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LESNAR, TAMARA J.

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FEC candidate id
S2SD00142
Internal id
5af1253c-6a8c-4373-ae6d-3499b0f5cf05
Status
challenger

Who this candidate represents (statewide)

Who lives here β€” American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), South Dakota. Source.

CategoryMetricValue
PeoplePopulation907,428
PeopleMedian age38
IncomeMedian household income$75,081
IncomePer-capita income$40,550
IncomeIn poverty11.9%
IncomeUnemployed2.9%
IncomeGini inequality index0.449
RaceWhite alone80.7%
RaceBlack alone2.3%
RaceAsian alone1.4%
RaceHispanic or Latino4.8%
RaceTwo or more races6.5%
OriginForeign-born4.0%
LanguageSpeaks English only at home92.9%
LanguageSpeaks Spanish at home2.6%
EducationHigh school or higher60.9%
EducationBachelor's or higher31.9%
EducationAdvanced degree10.0%
HouseholdFamily households61.3%
HouseholdAvg household size2.39
HouseholdNever married (15+)32.0%
HousingMedian home value$257,400
HousingMedian gross rent$946
HousingSingle-family detached66.9%
HousingBuilt before 19403.9%
HousingOvercrowded (>1 per room)2.3%
HousingVacant units10.5%
ServiceVeterans (18+)7.9%
HealthWith a disability12.5%
ConnectivityHouseholds with broadband89.6%
ConnectivityHouseholds with no internet7.4%
CommuteDrove alone77.0%
CommutePublic transit0.5%
CommuteWorked from home9.7%

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Election prediction

Cycle 2026 Β· model baseline-v1 Β· base rate 15.1%

P(win) = 13.1%

FeatureΞ” P(win)
Base rate (historical)15.1%
senate race-2.0%

Baseline model (incumbency Γ— party Γ— office). Calibration: backtest Brier score is the reference, see npm run db:ingest -- --source=predict-backtest-election. Future model versions must beat baseline Brier on the same held-out cohort or they don't ship.

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