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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.
William Henry McMaster was an American politician who served as the tenth Governor of South Dakota from 1921 until 1925. A member of the Republican Party,he went on to serve as a member of the United States Senate from South Dakota from 1925 to 1931.
The structure of the government of South Dakota is based on that of the federal government,with three branches of government:executive,legislative,and judicial. The structure of the state government is laid out in the Constitution of South Dakota,the highest law in the state. The constitution may be amended either by a majority vote of both houses of the legislature,or by voter initiative.
The 2018 United States Senate elections were held on November 6,2018. Among the 100 seats,the 33 of Class 1 were contested in regular elections while 2 others were contested in special elections due to Senate vacancies in Minnesota and Mississippi. The regular election winners were elected to 6-year terms running from January 3,2019,to January 3,2025. Senate Democrats had 26 seats up for election,while Senate Republicans had 9 seats up for election.
Mike Stevens is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 18 since January 12,2021. Stevens also served in the South Dakota House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019,where he was elected House Majority Whip on November 15,2014. Stevens served as the chairman of the Judiciary Committee during his first tenure in the South Dakota House of Representatives. Stevens also served on the Yankton School Board for 21 years and was the former president of the South Dakota Trial Lawyers.
Isaac James Latterell is an American politician and a former Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives who has represented District 6 from January 11,2013 to January 12,2021. In 2016,he was elected as Majority Whip and served in that position for 2017 and 2018.
Timothy Robert Johns is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate. He previously served as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 31 from January 11,2013 to January 12,2021.
Hal G. Wick was an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 12 from January 11,2011,to January 13,2015. Wick previously served several non-consecutive terms from January 1977 until January 1981 in District 11,from January 1995 until January 1999 and from January 2001 until January 2009 in the District 12 seat,but ran for South Dakota Senate in 2008 due to the state's term limits.
Kristen K. Langer is an American politician who served as a member of the South Dakota Senate for the 25th district from 2017 to 2021. She was appointed by Governor Dennis Daugaard to the South Dakota House of Representatives after Jon Hansen resigned. In 2019,she became the South Dakota State Senate Majority Leader.
Lance S. Russell is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate and a former member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 30.
Bernie P. Hunhoff is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the South Dakota Senate representing District 18 from 1993 to 1999 and 2015 to 2017. Hunhoff was also a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives for District 18 from 2009 to 2015. He served as the House minority leader during that time.
Charles B. Hoffman is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 23 since January 12,2021 and previously held the same seat from January 2009 to January 2015. During his second two-year term (2011–12),he served as the House's Majority Whip.
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.
Phil Jensen,is an American politician from Pennington County,South Dakota who is a current member of the South Dakota House of Representatives and has served as a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate representing District 33 from 2013 to 2021. Jensen served consecutively in the South Dakota Legislature from January 2009 until January 8,2013 in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 33 seat. He supplements his legislative income as a cookware dealer.
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.
The 2020 United States Senate elections were held on November 3,2020,with the 33 class 2 seats of the Senate contested in regular elections. Of these,21 were held by Republicans,and 12 by Democrats. The winners were elected to 6-year terms from January 3,2021,to January 3,2027. Two special elections for seats held by Republicans were also held in conjunction with the general elections:one in Arizona,to fill the vacancy created by John McCain's death in 2018;and one in Georgia,following Johnny Isakson's resignation in 2019. These elections ran concurrently with the 2020 United States presidential election in which incumbent president Donald Trump lost to Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 8,2022,in 36 states and three territories. As most governors serve four-year terms,the last regular gubernatorial elections for all but two of the seats took place in 2018 U.S. gubernatorial elections. The gubernatorial elections took place concurrently with several other federal,state,and local elections,as part of the 2022 midterm elections.
The 2018 United States attorney general elections were held on November 6,2018,in 30 states,2 territories,and the District of Columbia. The previous attorney general elections for this group of states took place in 2014,except in Vermont where attorneys general serve only two-year terms and elected their current attorney general in 2016.
The 2022 South Dakota House of Representatives elections were held on November 8,2022,as part of the biennial 2022 United States elections. All 70 seats in the South Dakota House of Representatives were up for election. Primary elections were held on June 7,2022. The elections coincided with elections for other offices in South Dakota,including the US Senate,US House,South Dakota Governor,South Dakota Secretary of State,South Dakota Attorney General,and the South Dakota Senate.
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- ↑ "South Dakota Legislature". sdlegislature.gov. Retrieved Feb 3, 2021.
- ↑ "The Voter's Self Defense System". Vote Smart. 1951-01-30. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
- ↑ "Official Results General Election November 3, 2020" (PDF). Pierre, South Dakota: Secretary of State of South Dakota. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
- ↑ "Official Results General Election November 6, 2018" (PDF). Pierre, South Dakota: Secretary of State of South Dakota. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
- ↑ "Official Results General Election November 8, 2016" (PDF). Pierre, South Dakota: Secretary of State of South Dakota. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
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