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
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Blanc in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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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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My name is Greg Blanc, and I am running for senate in District 35 because I believe the future is bright for Rapid City, Rapid Valley, and Box Elder. It has been a privilege to live and serve in these areas for decades, and I look forward to being the people’s voice in Pierre for District 35. Our district deserves a conservative senator who can be forward thinking, without compromising the foundational South Dakota values of, Faith, Family, Freedom, and Fiscal Responsibility.
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 First Amendment
We must protect The Second Amendment
We must protect the life of the unborn
We must ensure election integrity
We must provide property-tax relief now
Jesus is my role model. He came with grace and truth. We must speak the truth in love.
Integrity, honesty, speaking truth with grace. Having a biblical worldview. Listening, learning, willing to yield to facts and science over feelings and emotions. Adherence to the US Constitution. Adherence to the SD State Constitution. Adherence to the Republican Party Platform.
Visionary, encourager, problem solver, bridge-builder, listener, learner, organizer, initiator, administrator, strategic, cultural awareness, communicator, and I understand the power of teamwork.
To represent the principles of the majority of those in your district WITH integrity and WITHOUT compromise.
That I loved and served the people of District 35 with integrity.
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy. I was 6 years old.
My mother implanted a strong work ethic in my life from an early age, and at 10 years old, I was up at 4:00 AM, 7 days a week, serving 120 customers on my paper route. After school I was folding boxes at Winchell’s Donuts for a penny a box or sweeping parking lots to earn the spending money that other parents could afford to freely give to their children.
There must be a good working relationship between the Governor and the House and Senate, which includes a dialogue on what legislation is best for the people of South Dakota.
Now is the time to stop the political correctness that is creeping into our great state, and restore the foundational South Dakota principles of faith, family, freedom, and fiscal responsibility.
Previous experience in the realm of politics can be beneficial or detrimental. Having common sense is essential. Having a successful business background is of great importance. The experience of managing employees, meeting a payroll, and researching the best pricing to keep costs at a minimum is indispensable if you are responsible for being a steward of tax-payer dollars.
Strong working relationships is mandatory to any successful venture. Respect, civility, appreciation for the office must be extended to one another, as well as the ability to agree or disagree agreeably.
I recently met with a precious 80 year-old couple in our district who have lived here in Rapid City for decades, and retired here because the cost of living was lower…and now, their home assessments have increased to the point where they fear being property-taxed into homelessness.
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.
They were encouraged to hear that some of the conservative legislators like myself are working on some targeted relief for those sweet grandparents, who simply want to enjoy their sunshine years without living in fear that their house is going to be taken from them. In addition, we should limit annual increases in property valuations, to bring reality and stability to our local housing market.
Very, very, very rarely should there be a necessity to exercise emergency powers. The degree of the emergency should have consensus and there should be a pre-determined length of time for the use of this emergency power.
Property tax reform
South Dakota Right To Life PAC
Liberty Tree PAC
Americans For Prosperity PAC
South Dakota Freedom Caucus PAC
Military and Veterans
Education
State Affairs
Taxation
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 29, 2024
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