Related Research Articles
Marion Michael Rounds is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator from South Dakota since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 31st governor of South Dakota from 2003 to 2011.
The North Dakota Legislative Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of North Dakota. The Legislative Assembly consists of two chambers,the lower North Dakota House of Representatives,with 94 representatives,and the upper North Dakota Senate,with 47 senators. The state is divided into 47 constituent districts,with two representatives and one senator elected from each district. Due to the Legislative Assembly being a biennial legislature,with the House and Senate sitting for only 80 days in odd-numbered years,a Legislative Council oversees legislative affairs in the interim periods,doing longer-term studies of issues,and drafting legislation for consideration of both houses during the next session.
Stephanie Marie Herseth Sandlin is an American attorney,university administrator,and politician from the Democratic Party. She represented South Dakota's at-large congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2004 until 2011. Sandlin was first elected to Congress in a special election on July 12,2004,and was reelected three times before losing to Republican Kristi Noem in 2010. She was the youngest female member of the House,and the first woman elected to the House from South Dakota. Before her 2007 marriage to Max Sandlin,she was known as Stephanie Herseth. She is a Democrat and a member of the Herseth family of South Dakota.
William "Wild Bill" Langer was a prominent American lawyer and politician from North Dakota,where he was an infamous character,bouncing back from a scandal that forced him out of the governor's office and into multiple trials. He was the 17th and 21st governor of North Dakota from 1932 to 1934 and from 1937 to 1939.
Ann Leila Kirkpatrick is an American politician and retired attorney who served as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 2nd congressional district from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she represented Arizona's 1st congressional district from 2009 to 2011,and again from 2013 to 2017. Kirkpatrick was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 2005 to 2007.
Angie Buhl O'Donnell is an American politician from Sioux Falls,South Dakota. A member of the Democratic Party,she served in the South Dakota Senate from 2011 to 2017,where she represented the Minnehaha County-based 15th district. She was the first openly LGBT member of the South Dakota Legislature.
Don K. Haggar is an American politician and a former Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 10 since January 11,2013. He is the father of Jenna Haggar,the other District 10 representative. He resigned on 27 June 2017 to become the leader of the South Dakota chapter of Americans for Prosperity.
Burt E. Tulson is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 2 since January 11,2013. Tulson served consecutively from January 2011 until January 11,2013 in the District 6 seat.
Patrick Allan Kirschman was an American politician and a Democratic member of the South Dakota House of Representatives who represented District 15 from 2009 to 2017.
Brock L. Greenfield is an American politician serving as School and Public Lands Commissioner of South Dakota. He previously served as a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate. Greenfield was consecutively a member of the House for District 6 from January 2009 until January 11,2013,and a member of the South Dakota Senate for District 6 from January 2001 until January 2009. Greenfield has represented District 2 since January 10,2015.
Justin R. Cronin was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from January 2009 to 2017 and the South Dakota State Senate from 2017 until his resignation in August 2019 due to health reasons. Cronin won his uncontested seat for an additional term in 2016. He died at his home in Pierre,South Dakota at the age of 40.
Dan Lederman is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate representing District 16 from January 11,2011,until he resigned on March 30,2015. Lederman served consecutively in the South Dakota Legislature from January 2009 until January 11,2011,in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 16 seat.
Jean M. Hunhoff is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate since 2021. She has also served in the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 18 from 2001 to 2007 and again from 2015 to 2021. She previously served in the South Dakota Senate from 2007 to 2015. Hunhoff was the mayor of Yankton from 1995 until 1997.
Lana Greenfield is an American politician. She has served as a Republican member for the 2nd district in the South Dakota House of Representatives since 2015.
The 2022 United States Senate election in South Dakota was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of South Dakota. Incumbent three-term Republican U.S. Senator John Thune,who is the Senate Minority Whip,was first elected in 2004,defeating Democratic incumbent Tom Daschle,the then-Senate Minority Leader. He ran for reelection to a fourth term. The Democratic nominee was 26-year Navy,Air Force JAG Corps Veteran,and former college professor Brian Bengs. Thune was ultimately reelected.
Craig A. Kennedy is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the South Dakota Senate representing District 18 from January 10,2017 through January 12,2021.
Dustin Michael Johnson is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he served as South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner from 2005 to 2011,when he was appointed chief of staff to Governor Dennis Daugaard,a position he held until 2014. Between his state political career and congressional service,Johnson was the vice president of Vantage Point Solutions in Mitchell,South Dakota.
Kelly Michael Armstrong is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for North Dakota's at-large congressional district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the North Dakota state senator from the 36th district from 2012 to 2018 and chair of the North Dakota Republican Party from 2015 until 2018. On January 23,2024,he announced he would not seek re-election in 2024,instead opting to run in the 2024 North Dakota gubernatorial election.
Erin Healy is an American politician. She has served as a South Dakota Democratic Party member in the South Dakota House of Representatives since 2019 from district 10. Healy serves as one of eleven Democratic members of the South Dakota Legislature.
Thomas Beadle is an American politician from the state of North Dakota. A Republican,he is the North Dakota State Treasurer. Beadle was previously a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives.
References
- ↑ "Kris Langer's Biography". Project Vote Smart . Retrieved January 13, 2014.
- ↑ "South Dakota Legislature".
- ↑ "Official Results General Election November 8, 2016" (PDF). Pierre, South Dakota: Secretary of State of South Dakota. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ↑ "Official Results General Election November 6, 2018" (PDF). Pierre, South Dakota: Secretary of State of South Dakota. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ↑ "Senate Majority Leader Kris Langer drops reelection bid". Dakota News Now. August 4, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
- ↑ "Senate Committee begins investigation of two state senators". keloland.com. April 21, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ↑ Kaczke, Lisa (24 April 2020). "Legislators rebuke South Dakota Senate leaders for being drunk at the Capitol". Argus Leader. USA Today. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ "Senate Interim Investigation Committee". sdpb.com. April 23, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
