South Dakota · 2026
Tina
Mulally
For Pennington County Auditor
“I never want to hear someone say it’s just state or federal money — because it is our money. Every dollar belongs to the people.”
— Tina Mulally · State Representative, District 35
Chapter One
Born of Grit & Grace
Her father arrived from Denmark speaking no English — separated from his father for six years while the family earned their citizenship the hard way. Her grandmother stood at the back of a schoolhouse listening, determined her family would be American in every sense.
That heritage — the quiet stubbornness of people who do hard things right — runs through everything Tina does. It is the foundation of why she fights to account for every taxpayer dollar.
Chapter Two
She’s Worked Every Room
Taxi driver. Cocktail waitress. Restaurant worker. Massage therapist to professional athletes. Small business owner in Rapid City. Tina hasn’t just read about the economy — she’s lived every floor of it.
She built her household on a simple principle: debt-free, revenue-positive. No deficit spending. No buying what you can’t afford. She brings that same discipline to the Auditor’s office.
Pierre, South Dakota
Eight Years in the
Statehouse
The Record
Proven Conservative.
Proven Accountable.
8
Years Serving District 35
First elected 2018. Re-elected 2020 & 2022. Never lost a general election.
3×
ACU Conservative Awards
Excellence (2019) & Achievement (2020, 2021)
New American Constitution Award (2023, 2024, 2025)
“A”
NRA Rating — Twice Endorsed
Endorsed by the National Rifle Association in 2020 & 2022.
100%
SD Right to Life Rating
Perfect scores from Right to Life, Family Heritage Alliance & SD Citizens for Liberty.
SD GOP Treasurer
SD Republican Party
Serves as Treasurer for the Republican Party — financial accountability every day.
Approp.
House Appropriations Committee
Eight years reviewing state budgets and appropriations — line by line.
Chapter Three
Inside the Capitol
As a member of the House Appropriations Committee, Tina has spent eight years scrutinizing the state’s budget line by line — learning where money flows, where it disappears, and where bureaucracies grow beyond their mandate.
She helped small businesses access $48,000 in COVID relief funds through legislative radio outreach, connecting real people with real resources — not just authorizing spending and walking away.
Her mandate: local government stays local. Every appropriation must be justified to the taxpayer, not the agency.
Chapter Four
Watchdog for Pennington County
The County Auditor is the people’s guardian — the independent check on elections, spending, contract compliance, and financial transparency. This office demands the will to ask hard questions of powerful people.
Tina has never been afraid of that. As Treasurer of the South Dakota Republican Party, she handles exactly the financial discipline this office demands every single day. She will audit accordingly.
For Pennington County
What She’ll Fight For
01
Full Transparency in County Spending
Every contract, expenditure, and audit finding accessible to Pennington County taxpayers — not buried in agency reports. The checkbook belongs to the people.
02
Election Integrity — Every Ballot, Every Time
Every election conducted with precision and strict adherence to South Dakota law. Zero tolerance for irregularity. Every vote in Pennington County counts and is counted right.
03
Keep Local Government Local
The Auditor’s office answers to Pennington County residents — not Pierre, not outside interests. She will run this office for county families and nobody else.
04
Household-Level Fiscal Discipline
She ran her home debt-free and revenue-positive. The Auditor’s office will run the same way — no waste, no empire-building, no spending beyond the mission of serving this county.
05
Defend Property Rights & Fair Assessments
No government overreach on land and property. Fair, accurate assessment records that respect the rights of every Pennington County landowner, farmer, and family.
Rooted in South Dakota
A Woman of the Land
Her Story
Tina and Dan Mulally are Rapid City through and through — embedded in the community, invested in the land, and shaped by the wide sky of western South Dakota. Tina is a gun owner, a member of the National Rifle Association, and a longtime supporter of the Wounded Warrior Project.
She’s a deeply practical person who knows what it means to stretch a budget, work multiple jobs, and build something from nothing. That is not a talking point — it is her biography. Before she ever set foot in the state legislature, she had been a taxi driver, a cocktail waitress, a restaurant worker, a massage therapist to professional athletes, and a small business owner.
She has served on the House Appropriations Committee, the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, the House Local Governments Committee, and Commerce and Energy — and she has brought to every one of those rooms the same conviction she learned watching her family: you do not spend what you do not have, and you account for every dollar that passes through your hands.
As a co-founder and current Secretary and Treasurer of the South Dakota Republican Party, Tina has spent years fighting to keep government small, local, and accountable. She has pushed back on wasteful spending, opposed federal overreach into South Dakota’s communities, and stood up for the constitutional rights of every resident — especially the right to own property and make decisions on your own land without government interference.
The Pennington County Auditor is the county’s chief financial watchdog, election administrator, and keeper of the public record. Tina Mulally has spent her life preparing for exactly this job. She will bring honesty, grit, and an uncompromising belief that every taxpayer dollar must be earned, justified, and accounted for. That is the South Dakota way. And that is who she is.
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Pennington County Auditor · South Dakota · 2026
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