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Mary Liz Holberg is a Minnesota politician,member of the Dakota County,Minnesota Board of Commissioners,and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,she represented District 58A,which encompasses most of the city of Lakeville in Dakota County.
The Senate is the upper house of the South Dakota Legislature. It consists of 35 members,one representing each legislative district. It meets at the South Dakota State Capitol in Pierre.
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Daniel Paul Ahlers is an American businessman and politician who was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in South Dakota in the 2020 election,which he lost to Republican incumbent Mike Rounds. Ahlers was a Democratic member of the South Dakota House of Representatives and of the South Dakota Senate (2008–10),representing District 25,which encompasses Dell Rapids and areas north and northeast of Sioux Falls.
Kristi Lynn Noem is an American politician who has served since 2019 as the 33rd governor of South Dakota. A member of the Republican Party,she was the U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district from 2011 to 2019,and a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives for the 6th district from 2007 to 2011.
Larry Rhoden is an American politician and businessman serving as the 39th lieutenant governor of South Dakota since 2019.
James Bruce Stalzer is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he has been an member of the South Dakota Senate,representing District 11 since 2017. He was previously a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives,representing District 11 from 2013 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.
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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.
Julie Frye-Mueller is an American politician from South Dakota. A member of the Republican Party,she has been a member of the South Dakota Senate,serving since 2021. She was censured by the Senate in 2023 for harassment of a legislative staffer;she denied harassment.
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.
Tamara St. John is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 1 since January 8,2019. With her election,St. John became the first and only Native American Republican woman to ever serve in the South Dakota House of Representatives.
Jessica Castleberry is an American politician and businesswoman who served as a member of the South Dakota Senate from District 35. She was appointed to the senate by Governor Kristi Noem to replace Lynne DiSanto on December 31,2019. Castleberry was born and raised in Rapid City,South Dakota,where she operates preschools and has served on the Rapid City Area Schools Strategic Planning Committee.
Red Dawn Foster is an American politician serving as a member of the South Dakota Senate from the 27th district,which encompasses the Pine Ridge Reservation as well as Bennett,Haakon,Jackson,Pennington and Oglala Lakota counties. Elected in November 2018,she assumed office on January 8,2019 and is the current incumbent.
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