The attorney general of South Dakota is the state attorney general of the U.S. state of South Dakota. The attorney general is elected by popular vote to a four-year term and holds an executive position as the state's chief legal officer. In 1992,the voters approved a constitutional amendment to limit all constitutional officers and the governor to two consecutive four-year terms.
Ron J. Volesky is an American lawyer,who served 16 years in the South Dakota Senate,first as a member of the Republican Party before switching to the Democratic Party.
Martin J. Jackley is an American attorney and politician who is currently serving as the Attorney General of South Dakota since 2023,having previously served from 2009 to 2019. He assumed office as Attorney General again in 2023 after winning the 2022 election unopposed. He previously served as the 39th United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota. He ran unsuccessfully for Governor of South Dakota in 2018,losing the Republican primary to Kristi Noem.
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.
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.
Gordon James Mydland was an American attorney and politician who served as the Attorney General of South Dakota. He was also a state senator,and a circuit court judge.
The 2018 South Dakota gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor of South Dakota. Incumbent Republican governor Dennis Daugaard was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term.
Steven Haugaard is an American politician and attorney. He has served as a Republican member for the 10th district in the South Dakota House of Representatives since 2015. He was elected Speaker of the House and served in that office from 2019 to 2021. He had been elected as Speaker pro tempore of the South Dakota House of Representatives and served in that office from 2017 to 2019.
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,becoming the first Senator from South Dakota to be elected to a fourth term since Karl Mundt in 1966,and only the second to do so after Mundt.
Randolph John Seiler was an American attorney and veteran serving as the chair of the Democratic Party of South Dakota from 2019-2023. He served as the 41st United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota from 2015 until his retirement in 2017. Seiler was previously the Deputy United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota.
The 2018 South Dakota elections were held on November 6,2018. All of South Dakota's executive officers were up for election as well as South Dakota's at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives.
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.
Jason Richard Ravnsborg is an American attorney and politician. A Republican,he served as Attorney General of South Dakota from 2019 until his removal in 2022. Ravnsborg ran for the U.S. Senate in 2014,losing in the Republican primary to former Governor Mike Rounds,who won the general election.
The 2018 South Dakota Attorney General election was held on November 6,2018. Incumbent attorney general Marty Jackley was term-limited and ran for Governor of South Dakota. In June 2018,the South Dakota Republican party nominated Jason Ravnsborg for attorney general and the Democratic party nominated Randy Seiler. Ravnsborg won the election to become the 31st attorney general of South Dakota.
Roger Alan Tellinghuisen is an American attorney,was the 27th Attorney General of South Dakota from 1987 to 1991.
Mark V. Meierhenry was an American attorney from South Dakota. He was most notable for his service as the 26th Attorney General of South Dakota from 1979 to 1987.
Phil Saunders was an American politician and soldier who fought in World War II,an American attorney and 19th Attorney General of South Dakota from 1955 to 1959. Born in Milbank,South Dakota,he was married to the niece of U.S. Senator Francis Case.
Mark Barnett is an American attorney;the 28th attorney general of South Dakota between 1991 and 2003 and a circuit court judge between 2007 and 2019.
The 2022 South Dakota gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,electing the governor of South Dakota. Incumbent Republican governor Kristi Noem defeated Democratic nominee Jamie Smith to win a second term.
The 2022 South Dakota Attorney General election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the next attorney general of South Dakota. On June 21,2022,former Republican Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was convicted and removed from office for malfeasance of office. The State Senate further barred Ravnsborg from holding office in South Dakota. Republican Mark Vargo was appointed to fill the remainder of Ravnsborg's term and did not run for a full term.
