greenlee in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Victoria Greenlee completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Greenlee's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- There are several very important issues, but first and foremost is women's reproductive rights. I strongly support Amendment G to protect those rights. If it doesn’t pass, SD women will be stuck with a draconian trigger law that doesn’t allow a termination, even in the case of rape or incest. It’s one of the severest laws in the US, and it’s inhumane. While I respect the view that life begins at conception, it is a religious perception and not a scientific one. Abortion is a very personal and difficult choice, and the decision belongs to the woman and her doctor. The government needs to stay out of that doctor’s office.
- The First Amendment makes it clear that there should be a separation of church and state, and that certainly includes our public schools. I’m a strong proponent for public schools. I find it alarming the amount of only being siphoned off for private schools. When they teach religious beliefs including creationism, fetal personhood and intolerance of other beliefs means tax payer money is being used for religious indoctrination, and that is a violation of the First Amendment. Private schools may present anti-scientific viewpoints in science classes and history from a white Christian perspective that does not encourage tolerance. And considering SD is 49th in the country paying their teachers, I’d venture to say they are underfunded.
- Mining is a major problem for our beautiful Black Hills. Gold, uranium, lithium and rare earth elements have all been mined here, and mining companies have left us water pollution with heavy metals and cyanides. All this pollution stems from an archaic 1872 mining law and weak state regulations. There are no taxes or fines levied on those who are destroying our habitat by heavily polluting it and exploiting our groundwater. Consequently, we need better regulation. We need local businesses and citizens making decisions for their sustainable future over the foreign big corp mining. About 20% of our public lands are claimed by mining business in 2023. People need to be aware of this frightening statistic, and I want to be the proponent.
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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 October 23, 2024
- ↑ Victoria Greenlee for SD House, "About Victoria," accessed October 25, 2024
